England's highly-anticipated Men's T20 World Cup match against Australia in Melbourne was washed out without a ball being bowled by rain.

England will likely have to win their last two games to progress although even that may not be enough, reports BBC.

England are currently third in the table, level on points with New Zealand and Ireland, whose game against Afghanistan was washed out earlier in the day.

Australia also have three points but are in fourth on net run-rate.

England's chances were thrown into peril by their shock loss to Ireland on Tuesday and would have been all-but out of the tournament had they lost to Ashes rivals Australia. 

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