England look to make it count at the fortress that is Edgbaston

By Chris Stocks

Injury-free: Pace man Mark Wood has now played eight games on the spin for England during this tournament
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As England contemplate their biggest one-day international in a generation, they will be boosted by the knowledge that they couldn’t have picked a better ground in the world on which to play a World Cup semi-final than ‘Fortress Edgbaston’.
The Birmingham venue has earned that nickname for a very good reason – England have won their past 10 matches there across all formats and are unbeaten at the ground since September 201...

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