June 10 (CRICKETNMORE) - Australia were knocked out of ICC Champions Trophy 2017 following defeat by England on Saturday at Edgbaston in Birmingham. Australian Captain Steve Smith was very disappointed after the defeat.
Speaking at the post match ceremony, he said "It is disappointing. We did not play our best game. We did well to start off with the bat but we lost I think five wickets for 15 runs. When you play against England we cannot afford that. We have played a lot of cricket and need to come out and play at the big stage. Today we did not do that and there were a few soft dismissals. After the rain break we weren't up to our best with the bowling."
"Morgan and Stokesy played well and we gave them a few freebies as well. I think the balance was okay. The guys just did not step up and get those big scores. A few games did not go our way with the rain and on and off and losing a bit of momentum. You have got to take the onus as a top four and unfortunately nobody did that," he added.
Saurabh