Sri Lanka Beats Australia to Advance at Champions Trophy Cricket
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Sri Lanka beat Australia by 20 runs to advance to an International Cricket Council Champions Trophy semifinal against India in two days.
Set 254 runs to win at the Oval in London yesterday, Australia needed to chase down the target in 29.1 overs in order qualify for the semifinals on net run rate ahead of New Zealand, which also was ousted by Sri Lanka’s victory. After failing to reach that target, the Australians were bowled out for 233 in