June 10 (CRICKETNMORE) - Australia were knocked out of ICC Champions Trophy 2017 following defeat by England on Saturday at Edgbaston in Birmingham. Australian Captain Steve Smith was very disappointed after the defeat.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Speaking at the post match ceremony, he said "It is disappointing. We did not play our best game. We did well to start off with the bat but we lost I think five wickets for 15 runs. When you play against England we cannot afford that. We have played a lot of cricket and need to come out and play at the big stage. Today we did not do that and there were a few soft dismissals. After the rain break we weren't up to our best with the bowling."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"Morgan and Stokesy played well and we gave them a few freebies as well. I think the balance was okay. The guys just did not step up and get those big scores. A few games did not go our way with the rain and on and off and losing a bit of momentum. You have got to take the onus as a top four and unfortunately nobody did that," he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n