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IN PICS: ICC World Cup 2019, England vs Australia, 2nd Semi-final

Woakes and Rashid scalp three wickets each while Archer got two wickets as England bowled out Australia for 223.

In the second semi-final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, Australian skipper won the toss and elected to bat against England at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Thursday. @AFP




Adil Rashid struck twice in three balls to remove Alex Carey and Marcus Stoinis. (AFP Image)


But Carey carried on as he and Steve Smith steadied the Australian innings, putting up a fourth-wicket stand of 103. @AFP


Steve Smith received good support from Starc (29) in an eighth-wicket stand of 51. @AFP



Australia wicketkeeper Alex Carey had his helmet knocked off by a Jofra Archer bouncer and required several minutes of on-field treatment. @AFP



Warner, who walked out to boos because of his role in a ball-tampering scandal in South Africa last year, returned to even louder jeers after being dismissed for nine by Chris Woakes. @AFP


The dangerous Glenn Maxwell then holed out to England captain Eoin Morgan off Archer for 22 and Pat Cummins was caught by Joe Root to give Rashid another victim. @AFP


While David Warner started the proceedings with the first-ball four, Australia lost their first wicket as Jofra Archer trapped Finch on the first ball of the second over to give England their first breakthrough. @AFP


Peter Handscomb, who was in the playing XI in place of injured Usman Khawaja, failed to score big as Woakes struck for the second time to reduce Australia to 14/3 after 6.1 overs. @AFP


But Jos Buttler denied Smith a hundred as the England wicketkeeper’s direct hit at the non-striker’s end put an end to Smith’s stay in the middle. @AFP


Next ball, Starc was caught behind off Woakes and the innings ended with an over to spare when Mark Wood bowled Jason Behrendorff. @AFP


Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow led England’s charge towards their first World Cup final since 1992 on Thursday, dominating Australia’s bowlers as they chased down a modest target of 224. @AFP


Roy, who missed three matches earlier in the tournament with an injury, was in particularly good form, hitting Starc and Nathan Lyon for sixes as the host nation closed in on a Lord’s final against New Zealand on Sunday. @AFP


Mitchell Starc broke the 124-run opening stand as he dismissed Bairstow and created a record for most wickets (27) in a single World Cup, surpassing Glenn McGrath’s 26-wicket haul in 2007 World Cup. @AFP


England swept into their first World Cup final for 27 years as the hosts crushed Australia by eight wickets.


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