Edgbaston, Birmingham Venue Stats
Edgbaston in Birmingham, home to the Warwickshire County Cricket Club, will host the second semi-final of the ICC World Cup 2019 between Australia and England. Like Manchester, Edgbaston hosted its first ODI in 1972 - the 4th match in ODI history
1) The venue has hosted 62 ODIs since 1972.
2) There have been 24 hundreds at this venue and eight 300-plus totals.
3) Glenn Turner made an unbeaten 171 against East Africa in the inaugural World Cup, in 1975 at this venue and it remains the highest score here.
4) Darren Gough has the most wickets - 21 at 22.66 apiece - at this venue.
5) There have been nine five-plus wicket hauls with Josh Hazlewood's 6/52 against New Zealand in the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 being the best figures recorded here.
Recent record and trends
There have been four matches played here at the venue since the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy. In three of those, the captain winning the toss has opted to bat first. Twice the team batting first has won while two other times, the chasing team triumphed. The average first innings total here is 282 in the period post the Champions Trophy.
New Zealand vs South Africa, New Zealand vs Pakistan, England vs India and India vs Bangladesh are the four 2019 World Cup matches played here so far. The first two times, the chasing side won the matches - both involving New Zealand - while the last two occasions saw the team batting first make 300-plus scores and win comfortably.
Pace vs Spin
Pacers have picked up 44 wickets in this venue in the 2019 World Cup. Spinners, on the other hand, have had considerably less success - 4 wickets at an average of 93.3
The spinners, though, have been marginally more economical here - 5.23 to 5.63. The seam bowlers have recorded three hauls of four wickets or more at this venue in the four matches played here in the World Cup.
Team records
Australia were the first team to qualify for the semi-finals in this World Cup and have finished second in the league phase behind India.
They only lost twice in the nine matches - one against India and the other against South Africa.
England, meanwhile, had minor hiccups along the way losing to Pakistan, Australia and Sri Lanka before crushing India and New Zealand to finish third on the points table.
England and Australia have faced each other 11 times in ODIs post the Champions Trophy with England winning nine of those matches.
However, in the warm-up match before the World Cup and the league match of this World Cup, Australia beat England.
Overall records also favour Australia - 82 wins to England's 61 wins. In World Cups, Australia have beaten England six out of eight times so far.
England defeats Australia by 8 wickets to Reach First Final in 27 Years
Scorecard
Australia 223/10 in 49 Overs
England 226/2 in 32.1 Overs
Match Result England won by 8 wickets
MOM Chris Woakes(England)for his 3/20 (8 Overs)
Australian captain Aaron Finch won the toss and decided to bat first. However, that decision backfired as Jofra Archer dismissed the skipper for 0. Chris Woakes then got the two big wickets of David Warner and Peter Handscomb to put Australia under immense pressure.
Steve Smith and Alex Carey steadied the Australian ship, guiding them to 27 for 3 at the end of 10 overs.
Smith and Carey continued to build a partnership but just when things began to look dangerous for England, Adil Rashid struck, dismissing the Alex Carey for 46.
In the same over, Rashid dismissed Marcus Stoinis to stall the Australian progress. At the other end, Smith reached his fifty off 72 balls.
Glenn Maxwell then arrived at the crease and played with intent. However, he was dismissed by Archer for 22 as Australia began crumbling again.
Mitchell Starc came to the Aussies' rescue and added 51 runs for the 8th wicket with Smith. Smith was eventually run out by Jos Buttler for 85 and England managed to restrict Australia to just 223. Woakes and Rashid took three wickets each while Archer scalped two
England crushed Australia to reach the final of the World Cup and the hosts, who won with nearly 18 overs to spare, will meet NZ in their first World Cup final since 1992 on Sunday July 14,2019
Root (49 not out off 46) and captain Eoin Morgan (45 not out off 39) knocked off the remaining runs to complete a famous win in just 32.1 overs. England, who lost three World Cup finals in 1979, 1987 and 1992, now have a golden opportunity to win the elusive crown with a victory against New Zealand at Lord’s on Sunday July 14,2019
Chris Woakes and Adil Rashid shone with the ball, sharing six wickets to bowl the Aussies out for 223, while Jason Roy's brilliant 85 allowed Joe Root and Eoin Morgan to secure the victory under little pressure.
England's first World Cup victory over Australia since 1992 was their most complete performance of the tournament – and Morgan admitted it was 'close to' their best overall since their white-ball revolution began four years ago.
As for being in a World Cup final, Morgan said: 'It sounds pretty cool and it feels pretty good. The performance in the last three games, we have got better and better as a group.
Jason Roy was fined two demerit points and 30 per cent of his fee by ICC match referee Ranjan Madugalle after reacting badly to being given out by Kumar Dhamasena, caught behind down the leg side off Pat Cummins for 85.
Roy initially asked for a review, and replays showed he hadn't touched the ball, but he had to leave the field after it was pointed out to him that Jonny Bairstow had already used up England's challenge.
The fine for dissent takes him to three demerit points for this World Cup following an earlier incident against Pakistan, but a ban kicks in only after a player reaches a total of four.
Joe Root breaks 16-year-old record against Australia
Joe Root scripted history during the ICC World Cup 2019 semifinal encounter between England and Australia on Thursday as he claimed the record of most catches by a non-wicketkeeper in a single edition of ICC World Cup. With 12 catches, Root left behind former Australia captain Ricky Ponting’s record of 11 grabs in 2013. South Africa skipper Faf du Plessis and Root’s teammate Jonny Bairstow round up the top-3 with 10 and 9 catches respectively to their names in the ongoing World Cup.
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