Woakes, Roy Hand Australia their First Ever Semi-Final Loss in World Cup History.

Edgbaston hosted the Hot Rivalry Between Australia and england as stage was set for the most anticipated world cup semi final. England stood up to thrash their arch rivals Australia and confirms this 2019 will be the new world cup champions either New Zealand or England. This was Australia's first ever semi final world cup loss and England confirms their second ever world cup final, their maiden world cup final was back in 1992 which they lost against Pakistan. Opting to bat first on a good batting track in edgbaston australia had a disaster of a start as they lost three wickets inside seven overs on just 14 runs. They lost In-form David warner, skipper finch and Peter handscomb  who was playing his first world cup match. Chris woakes and Jofra archer blows the top order of Australia in this pressure high profile game. After that Steve smith and alex carey showed some resilience with the bat and added 103 runs for the fourth wicket before Adil rashid came with two quick wickets in the same over to peg back australia. He dismissed carey and trapped stoinis in front to peg back australia further. Steven smith continued to hold one end and on the other hand australia lost wickets on regular intervals. With continuous set backs in lower order, australia got restricted on 223 in 49 overs. Adil rashid and chris woakes were the pick of the bowlers with three wickets each while as jofra archer picked up two wickets for england. For australia steven smith was the top scorer with a classy 85 runs.
Chasing an easy target of 224 to be in their second ever world cup final England batsmen Chased this target inside 33 overs to make this contest pretty one sided one. Jason roy's brutal 85 and Joe root's quickfire 49 set up the platform for this easy chase. Jason roy who is in great touch this event falls just 15 run short to what would have been his memorable ton but falls for umpiring error. He didn't edged one to carey but was still given out. After that Eion morgan and joe root ensured england won this match easily with 17.5 overs to spare and only for the loss of two wickets.
Now england joins new Zealand for what would be the most anticipated final ever on the 14th of july at the historic lords ground.

Match summary
Australia 🇦🇺 223 overs 49
Smith 85
Carey 46
Woakes 3-20
Rashid 3-54
Australia 🇦🇺  226-2 overs 32.1
Roy 85
Root 49*
Cummins 1-34
England won by 8 wickets and qualified for the finals.