Result: Ben Stokes century knocks Australia out of Champions Trophy

Ben Stokes in action with the bat during the World Twenty20 final between England and the West Indies at Eden Gardens on April 3, 2016
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Pre-tournament favourites England comfortably beat Australia at Edgbaston to progress through to the knockout stages of the Champions Trophy with a perfect record.

Ben Stokes recorded a century as England beat Australia at Edgbaston to knock their winless rivals out of the Champions Trophy.

The hosts, given a target of 277 to chase down, had earlier been reduced to 6-2 and then 35-3 as they struggled to build any sort of momentum.

Stokes turned on the style to reach 102, however, with pre-tournament favourites England romping to a 40-run Duckworth-Lewis victory to make it no wins from three for Australia, although two of those were rained off.

Australia were 147-2 at the midway point - Adil Rashid and Mark Wood taking four wickets between them - only for a partnership of 159 between Stokes (102*) and Eoin Morgan (87) to turn things around.

Morgan was eventually run out when closing in on his century, though Stokes reached triple figures and Jos Butler (29*) piled on more runs to get England comfortably over the line on the Duckworth-Lewis method.

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