- Group 1: South Africa, 189-2, bt England, 179-8, by 10 runs
- England win group ahead of Australia with South Africa out
A night of success and sadness in Sharjah ended with the team that won going out and the team that lost going through, but for England progress to the T20 World Cup semi-finals came at a cruel cost. The loss of this match at least for them was incidental, but that of Jason Roy is much more serious.
There is only so much misfortune that a title-chasing team can survive and it may transpire that England limped across that line as Roy was carried from the field 25 balls into their run chase with an apparently serious muscle injury. “It’s difficult to assume anything,” Eoin Morgan said of his prognosis. “Obviously we’re all hopeful that he comes through in some manner or there’s some remedy to get him through one if not two games, but we have to do what’s best for Jason, and then the team.”
