The reactions following England’s eight-wicket win over five-time and defending champions Australia at Edgbaston
ESPNcricinfo staff11-Jul-2019
Congratulations to England on beating Australia and winning the semi-finals . Must be a cracking game at Lords where a first time World Champion will be crowned #EngvAus
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) July 11, 2019
The best thing for our beautiful game, a 1st time winner! Congrats to the players and fans of England and New Zealand. #CWC19
— Graeme Smith (@GraemeSmith49) July 11, 2019
Great all-round performance from team England! Brilliant aggressive batting to back the bowling effort. We will have a new #CWC19 winner and it should be a memorable final. Tough luck Australia #ENGvAUS
— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) July 11, 2019
A new world champion for certain. #CricketWorldCup Well done England.
— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) July 11, 2019
A great moment for English cricket, with the team one win away from a maiden World Cup title.
Beautiful #WeAreEngland
Just Beautiful— Stuart Broad (@StuartBroad8) July 11, 2019
Wow .. We are going to get to see England at Lords in a World Cup Final .. #CWC19
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) July 11, 2019
Well played @englandcricket Now go and win it pic.twitter.com/wHKNqlTKD7
— Alec Stewart (@StewieCricket) July 11, 2019
Boys that was awesome. #ENGvAUS #englandcricket @englandcricket
— Tim Bresnan (@timbresnan) July 11, 2019
England well played. Serious team. Hope England can go on and win the World Cup & change cricket in England forever #CWC2019
— Ravi Bopara (@ravibopara) July 11, 2019
I’ve thoroughly enjoyed today!!! On to the next!!! Bring it home @englandcricket!!!!!!
— Ian Bell (@Ian_Bell) July 11, 2019
There was praise from former Australia stars as well.
Congratulations England. Outplayed Australia today. All the best for the WC final v NZ.#CWC2019
— Jason Gillespie (@dizzy259) July 11, 2019
England too good today
— Brett Lee (@BrettLee_58) July 11, 2019
Congratulations to @ECB_cricket for a convincing win. Won in facets of the game. Dominated ODI cricket over the last couple of years and deserve your place in the final, at Lords. #CWC19 #ENGvAUS #AUSvENG #ENGvNZ #NzvEng
— Brad Hogg (@Brad_Hogg) July 11, 2019
And from those across the sporting fraternity.
England have won a World Cup semifinal…. and in some style. Now that doesn’t happen very often. Well played @englandcricket, well played.
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) July 11, 2019
British politicians also weighed in.
Great win for @EnglandCricket today – every England fan will have enjoyed that one! Good luck for Sunday#ENGvAUS #CWC19
— Theresa May (@theresa_may) July 11, 2019
Congratulations to @englandcricket for a magnificent performance against Australia today.
I'm delighted the final on Sunday will be free to watch. More cricket should be on terrestrial TV, so more people can enjoy it. It was a mistake to take it off.#ENGvAUS #CWC19
— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) July 11, 2019