Australia vs England Champions Trophy Semi Final Live Score

England may secretly be relieved that Australia scrambled the final bye, which meant they wouldn't have to face Pakistan's mixture of spin and reverse swing on a slow, wearing Centurion pitch. Not that Australia's attack will be easy, but at least there won't be any of the unknown. In fact, it's just the opposite. The teams probably know each other a little too well at the moment.

For a while it looked as though Australia would blow their chance of progressing as the batting came to a screeching halt in their chase against Pakistan. However, Brett Lee and Nathan Hauritz did just enough - Australia were through when they levelled scores off the penultimate ball - and another meeting with the old enemy was an added bonus.

Australia will bring with them memories of the 6-1 win in the recent one-day series, while England will say that result doesn't matter anymore. "We thrashed them the last time we played them," said Graeme Swann, England's team joker. The truth, as is often the case, lies somewhere in the middle. Australia clearly have the upper hand in recent contests, but England's resurgence since arriving in South Africa means they have a good chance of extracting revenge.

Australia vs England 1st Semi-Final Champions Trophy at Centurion

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England (probable): 1 Andrew Strauss (capt), 2 Joe Denly, 3 Owais Shah, 4 Paul Collingwood, 5 Eoin Morgan, 6 Matt Prior (wk), 7 Luke Wright, 8 Stuart Broad, 9 Graeme Swann, 10 Ryan Sidebottom, 11 James Anderson.

Australia (probable) 1 Shane Watson, 2 Tim Paine (wk), 3 Ricky Ponting (capt), 4 Michael Hussey, 5 Callum Ferguson, 6 Cameron White, 7 James Hopes, 8 Mitchell Johnson, 9 Brett Lee, 10 Nathan Hauritz, 11 Peter Siddle.

England scored 323 on an excellent batting surface against South Africa, but the pitch for the previous game between Australia and Pakistan was a tough one for run-scoring. The thunderstorms have stayed away since the Australia-India game and the last thing a semi-final needs is rain.

Australia vs England 1st t20 live streaming

Australia in England T20 International Series - Australia beating Scotland and England just about avoiding a howler against Ireland - but neither team has yet to master the shortest of formats. Australia failed to reach the group stages of the World Twenty20 while England were beaten to the semi-finals post by West Indies. Also, Australia have lost their last five matches in a row; their last win came in February.

England vs Australia

* T20I no. 119 | 2009 season
* Played at Old Trafford, Manchester
* 30 August 2009

England squad
PD Collingwood*, JM Anderson, RS Bopara, TT Bresnan, SCJ Broad, JL Denly, EJG Morgan, MJ Prior†, AU Rashid, OA Shah, RJ Sidebottom, GP Swann, IJL Trott, LJ Wright

Australia squad
MJ Clarke*, CJ Ferguson, NM Hauritz, BW Hilfenhaus, DJ Hussey, MG Johnson, B Lee, GA Manou†, DP Nannes, TD Paine†, AC Voges, DA Warner, SR Watson, CL White

Match details

Umpires IJ Gould and RA Kettleborough
TV umpire PJ Hartley
Match referee RS Madugalle
Reserve umpire DJ Millns