The hosts swept aside Zimbabwe before winning a rain-hit encounter against Sri Lanka to end their poor record in the competition.

West Indies, gelling as a unit for the first time in a long while, produced a fine performance to stun South Africa after a routine victory over Bangladesh and also made the last four.

Pakistan joined them there after a last-over victory over bitter rivals India as the tournament finally came to life at a noisy Edgbaston.

World champions Australia were still the team to beat but England had a chance to score a moral victory ahead of the following year's Ashes series...