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Mitchell Marsh’s men have already qualified for the Super 8 stage, but will it be Scotland or England joining them from Group B? Follow all the action from a crucial clash in St Lucia.

Australia can and most likely will put England through to the next stage of the T20 World Cup with victory today in St Lucia.England survived yet another scare early this morning when rain delayed the start of their last Group B match against Namibia before setting up a comfortable victory in a rain-shorted game.Having already has a washout against Scotland to start the tournament and a loss to Australia, another washout would have spelt disaster for England.

However, they have now moved into second place in Group B above Scotland on run rate, meaning that Scotland must beat undefeated Australia to regain second place and prevent England from going through to the Super Eights stage, where the top two teams from all through groups make up the next round.

 

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