England beat Sri Lanka by four wickets in the last Group 1 league match on Saturday in Sydney and qualified for the semifinals, along with New Zealand. As a result, Australia was knocked out from the tournament.
New Zealand had beaten Ireland by 35 runs to cement its semifinals berth on Friday before Australia beat Afghanistan by four runs, a margin that wasn’t enough for the Aussies to take their Net Run Rate past that of England.
GROUP 1
| Team | Played | Won | Lost | No Result | Points | NRR |
| New Zealand (Q) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | +2.113 |
| England (Q) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | +0.473 |
| Australia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | -0.173 |
| Sri Lanka | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -0.422 |
| Ireland | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | -1.544 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | -0.571 |
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