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No upsets today as the minnows stayed firmly in their places, but England did nothing to mark themselves as possible contenders after failing to convincingly see off Canada.

After being in the limelight for all the wrong reasons after Freddie Flintoff's drunken antics, England took to the field without the former vice-captain (dropped for disciplinary reasons), while Canada seemed determined not to be trampled underfoot. Compared to the scores other sides have run up against the weaker Associates, England's 279/6 didn't seem overly impressive, and Canada then went on to put up a fight with the bat - not enough to secure them the win, but enough to make sure they went out of the match without having disgraced themselves, and having raised a number of question marks over England's current form

No such luck for the hapless Dutch, however. Australia continued where South Africa left off, on their way to what was briefly a World Cup record winning margin of 229 runs. Australia's 358 was always out of reach of the Netherlands batsmen, and while they'd at least managed to bat out their overs against the Proteas, there was no such consolation here, thanks mainly to Hogg's 4/27.
Australia beat Netherlands by 229 runs
England beat Canada by 51 runs

Next up: India v Bermuda, and West Indies v Zimbabwe.