The result was heartbreak for Nepal who were banking on an English victory.

The Australians, who finished equal on points in Group A with their opponents and Zimbabwe, will now feature in one of the Plate Championship tables.

Pakistan topped Group D after crushing West Indies by 163 runs at the Khulna Divisional Stadium. Both teams had already qualified for the Super League.

AUSTRALIA V SRI LANKA
Australia put into bat struggled to make 186 for nine in 50 overs. Left-hander Ahillen Beadle scored highest 36 off 75 balls and Moises Henriques hit 30 off 46 balls.

Lankan pacer Suraj Mohammad claimed three for 37 and skipper Parveez Maroof also claimed two wickets for 25 runs.

In their chase of a modest target, the Lankans ended up scoring 184 all out in 49.1 overs.

The Lankan skipper kept in his side in the hunt with 56 off 90 balls while all-rounder K Silva made 46.

ENGLAND V SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa, despite its shocking defeat to Nepal, qualified by the narrowest of margins.

Their win meant Nepal, who had defeated the Proteas in an earlier game, missed out on net run rate.

The Himalayan team will however be staying a few more days in the port city to play in the Plate Championship with defending champions Australia, Papua New Guinea and Scotland in Group One starting next Sunday.

It was a must-win situation for the South Africans before the game and they survived thanks to a brilliant half-century by opener Vaughn van Jaarsveld.

The southpaw stayed nearly three hours on the crease to take his team to the target.

Electing to bat, England made a modest 189 in 48.3 overs with Steven Michael Davies, the wicketkeeper, scoring 63.

Jaarsveld adjudged man of the match for his patient 76 off 108 balls that also featured one big six and 10 boundaries.

"A sudden middle-order collapse caused our downfall," said the English coach Robert Andrew Pick during post-match briefing.

His South African counterpart Russel Domingo, however, believed that it was the good planning and homework that brought the win eventually.

"It was a do-or-die situation. So we stuck to a certain strategy and it worked."

WEST INDIES V PAKISTAN
There was nothing at stake for the two big guns except to find out who would top the group at Khulna.

And it was Pakistan who had more appetite than their opponents as pacer Riaz Afridi destroyed the West Indians with a five-wicket haul.

The Carbbean cricketers chasing 252 for victory crashed to 88 all out in 27.3 overs.

Afridi finished with 5-28.

Earlier the Pakistan total revolved round Jahangir Mirza's 104-ball 92 as they eventually finished at 251-9.