England vs Australia, Cricket World Cup 2019: Eoin Morgan's men suffer major blow after 64-run defeat
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Your support makes all the difference.England's faltering World Cup campaign veered further off track as old rivals Australia booked their place in the semi-finals with a 64-run victory at Lord's.
After misadventures against Pakistan and Sri Lanka, England ran aground when chasing for the third time in the tournament, dismissed for an error-strewn 221.
With India and New Zealand still to play, there is now minimal leeway if the world's number one side are to reach the semi-finals of their own competition.
An opening for England? Ben Burrows' assessment of Finch's dismissal as Mark Wood returns:
Not often you walk off after a hundred and feel like it's a missed opportunity but that's certainly what Aaron Finch will be thinking back in the sheds right now. He looked primed for another monster after doing the hard yards but gave it away with a loose shot completely out of keeping with the innings that came before it. Two new batsmen at the crease and a chink of light for England to exploit.
37.0 - Australia 200-3, G Maxwell 1, S Smith 18, M Wood 0-34 (4)
It hasn't happened for Wood today. His lengths have been a little bit all over the place and despite Smith's relative novelty at the crease he is too classy a player to miss out on a straight half-volley, caressing it past mid-on.
And that's a classy follow-up, eased fine of third-man for consecutive fours.
37.2 - Australia 206-3, G Maxwell 7, S Smith 18, J Archer 1-39 (7.2)
BIFFED OVER MIDWICKET! 97m!
No messing around from Glenn Maxwell, latching on to a short-but-not-quite-short-enough ball from Archer and sending it high into the stands on the leg-side.
38.0 - Australia 211-3, G Maxwell 12, S Smith 18, J Archer 1-44 (8)
A very similar shot to the next ball and that's a one-bounce four. Ever quick into his stride, Maxwell looks dangerous.
OUT! Maxwell falls tamely!
Brilliant from Mark Wood! A short ball, perhaps an off-cutter, delivered from wide of the crease comes back into the body of Maxwell, who commits early to trying to run this down to third man for one, but fails to account for the cut on the ball and finds himself a little cramped for room and out of control.
The ball kisses off the bottom edge and floats through to a gleeful Jos Buttler.
G Maxwell c Buttler b Wood 12 (8b 1x4 1x6), Australia 213-4 (38.2)
39.0 - Australia 213-4, Marcus Stoinis 0, S Smith 20, M Wood 1-35 (5)
Very, very good from Wood, pushing 93mph in that over on a couple of occasions. Marcus Stoinis plays out the over.
Maxwell's silver hammer didn't quite come down on England's head, and it certainly hasn't made sure that they are dead. They are very much alive in this game, as Ben Burrows notes from the palatial Lord's press box:
The Glenn Maxwell experience in microcosm there as two of the most violent strokes you will ever see are followed by a lazy waft to give it all away. A cameo of a cameo and England are easing themselves back into this. How many will Eoin Morgan ideally want to chase? Anything under 340 would've been unthinkable an hour or so ago
40.0 - Australia 214-4, M Stoinis 1, S Smith 21, A Rashid 0-43 (9)
Clever captaincy from Eoin Morgan, bringing back Adil Rashid to try and pry the new man Stoinis (another keen sweeper) from the crease and strangle Steve Smith, who isn't necessarily an assertive presence against high quality spin.
That's exactly what Rashid provides. Another very good over from England's leg-spinner, who has bowled very tidily all day.
41.0 - Australia 222-4, M Stoinis 7, S Smith 21, M Wood 1-42 (6)
Stoinis gets away with a firm drive on the up through extra-cover that just about beats the man on the boundary hustling round from cover. He needed that one to get his innings going.
He's still not fully settled. Trying to turn into the leg-side, a bit of away movement from Wood takes a thick outside edge that flies down to third man. Australia's charge starting to be stymied.
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