Matt Short looks set to miss Australia’s Champions Trophy semi-final against either India or New Zealand after his injury proved the only downside to their rain-helped rush into the last-four in Pakistan.

Australia sailed into the Champions Trophy semi-finals after their final Group B match against Afghanistan was abandoned at the Gaddafi Stadium on Friday.

Michael Vaughan has questioned England’s over-reliance on selecting out-and-out fast bowlers following their group-stage exit from the Champions Trophy.

Jos Buttler said he would consider his future as England’s limited-overs captain but will not make any emotional decisions amid calls for him to step down following their Champions Trophy exit.

Pakistan ended their campaign in the home Champions Trophy without a win after rain washed out their dead rubber against Bangladesh at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Thursday.

England were dumped out of the Champions Trophy by a nerve-shredding eight-run defeat by Afghanistan in Lahore.

Afghanistan’s cricketers know things are not right at home, their coach said, over calls for opponents to boycott Champions Trophy matches in response to the Taliban government’s crackdown on women’s rights.

Joe Root has thrown his support behind white-ball captain Jos Buttler despite England’s shaky start to the Champions Trophy, describing him as a “brilliant leader” who has the support of the entire dressing room.

New Zealand advanced to the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy with a five-wicket victory over Bangladesh this morning, taking India along with them from Group A.

Captain Mohammad Rizwan said Pakistan’s middle order succumbed to the pressure in a Champions Trophy defeat by fierce rivals India that left the tournament hosts’ chances of progressing to the knockout stage hanging by a thread.

Milestone man Virat Kohli anchored a tricky chase with an unbeaten hundred as India put one foot in the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy with a six-wicket victory against Pakistan in a high-octane Group A match between the arch-rivals on Sunday.

Australia pulled off a monster chase against England in the Champions Trophy on Saturday after Josh Inglis’s incendiary hundred helped them to prevail in a high-scoring Group B thriller by five wickets.