England vs Australia World Cup score: England chase down 224 to win
Follow LIVE reaction as England beat Australia in the Cricket World Cup semi-finals at Edgbaston to set up a meeting with New Zealand in Sunday's final
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Your support makes all the difference.England swaggered into their first World Cup final in 27 years, blowing away rivals Australia by eight wickets in a magnificent display of attacking cricket that sets up a winner-takes-all date with New Zealand at Lord's.
The three-times runners-up are now firm favourites to land the trophy for the first time on Sunday, having thrashed the Black Caps by 119 runs in the group stage, and head to the home of cricket on the back of a sensational performance at Edgbaston. Chris Woakes, Jofra Archer and Adil Rashid performed wonders with the ball after Australia chose to bat first, reducing the visitors to 14 for three in a frenzied opening burst and ultimately restricting them to a lacklustre 223 all out.
England would have been mindful that they were bowled out for 221 and beaten by the same attack last month, but Jason Roy missed that game with a torn hamstring and his brilliant 85 put the game beyond a shellshocked Australia, who went down with 107 balls remaining.
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Having already thrashed nine fours and five sixes, he would surely have gone on to a career-best hundred had he not been robbed in messy circumstances. Given caught behind despite making no contact with the ball, he instantly called for a review only to belatedly realise Jonny Bairstow had already used it up.
Roy lost his cool, remonstrating on the pitch and on his reluctant walk off, and needed soothing words from umpire Marais Erasmus to stop things getting worse.
The sour tone of his dismissal cannot detract from his outstanding efforts, which almost single-handedly banished England's concerns about chasing, nor from the raucous celebrations which followed on the back of a decisive stand of 79 between Joe Root (49no) and Eoin Morgan (45no).
Archer and Woakes also excelled, taking two for 32 and three for 20, while Rashid bagged three scalps in his best display to date.
GONE! Cummins strangles Roy down the leg side
Cummins sends a ball down leg, Roy tries to pull it but misses the ball completely! He is raging at umpire Dharmasena. Jonny Bairstow wasted England's review on his LBW and Roy has to go.
Replays show he didn't hit the ball.
Roy c Carey b Cummins 85 (65), Eng 147-2
20.3 - Eng 147-2, Root 17, Morgan 0, Starc 1-50 (5.3)
Starc continues, Australia need more quick wickets, three dot balls build the pressure on England. One more partnership will kill off the game.
21.0 - Eng 151-2, Root 21, Morgan 0, Starc 1-54 (6.0)
150 is up for England, they need 73 runs to win. Root and Morgan need to play sensibly to take the game away from Australia.
21.4 - Eng 153-2, Root 22, Morgan 1, Cummins 1-27 (5.4)
Cummins digs the ball in short at the England captain, he hasn't played the short, quick stuff all that well in the tournament but with England so far in front of the game he just watches them go by.
22.0 - Eng 153-2, Root 22, Morgan 1, Cummins 1-27 (6.0)
Finch looks as though he's decided to bowl Starc and Cummins straight through. Australia's only chance is to take wickets.
22.5 - Eng 158-2, Root 23, Morgan 5, Starc 1-59 (6.5)
Root paddles one off his hip, Starc fires in another short ball and Morgan works it over point for four!
23.3 - Eng 160-2, Root 24, Morgan 6, Cummins 1-28 (6.3)
Morgan is jumping all over the crease with these short balls. Cummins pitches one a touch fuller and finds the edge down to thrid man.
24.0 - Eng 166-2, Root 25, Morgan 10, Cummins 1-34 (7.0)
Too full from Cummins, he's been pounding Morgan with short stuff but he pitches the last ball of the over up and Morgan whacks him over mid-off for four!
24.4 - Eng 170-2, Root 29, Morgan 10, Starc 1-63 (7.4)
Poor line from Starc and Root turns the ball round the corner and down to fine leg for four!
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