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 at 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 England bowlers who came back strongly in the second half and ensured that their opposition was restricted to only 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 we come . Well played Aussies 👍👍👌👏@MacquarieSport @cricketcomau
— Darren Lehmann (@darren_lehmann) June 25, 2019
Well played Australia.. nice win. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
— Dean Jones AM (@ProfDeano) June 25, 2019
Starc, Behrendorff and @ECB_cricket batsmen, sums up the story. The hosts must be feeling the heat!#ENGvAUS #CWC19
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) June 25, 2019
Great win @CricketAus . Getting better by the game . Top captain @AaronFinch5 . Starc definitely a captains dream .
— Salman Butt (@im_SalmanButt) June 25, 2019
High fives 👋🏻 to the English bloke who fired up Mitch with some banter at breaky….. onya legend!!
— Alyssa Healy (@ahealy77) June 25, 2019
Aussies 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🏏
— Michael Clarke (@MClarke23) June 25, 2019
England Can’t Chase 🙈 #CWC19 #EngvAus
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) June 25, 2019
England in deep waters. Stuck at 8 points. Beaten comprehensively by Australia.
Upcoming matches are against India and New Zealand. Huge task and pressure games!!#ENGvsAUS #CWC19— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) June 25, 2019
Are @englandcricket favourites anymore.. Am not sure..#cwc19
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani) June 25, 2019
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… #EngvAus Tables have turned
— Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru) June 25, 2019
Who would have thought England would be under pressure to qualify???? #WorldCup19 #ENGvsAUS
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) June 25, 2019
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) June 25, 2019
https://twitter.com/KP24/status/1143569356972023808
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#CWC19 #CWC2019#AusvEng#EngvAus— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) June 25, 2019
Thank You Australia! England over-rated even with all their foreign imported cricketers. fear on @Eoin16's face when he walked out to bat though. 😂 #ENGvAUS #CWC19
— Daniel Alexander (@daniel86cricket) June 25, 2019
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) June 25, 2019
