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.
OUT! That's LBW, Stoinis is gone as well!
Adil Rashid, you little ripper! He bowls a googly to Stoinis turning the ball back into him and strikes him on the pad. Kumar Dharmasena takes his time but raises the finger, Australia are five down!
Stoinis LBW Rashid 0(2), Aus 118-5 (28.0)
29.0 - Aus 127-5, S Smith 58, Maxwell 1, B Stokes 0-22 (4.0)
Smith takes Stokes for nine off the over, he's got to keep his head as Australia need him to get a big score. Glenn Maxwell is the new man in.
29.2 - Aus 130-5, S Smith 59, Maxwell 2, A Rashid 2-34 (5.2)
Smith takes one off the first ball but Rashid finds Maxwell's outside edge and it flies past slip just put of reach of Ben Stokes.
30.0 - Aus 130-5, S Smith 59, Maxwell 2, A Rashid 2-34 (6.0)
Morgan is going for the jugular, he brings Jofra Archer back in search of more wickets.
30.4 - Aus 135-5, S Smith 59, G Maxwell 6, J Archer 1-16 (5.4)
He starts well enough but Maxwell is expecting the short ball and waits for it. He rocks back and pulls Archer in front of square for four!
31.0 - Aus 135-5, S Smith 59, G Maxwell 6, J Archer 1-16 (6.0)
Two good replies from Archer, he makes Maxwell play and miss twice outside off.
31.4 - Aus 142-5, S Smith 61, G Maxwell 13, A Rashid 2-41 (6.4)
Maxwell opens up the leg side and smashes Rashid over long on for six! The first one of the day.
32.0 - Aus 142-5, S Smith 61, G Maxwell 13, A Rashid 2-41 (7.0)
Two dot balls to finish the over as Maxwell can't find the gap. More drinks for the players.
33.0 - Aus 144-5, S Smith 62, G Maxwell 14, J Archer 1-18 (7.0)
Good pressure from Archer. He draws a couple of loose shots from Steve Smith and concedes only two from the over.
33.4 - Aus 150-5, S Smith 62, G Maxwell 20, A Rashid 2-47 (7.4)
Maxwell hacks the ball out to the leg side, Jonny Bairstow sprints around the boundary and saves two runs.
Rashid drags one down and Maxwell punishes him with a hefty pull to the leg side for four. 150 up for Australia.
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