The Aussies were at their best when they locked horns with Eoin Morgan-led England in a World Cup clash on Tuesday. Australia went on to beat their Ashes rivals by 64 runs at𝕴 the iconic Lord’s Cricket Ground.
After put to in bat, the Australian openers Aaron Finch and David Warner dominated the first but it was the Englan🍃d bowlers who came back strongly in the second half and ensured that their opposition was restricted to onlyꦿ 285/7.
Defending the total, Jason Behrendorff and Mitchell Starc started the proceedings in an extraordinary fashion, dismissing England’s James Vince, Joe Root and Eoin Morgan early. Ben Stokes played a fighting role but was cleaned up by a ferocious yorker from Starc. The left-arm pace duo ran through the lower order and England fell well short of the target.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
WC SF🎶 here weꦡ come . Well played Aussies 👍👍👌👏@MacquarieSport
— Darren Lehmann (@darren_lehmann)
Well played Australia.. nice win. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
— Dean Jones AM (@ProfDeano)
Starc, Behrendorff and batsme🤪n, sums up the story. The hosts must be feeling the heat!
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh)
Great win . Getting better by the game . Top captain . Starc definitely a ca꧅ptains dream .
— Salman Butt (@im_SalmanButt)
High fives 👋🏻 to the English bloke who fired up Mitch with some banter at breaky….. onya legend!!
— Alyssa Healy (@ahealy77)
Auss꧒ies 👏🏻👏♛🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏��👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🏏
— Michael Clarke (@MClarke23)
England Can’t Chase 🙈
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
England in deep waters. Stuck at 8 points. Beaten comprehensively by Australia.
Upcoming matc𒐪hes ar🍒e against India and New Zealand. Huge task and pressure games!!— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph)
Are favourites anymore.. Am not sure..
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani)
Last two years have been completely contrasting for both Australia and England… Who would’ve thought Australia would qualify for the semis ahead of the favourites… Tables have turned
— Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru)
Who wo꧃uld have thought England would be under pressure to qualify????
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
England and Australia have moved in opposite directions in the last week: England 💯from bad to worse, Aussies from good to excellent. World Cup thrown open. Pak v NZ match tomorrow ⛦should be a needle contest
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah)
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Fewest inns to 15th ODI 100s
86 – Hashim Amla
106 – Virat Kohli
108 – Shikhar Dhawan/David Warner
112 – AARON FINCH
126 – Joe Root
143 – Saeed Anwar
144 – Sourav Ganguly— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman)
Thank You Australia! England over-rated even with all their foreign imported cricketers. fear on 's face when he walked out to bat though. 😂
— Daniel Alexander (@daniel86cricket)
England's last 11 games against Australia, India, New Zealand in the Cricket World Cup
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LostNext two games: vs Ind & NZ
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad)
