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Match 47: Australia vs England 2nd Semifinal - ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Post Match Summary

It was a one-sided match as England took the entire control to march towards the finals for the 1st time after 27years at Lord’s!

The match 47 of the ICC Men’s WC happened between Australia and England on July 11th, 2019, at Edgbaston, Birmingham, England by 10:30 am the local time. The toss has won by the Australian skipper Aaron Finch and as experts expected he decided to bat 1st.

First Innings :

It was the ICC CWC 2019 2nd leading run scorer David Warner along with his skipper Aaron Finch who also was in sublime touch opened the batting as usual. But, there happened the damage it was the English pacemen Jofra Archer in the 2nd over and Chris Woakes in the 3rd over destructed Finch for a golden duck and David Warner for 9 off 11 deliveries with 2 boundaries included. Then came the world’s one among the most technical batsman in the modern era who is non-other than Steven Smith walked in the middle. It was Peter Hand Comb who played his 1st WC match who directly came in the playing 11s as he was replaced for Shaun Marsh who was ruled out after a ball had struck on his wrist when his teammate Pat Cummins delivered during the nets session at Old Trafford. Hand Comb who batted along with Steve Smith could only contribute 4 off 12 balls. It was Alex Carey along with Steven Smith put a steady century partnership of 103 runs in 127 balls for the 4th wicket. Carey who played a sensible game throughout the tournament was injured with a fiery bouncer bowled by Jofra Archer. This affected his face to swell and bleed with blood which he finally gave up the partnership for 46 runs off 70 balls with 4 fours included. Then it was the Australian batting all-rounder Marcus Stoinis went without scoring and then it was Glenn Maxwell who was batting bit slowly which was not his normal innings could only hold 22 off 23 balls with 2 fours and a six included. Finally, it was Pat Cummins who supported his former Aussie skipper Steve Smith as their partnership for the 8th wicket went on for 51 runs off 57 balls. It was Smith who departed after playing a matured knock for 85 runs off 119 balls with 6 boundaries included.
As the tailender Pat Cummins finally made 29 off 36 balls with 1 four and a six included in this helpful knock. It was Adil Rashid the game changer and Chris Woakes both took 3 wicket-haul. While the 24-year old pacer Jofra Archer took 2 wickets as these the key bowlers who made the Aussie restrict for 223 runs for the loss of all their 10 wickets in 49 overs.

Second Innings :

England in run chase started with their usual batting pair Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow. As the pair put their 4th-century partnership on this tournament for the 1st wicket while Jason Roy registered his 4th half-century in his debut WC tournament and 18th in ODIs. It was first Bairstow who departed for 34 runs off 43 balls with 5 boundaries included later when England was at a comfortable position it was Jason Roy who departed for 85 runs off just 65 balls with 9 fours and 5 sixes included. The dominative performance brought team England to reach the final for the 1st time after 27 years. Finally, it was Joe Root and the England skipper who finished the chase in just 32.1 overs as Root just missed 1 run for his 4th WC fifty who was unbeaten at 49 off 46 balls while the skipper made 45 unbeaten for 39 balls as both the batsmen punched 8 boundaries each. It was Mitchell Starc who made the World record of picking most no of wickets in one WC tournament which is 27 by plumbing Jonny Bairstow’s wicket and crossed his former Australian legendary bowler Glenn McGrath who picked 26. The other wicket was taken by Pat Cummins who are the only 2 wicket-takers for Australia as the English batsmen completely dominated in the chase.



Man of the Match(MOM): It was the English seamer Chris Woakes who was declared as the Man of the Match on the 2nd Semifinals for his important 3 wickets.

Records: Jason Roy registered his 4th WC half-century and 18th in ODIs.

Steve Smith never missed a fifty in WC knock out stages. As he contributed 65 off 69 in 2015 Quarter-final against Pakistan, why not a century of 105 runs in 93 balls in 2015 Semi-final against India, an unbeaten 56 off 71 balls in 2015 final against New Zealand and now 85 off 119 balls in WC 2019 against England.

Mitchell Starc broke the Guinness World record of Glenn McGrath’s of most no of wickets taken in a single WC tournament as he picked 27 wickets overall in this 2019 WC.