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Australia's Twenty20 World Cup title defence is over, knocked out of the tournament after England claimed a final-over win against Sri Lanka at the SCG.

Needing a victory to qualify for the semi-finals ahead of Australia, England chased down Sri Lanka's 8-142 with four wickets and two balls to spare on Saturday to go into the final four.

After Adil Rashid's 1-16 proved crucial with the ball, Alex Hales hit eight boundaries in his 47 from 30 to set up the chase before a mid-innings collapse of 5-36.

But Ben Stokes was able to save the day for England, with his unbeaten 42 from 36 balls keeping them in control late.

The equation eventually got down to five runs from the final Lahiru Kumara over, before Chris Woakes cut the third-last ball for four with only two runs needed.

The win propelled England into a likely semi-final against India in Adelaide on Thursday, gaining some revenge on Australia after the 4-0 Ashes trouncing last summer.

"It's obviously nice," Rashid said.

"We're here playing against Australia as well in their home conditions.

"They are a world-class side. It's unfortunate for them they got knocked out this early."

In reality, Australia's tournament was doomed from the moment they suffered an 89-run loss to New Zealand in their opening game.

Needing results to go in their favour ever since, Australia's match against England was washed out and they failed to make up the net run-rate deficit to reach the finals.

Wins over Ireland and Afghanistan to round out the group stage were not big enough, with the four-run victory over the latter on Friday night highlighting the hosts' scratchy form.

The result marks only the fourth time in the past 30 years that Australia have not progressed into the semi-finals of a World Cup in any format.

Sri Lanka offered some early hope to Australian fans when they reached 1-54 from the six-over powerplay, with England facing the prospect of needing to become the first team to pull off a successful chase at the SCG in this tournament.

Opener Nissanka Pathum led the attack, smashing five sixes in his 67 from 45 balls as he clipped deliveries off his pads and over the legside at will while also uppercutting Mark Wood over third man.

But when he was caught trying to take on Rashid, Sri Lanka struggled to find any momentum as they lost 5-25 in the final five overs.

England were then able to take control with Hales and Jos Buttler's 75-run opening stand from 7.2 overs, before Stokes rescued England after their own collapse.

"We were nervous, we would like to have won a lot easier than that," Rashid said.

"But that's T20 cricket. We kept our composure at the end."

The result means New Zealand top group 1 and will face South Africa in the other semi-final at the SCG on Wednesday, assuming the Proteas are able to beat the Netherlands.

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An Australian man has died in Ukraine as the conflict from the Russian invasion continues, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has confirmed.

Consular assistance is being provided to the family of Trevor Kjeldal, a DFAT spokesperson said on Saturday.

Mr Kjeldal was "a very treasured and loved member" of his family.

"Our depth of sadness at his loss is unfathomable," the family said in a statement.

"We would like to thank DFAT for their ongoing assistance in bringing him home to us.

"At this incredibly sad time, we would request that the media respect our privacy as we grieve."

Mr Kjeldal went by the call sign "Ninja", and was injured in July and hospitalised in Ukraine but had no plans to immediately return to Australia, according to Nine.

He told Nine News in October his battalion wanted to support the people of Ukraine.

"Ukraine was in trouble and they needed people to help, so we came and helped," he said.

"I beat the odds once so let's just see if I can do it again, I suppose."

DFAT expressed its deepest condolences to the family and said it was unable to provide further comment.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese also passed on his condolences to Mr Kjeldal's family and friends on Saturday.

"This is tragic news. I remind people that the DFAT advice is that people do not travel to Ukraine," he said during a press conference in Queensland.

"It is a dangerous place, but my heart goes out to the family and friends of the gentleman involved."

Consular assistance can include support and guidance to families and liaison with local and Australian authorities to assist with funeral arrangements or repatriation of remains.

The Australian Government's advice for Ukraine remains at do not travel.

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Josh Addo-Carr warmed up for the business end of the Rugby League World Cup by grabbing five tries en route to a quarter-final thrashing of Lebanon.

The 48-4 victory puts the Kangaroos on a collision course with the winner of the quarter-final between New Zealand and Fiji at Leeds' Elland Road next week.

Captain James Tedesco was taken off at half-time with a cork but he, Reagan Campbell-Gillard and Ben Hunt are expected to be fit for the semi-final.

Addo-Carr has been the star of this year's World Cup and his 11 tries in three games has him three ahead of England winger Dominic Young in the race to finish as the competition's top try scorer.

Canterbury's Addo-Carr had a hat-trick by the 20-minute mark in Huddersfield and added two more to the delight of the 8,206 fans at the John Smith's Stadium after half-time.

"He's been terrific for us, not only on the field but off it," said Kangaroos coach Mal Meninga.

"He's great to be around, he does what he needs to do which is score tries.

"He's had an up-and-down year but the real 'Foxx' is out at the moment."

Addo-Carr's 11-try haul for the tournament is one off the record set by Valentine Holmes at the 2017 edition and begs the question why he was left out of the NSW State of Origin side earlier this year.

"I've moved on from it, Origin wasn't my time, I'm really grateful for the opportunity Mal and the coaching staff have given me," Addo-Carr said.

"I'm enjoying my footy at the moment, I feel we've got something special coming into camp, I've felt the bond and I'm just loving every minute."

Addo-Carr's early hat-trick put a dampener on the mood in Huddersfield with many hopeful of seeing Lebanon at least challenge the Kangaroos.

The Australians will face a tougher test next week but Lebanon would have felt they didn't give the best account of themselves after winning plaudits for their enterprising and daring play.

"The performance tonight was below our expectation, particularly in the first half," said Cedars coach Michael Cheika.

"We got blown away by the physicality of the game, they ran hard at us and we couldn't handle them."

Along with a first-half try to centre Latrell Mitchell and a double to Cameron Murray, the Kangaroos were firmly in control of the game at half-time with a 30-0 lead.

Daly Cherry-Evans, who lost out to Nathan Cleary in the race to become the team's halfback, was thrust into the action after Tedesco was put on ice.

Cameron Munster reverted to fullback and his failure to clear a grubber kick to the in-goal allowed the Lebanese to score their only try of the night through Josh Mansour.

But tries from Martin and Addo-Carr ensured Australia reasserted their dominance to set up a semi-final with the Kiwis their most likely opponents.

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