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.
...but was gone next ball, hooking loosely at a Jofra Archer short ball...
...and Glenn Maxwell soon followed, an enterprising eight-ball cameo ended by a delighted Mark Wood.
A HUGE MIX-UP AND MARCUS STOINIS IS RUN OUT! WHAT ON EARTH HAS HAPPENED THERE?!?!?
Steve Smith had just sent an Adil Rashid long-hop to the midwicket boundary and this is an elegant drive past extra-cover, and Australia think there might be two.
Or at least Marcus Stoinis does. Smith is never interested and calls no, but Stoinis is already nearing the danger end as Rashid fields the throw from the boundary, turning calmly and finding Buttler's safe gloves with both batsman at the bowler's end, Stoinis's lumbering frame keeping running up the Lord's steps and back to the dressing room.
Australia falling to bits.
M Stoinis run out (Bairstow/Rashid/Buttler) 8 (15b 1x4 0x6), Australia 228-5 (41.5)
42.0 - Australia 230-5, A Carey 0, S Smith 28, A Rashid 0-49 (10)
Steve Smith is still shaking his head as Alex Carey plays out Rashid's allocation.
Under five-an-over - tidy as a sergeant's quarters from Rashid.
43.0 - Australia 233-5, A Carey 1, S Smith 30, M Wood 1-47 (7)
This Australia innings needs an injection of impetus. It doesn't come from Wood's seventh. Five from it, including a wide.
Woakes is back for the first time since the 14th over.
Ben Burrows has been impressed with the fightback from England's somewhat maligned bowling attack today:
Australia in danger of undoing an awful lot of the good work done earlier on this morning. Marcus Stoinis is a dangerous operator once he gets going so another plus point for England that he's out without doing too much damage. England's bowlers have copped a fair bit of criticism of late - entirely fairly I might add - for conceding a few too many but they've dragged themselves back into this extremely well. Now to finish the job.
44.0 - Australia 242-5, A Carey 4, S Smith 36, C Woakes 0-38 (8)
Oof, that's a shot and a half. Quietly, Steve Smith is compiling something of a gem amidst the chaos and finds a fifth boundary with a magnificent pull through midwicket executed with arms locked straight as if played by a cadaver in rigor mortis. All along the ground, and away to the fence it races.
45.0 - Australia 248-5, A Carey 8, S Smith 38, M Wood 1-53 (8)
A tumble and a bumble from Mark Wood as he goes over in his follow-through twice in his latest over, Australia scrambling two from the last delivery to take six from it.
OUT! Steve Smith picks out long-on and the boo-birds love that one!
An attempted flick over midwicket takes the outside half of the bat, and Smith knows straight away that that one is destined for Jofra Archer at long-on. Archer runs in, sets himself and claims flopping forward. A shank, and a disappointed Smith departs to a disapproving chorus.
Steve Smith c Archer b Woakes 38 (34b 5x4 0x6), Australia 250-6 (45.4)
46.0 - Australia 253-6, A Carey 12, Pat Cummins 0, C Woakes 1-42 (9)
A slightly shortened Australian batting line-up means it is Pat Cummins in at 8. A rather orthodox player of real technical ability, but not quite the handy biffer that Nathan Coulter-Nile has proved to be this tournament.
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