Revenge is the cherry on the cake for England

By Chris Stocks

Semi-final 2, July 11, Edgbaston, Birmingham
Australia 223
(Smith 85, Carey 46, Starc 29, Woakes 3-20, Rashid 3-54, Archer 2-32)
England 226-2
(Roy 85, Root 49*, Morgan 45*, Bairstow 34, Cummins 1-34)
England won by 8 wickets
Toss: Australia, who chose to bat
Officials: H Dharmasena, M Erasmus, C Gaffaney, A Dar, R Madugalle

Front foot: Chris Woakes took the game to Australia

Out but not out! Jason Roy is wrongly given caught behind by umpire Kumar Dharmesena but had already batted England into a winning position
PICTURE: Getty Images

REACHING a first World Cup fina...

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