Australia crushed England by 9 wickets to reach the Final .

Man of the match Shane Watson undefeated 136 runs in semi final .

CENTURION: Ricky Ponting (111 runs with 12 fours and 1 six) and man of the match shane watson (136 with 10 fours and 7 sixes )struck undefeated centuries Friday as title holders Australia crushed England by 9 wickets to reach the champion trophy's Final .

For Ponting there was also the personal satsfication of becoming only the third batsman after sachen tendulker of India and jaysuriya of sri lanka to pass the 12,000 ODI run mark .

England recover from a disastrous start to reach 257 in 47.4 overs thanks largely to 80 runs from unlikely hero Tim bresnan .

It was a superb show by Australia, who topped a group including Pakistan, India and west indies while rarely moving into over drive in the two week mini world cup .