England blows Australia away in the ICC World Cup 2019 semi-final and reached in the final. This was such a historic moment for England as they beat their arch-rival by eight wickets through the great opening partnership of Jason Roy(85) and John Bairstow(34). The reigning champion Australia was bowled out for 223 and England passed it with 18 overs to spare.

England blows Australia and enters World Cup final: ICC CWC19 SF2 ENG Vs AUS

England won by 8 wickets.

Australia Innings (223-10-49)
BATSMAN OUT / NOT OUT
R
B
4s
6s
 SR
David Warner c Bairstow b Chris Woakes 9 11 2 0 81.82
Aaron Finch (c) lbw b Jofra Archer 0 1 0 0 0.00
Steven Smith run out (Jos Buttler) 85 119 6 0 71.43
Peter Handscomb b Chris Woakes 4 12 0 0 33.33
Alex Carey (wk) c (sub)J Vince b Adil Rashid 46 70 4 0 65.71
Marcus Stoinis lbw b Adil Rashid 0 2 0 0 0.00
Glenn Maxwell c Morgan b Jofra Archer 22 23 2 1 95.65
Pat Cummins c Root b Adil Rashid 6 10 0 0 60.00
Mitchell Starc c Jos Buttler b Chris Woakes 29 36 1 1 80.56
Jason Behrendorff b Mark Wood 1 4 0 0 25.00
Nathan Lyon not out 5 6 0 0 83.33

Extras: 16(b 0, lb 6, w 10, nb 0, p 0)

Total: 223(10 wkts, 49 Ov)

Fall of Wickets: 4-1 (Aaron Finch, 1.1), 10-2 (David Warner, 2.4), 14-3 (Peter Handscomb, 6.1), 117-4 (Alex Carey, 27.2), 118-5 (Marcus Stoinis, 27.6), 157-6 (Glenn Maxwell, 34.5), 166-7 (Pat Cummins, 37.4), 217-8 (Steven Smith, 47.1), 217-9 (Mitchell Starc, 47.2), 223-10 (Jason Behrendorff, 48.6)

BOWLER O M R W NB WD ECO
Chris Woakes 8 0 20 3 0 0 2.50
Jofra Archer 10 0 32 3 0 2 3.20
Ben Stokes 4 0 22 0 0 0 5.50
Mark Wood 9 0 45 1 0 4 5.00
Liam Plunkett 8 0 44 0 0 3 5.50
Adil Rashid 10 0 54 3 0 1 5.40
POWERPLAY Overs Runs
Mandatory 0.1-10 27

Australia Squad: David Warner, Aaron Finch (c), Steven Smith, Peter Handscomb, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Lyon, Kane Richardson, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Matthew Wade, Adam Zampa

Playing XI: David Warner, Aaron Finch (c), Steven Smith, Peter Handscomb, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Lyon

Bench: Kane Richardson, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Matthew Wade, Adam Zampa

England Innings (226-2-32.1)
BATSMAN OUT / NOT OUT
R
B
4s
6s
 SR
Jason Roy c Alex Carey b Pat Cummins 85 65 9 5 130.77
Jonny Bairstow lbw b Starc 34 43 5 0 79.07
Joe Root not out 49 46 8 0 106.52
Eoin Morgan (c) not out 45 39 8 0 115.38

Extras: 13(b 0, lb 1, w 12, nb 0, p 0)

Total: 226(2 wkts, 32.1 Ov)

Did not Bat: Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Chris Woakes, Liam Plunkett, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood

Fall of Wickets: 124-1 (Jonny Bairstow, 17.2), 147-2 (Jason Roy, 19.4)

BOWLER O M R W NB WD ECO
Jason Behrendorff 8.1 2 38 0 0 1 4.65
Mitchell Starc 9 0 70 1 0 3 7.78
Pat Cummins 7 0 34 1 0 6 4.86
Nathan Lyon 5 0 49 0 0 0 9.80
Steven Smith 1 0 21 0 0 1 21.00
Marcus Stoinis 2 0 13 0 0 1 6.50
POWERPLAY Overs Runs
Mandatory 0.1-10 50

England Squad: Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (c), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (wk), Chris Woakes, Liam Plunkett, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Tom Curran, James Vince, Moeen Ali, Liam Dawson

Playing XI: Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (c), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (wk), Chris Woakes, Liam Plunkett, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood

Bench: Tom Curran, James Vince, Moeen Ali, Liam Dawson

This is Australia’s first ever defeat in the semi-final. England will now face another finalist New Zealand in final at Lord’s, London on July 14, 2019. The cricket world will watch a new champion this time.