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.
2.0 - Aus 6-1, D Warner 5, S Smith 1, J Archer 1-2 (1.0)
Great start from Jofra Archer and a great start from England!
2.3 - Aus 10-1, D Warner 9, S Smith 1, C Woakes 0.8 (1.3)
FOUR! Warner eases back in the crease and pumps Woakes back over his head for four, he looks in good touch following his ton at Old Trafford.
2.4 - Aus 10-2, D Warner 9, S Smith 1, C Woakes 1-8 (1.4)
OUT! Chris Woakes you beauty!
He draws his length back a touch and angles the ball across Warner. Warner hangs his bat out and edges it to slip where Bairstow takes the catch.
3.0 - Aus 11-2, P Handscomb 1, S Smith 1, C Woakes 1-8 (2)
The new batsman is Peter Handscomb, Woakes hits him on the pad first ball and the England team erupts in appeal. Marais Erasmus is unmoved and gives it not out.
Morgan sends it up for review and hawkeye shows the ball to be hitting but only by umpire's call so Handscomb survives.
He gets a single off the last ball of the over.
4 - Aus 12-2, P Handscomb 2, S Smith 1, J Archer 1-3 (2)
Handscomb knocks the first ball into the leg side and sprints to the other end. Archer pins Smith to the crease with some short stuff for the rest of the over, good bowling.
5.0 - Aus 13-2, P Handscomb 3, S Smith 1, C Woakes 1-10 (3)
Woakes hits Handscomb on the pad again, England appeal again, Erasmus denies them again.
Woakes is convinced he's out but Buttler shakes his head. Morgan doesn't review and makes the right decision as Handscomb got a thin inside edge.
Smith sees out the rest of the over.
5.3 - Aus 13-2, P Handscomb 3, S Smith 1, J Archer 1-3 (2.3)
Jaffer from Archer, he finds a testing length and the ball just holds it's line and misses the outside edge of Handscomb's bat.
It's quick too at 90mph. Handscomb is in a real battle right now.
6.0 - Aus 14-2, P Handscomb 4, S Smith 1, J Archer 1-4 (3)
A dab down to third man finishes the over. England are on top.
GONE! Woakes gets Handscomb!
He loves bowling at Edgbaston. Chris Woakes pitches the ball up to Handscomb and he goes for the drive. The ball catches the inside edge and fires back onto the stumps.
Handscomb bowled Woakes 4 (12b), Aus. 14-3 (6.1)
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