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England book semi spot World Cup 2019 standings Team Played Won Lost Tied No result Run rate Points Australia 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 14 (Q) Ton-up Bairstow 8 6 1 0 1 0.811 13 (Q) • 9 6 3 0 0 1.152 12 (Q) stars as England New Zealand 9 5 3 0 1 0.175 11 thrash New Zealand 8 4 3 0 1 -0.792 9 to secure World Cup 8 3 3 0 2 -0.934 8 semi-final spot Bangladesh 8 3 4 0 1 -0.195 7 South Africa 8 2 5 0 1 -0.080 5 West Indies 8 1 6 0 1 -0.335 3 England third 8 0 8 0 0 -1.634 0 team• to qualify for semifinals Today’s matches

AFP | Birmingham Afghanistan vs West Indies

onny Bairstow’s second successive hundred laid Headingley Stadium – Jthe foundation for Eng- Leeds land’s 119-run thrashing of 12:30pm New Zealand that saw the tournament hosts secure their place in the semi-finals England’s plays a shot » Qualifiers Afghanistan and West Indies end their disappointing 2019 Cricket World of the World Cup yesterday. England It is the first time England Black Caps is that they should The opening semi-final be- Cup campaigns against each other at Headingley. have reached this stage since still join Australia, India and tween the first and fourth- J. Roy c Santner b Neesham 60 » Afghanistan have lost all eight matches at this tournament so far, while West Indies 1992, when they made the last England in the last four as it placed sides is scheduled for J. Bairstow b Henry 106 are just one place ahead of them with one win and six defeats (plus one no result). of their three losing appear- will take a colossal change in Old Trafford next Tuesday. J. Root c Latham b Boult 24 » Afghanistan beat West Indies twice during last year’s World Cup qualifier, however, ances in the final. net run-rate for Pakistan to J. Buttler c Williamson b Boult 11 as both teams booked their place in this tournament. England, yet to win the overtake them even if Sar- New Zealand stumble E. Morgan c Santner b Henry 42 World Cup, were set for a faraz Ahmed’s side beat Bang- New Zealand, who would B. Stokes c Henry b Santner 11 Afghanistan West Indies C. Woakes c Williamson b Neesham 4 huge score at 194-1 off 30 ladesh at Lord’s on Friday. have reached the semi-finals Afghanistan have lost all eight matches West Indies won their first game against L. Plunkett 15 overs before managing just “I am really pleased,” said had they won this match, saw they have played at this tournament, fall- Pakistan but have failed to add to that A. Rashid b Southee 16 111 in the last 20 against a man-of-the-match Bairstow. their chase start badly when ing just short of breaking that in their since. nearly ended that J. Archer not out 1 New Zealand attack missing “We knew these two games Henry Nicholls was lbw for a last game against Pakistan. duck with some late heroics – smashing a Extras (b4, lb4, w7) 15 injured fast bowler Lockie were must-win to give our- golden duck to They were bowled out for 213 chasing 225 but being caught just inches short Total (eight , 50 overs) 305 Ferguson. selves the best opportunity of and decided against a review to beat India to show some signs of recov- of hitting the match-winning six in a five-run But, with Bairstow making reaching the semi-final. that would have reprieved New Zealand ery but then fell to 200 all out in replay to defeat to New Zealand. The Black Caps had 106, a total of 305-8 proved “We knew the performanc- him. M. Guptill c Buttler b Archer 8 Bangladesh’s 262/7 in their next game. posted 291/8.Against India next up, West more than enough at Chester- es in the last couple of games , the lead- H. Nicholls lbw b Woakes 0 Against Pakistan, they were in strong po- Indies collapsed to 143 all out in reply to le-Street. weren’t up to scratch. To play ing run-scorer at the 2015 K. Williamson (Wood) 27 sitions on several occasions but eventually 268/7 and they looked to be heading to New Zealand could only the way we have and hopeful- World Cup, then fell cheaply R. Taylor run out (Rashid/Buttler) 28 finished on 227/9 and lost by three wickets a similarly heavy defeat against Sri Lanka manage 186 in reply as they ly keep it going into the semis but worse followed for New T. Latham c Buttler b Plunkett 57 with just two balls remaining. last time out too. Nicholas Pooran (118) and suffered a third successive is pleasing.” Zealand when senior bats- (51) took them close to chasing J. Neesham b Wood 19 Probable XI defeat of the tournament fol- England are now guaran- men and C. de Grandhomme c Root b Stokes 3 the 339 required to win, but their wickets lowing losses to Pakistan and teed to finish third in the were dismissed M. Santner lbw b Wood 12 , (c), Hashmat- spelled the end of West Indies’ hopes as champions Australia -- the standings and so will play in by contrasting run-outs. T. Southee not out 7 ullah Shahidi, Ikram Ali Khil (wk), Asghar Af- they eventually finished on 315/9. team that beat them in the the second semi-final at Edg- Black Caps skipper Wil- M. Henry b Wood 7 ghan, , , Probable XI 2015 final. baston on July 11. liamson, who came into this