Australia vs England, 2nd Semi-Final (2 v 3) - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Series: ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Venue: Edgbaston, Birmingham Date & Time: Jul 11, 10:30 AM LOCAL

England were clinical on the day and were just too good for Australia. © Getty

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That's that - England win by eight wickets

This is what they have been working for in the last four years. A chance to win the World Cup. They have thumped Australia here and will now take on New Zealand at Lord's.

The openers were brilliant and put the match beyond Australia. The bowlers set it up and the batsmen ensured they wrapped up a clinical win.

8 needed off 114 balls now ... The England fans are pumped!

38 needed in 23 overs now ...

Drama!

Roy doesn't want to move. He's been given out. He's arguing with the umpire. He's furious and will certainly make a visit to the match referee after the game. Bouncer and down the leg side. He went for the pull and didn't connect. The umpire, though, thought otherwise.

England 147 for 2

First wicket

Starc now has a record. He has 27 wickets in a World Cup - the most any bowler has picked in a single World Cup. Full, fast and on the stumps. Bairstow pinged in front and took the review but it was hitting the leg stump.

England 124 for 1

24/4 Ind v NZ Manchester 27/1 NZ v Ind Manchester 27/3 Aus v Eng Birmingham 28/1 Ind v Eng Birmingham 29/2 WI v Ind Manchester 30/2 NZ v WI Manchester - Top three coming in semifinals

vs England in World Cups 135 (128) MCG 2015 100 (116) Lord's 2019 0 (1) Edgbaston 2019

batting 1st: Six wins in six matches batting 2nd: One win in four matches

in World Cup semifinals - UNBEATEN Beat Eng by four wkts, 1975 Beat Pak by 18 runs, 1987 Beat WI by five runs, 1996 Tied with SA, 1999 Beat SL by 48 runs, 2003 Beat SA by seven wkts, 2007 Beat Ind by 95 runs, 2015

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Teams news

Australia - Justin Langer made the intriguing move of confirming Peter Handscomb will "definitely play", just as it looked like he was going to play it cute. That will see him as a direct replacement for Khawaja. There is also a suggestion Wade could get a go, perhaps at number three, at the expense of Glenn Maxwell, who has not fired with the bat. Finch backed his mate and spoke of him in glowing terms, particular his value with ball and in the field. It seems there may be further discussions into the evening around that particular selection. But otherwise, lefties and all, they are set.

Hello and welcome to the live blog of the second ICC Cricket World Cup semifinal between England and Australia. It's England's promise vs Australia's pedigree in tussle for one final spot. Australia know what it takes to win a World Cup. England have revamped the way they just for this moment. It's time for them to walk the talk. All that chatter about No. 1 in ODIs won't be of any use if they don't win the World Cup.

Head-to-head records don't tend to matter at the business ends of competitions like these, which is annoying for the hosts because they've had the best of the recent exchanges coming into 2019. For what it's worth, Australia have not won an ODI here since 1993 and their last Test victory was back in 2001.

The pitch is fresh, almost dead-centre. The outfield freshly mowed and light under the toes. New Zealand-India was the low-scoring thriller and expect this match to be the fast-scoring semi. The pitch has been able to breathe over the last few days and been carefully manicured by the local ground staff, under the watchful eye of the ICC. "It looks like a good wicket," said Finch. What grass was on it on Wednesday morning was expected to be shaved. Nevertheless, Edgbaston does good cricket wickets. The toss, though still a big deal, may not be as brutal a factor.