ICC Champions Trophy: Semi-finals: England Vs Australia
The first semi-final of the Champions Trophy will see rejuvenated England taking on the favourite Australia in Centurion. England captain Andrew Strauss won the toss and elected to bat first at the SuperSport Park.
This is the eighth time the two sides are facing each other in the last six weeks. They just completed with the ODI series in England with Australia beating the host by 6-1 in the seven match series.
The Englishmen have come back strongly from last month’s alarming performance to post convincing victories over Sri Lanka and South Africa in the first two games of the Champions Trophy. The loss to New Zealand, however, pushed them to the second spot in Group B.
Australia, on the other hand, was far from being impressive in their 50-run win over a second string West Indian team in the opening match and were lucky to register a last-ball victory over Pakistan after their batting crumbled at the same venue on Wednesday. The win perched them on the top of Group A.
Both the sides are well versed with each other’s game and will be carefully sketching out their strategy.
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