T. Boult st Buttler b Rashid 4 , , Dawlat One consolation for the As things stand, they are in match with a tournament av- Extras (b2, lb6, w6) 14 Zadran, Mujeeb Ur Rahman , , , Shim- line to face India, currently erage of 113.50, fell for 27 in Total (all out, 45 overs) 186 ron Hetmyer, Nicholas Pooran, Jason Hold- second, but it is still possible unlucky fashion when fast er, Carlos Brathwaite, Fabian Allen, Sheldon for ’s men to leap- bowler got his After a brief stoppage when PITCH REPORT Cottrell, , frog Australia at the top of the fingertips to a Taylor drive a streaker ran onto the field, standings. and deflected the ball onto the Black Caps lost Tom With four days between fixtures to prepare it, the Headingley pitch should be in good KNOW WHAT If England do play India it the non-striker’s stumps with Latham, caught behind for condition for this match. It is supposed to get warmer in Leeds as the week goes on, will be a repeat of Sunday’s Williamson out of his ground. 57, to leave them all but beat- and Headingley should be set for a great day for cricket on Thursday. match at the Birmingham Taylor was far more re - en at 164-7. England entered the ground when, following back- sponsible for his own exit Earlier, Bairstow and Jason Head to Head World Cup semifinals to-back defeats by Sri Lanka when, deciding to go for a Roy (60) got England off to a West Indies have only won one of their five previous ODIs against Afghanistan – the and Australia, they inflicted risky second run on 28, he flyer with an opening part- second match of their tied series in 2017. They have met twice since then, both times in for the first time since a first reverse upon Kohli’s failed to beat Adil Rashid’s nership of 123 -- their third the qualifying tournament for this World Cup in . the 1992 edition side. throw from fine leg to Buttler. century stand in a row. In the first game, Afghanistan restricted West Indies to 197/8 and chased it in 47.4 overs to claim a three- win. Then, after both teams had booked their World Cup place, Afghanistan beat West Indies again in the final – Mujeeb Ur Rahman’s 4-43 restricting West Indies to 204 all out, before (84) and Rahmat Shah (51) led Bangladesh coach proud of team’s fight Afghanistan to a seven-wicket win in 40.4 overs AFP | Birmingham Practice makes perfect for angladesh head coach Steve Rhodes Bsaid he was “proud” of the way his India’s deadly Bumrah team had fought against top sides at the World Cup even though they had AFP | Birmingham Bumrah, the world’s top-ranked ultimately fallen short. bowler in one-day internationals, ’s side lost to India aceman Jasprit Bumrah said returned figures of 4-55 in his 10 by 28 runs at Edgbaston on Tuesday to Pconstantly practising his york- overs at Edgbaston on Tuesday as end their hopes of a place in semi-finals. er was helping him perfect the art Bangladesh were bowled out for Bangladesh impressed dur - after he finished off Bangladesh to 286 in response to India’s 314-9, to ing wins over South Africa and the earn India a World Cup semi-final lose by 28 runs. West Indies and put in a spirited ef - spot. Number eight batsman Moham- fort against defending champions mad Saifuddin gave India a scare Australia. with a quickfire unbeaten 51 but The Tigers fought back to limit India Bumrah returned in his final spell to 314 for nine in Birmingham on Tues- to polish off the tail with two wick- day after Rohit Sharma’s 104 but they ets in successive deliveries. could only manage 286 all out despite “Everything is preparation. I do 66 from star batsman . it again and again in the nets. The “You know, it could well have been more you do it the better you get,” 370, 380, even 400 at one stage,” said runs between the wickets said Bumrah. Rhodes. “So we were delighted that we shown.” Cup, and they’ll want to change that “You can’t master it but I’m showed a lot of spirit and a lot of fight Bangladesh take on Pakistan in their (Bangladesh won by 37 runs in 2018),” still trying to get better. It’s all to come back. final league game on Friday and Rhodes said Rhodes. about repetition. Do it again and “It was pleasing to see some fight. I said it would be a competitive match. “We showed in some of the games we again and try and replicate in the think it’s a reflection of the team. We’ve Pakistan will reach the semi-finals if played this year that we’re going to be a game.” only picked up the three victories. hosts England lose to New Zealand and difficult side for Pakistan to beat. Bumrah, with an unorthodox “I’m very proud of the way we’ve Sarfaraz Ahmed’s side get past Bang- “We know we’ll have to play well sling-arm action, has claimed 14 played against a lot of the big teams, and ladesh. again because they’ve run into a little wickets in seven matches at his first I think that maybe we’ll be the people’s “I’m really looking forward to that bit of form in the back end of the tour- Jasprit Bumrah in action World Cup and credits his work team for the amount of fight that we’ve game. I think we beat them in the Asia nament. But we’re confident.” ethic for the success.