Cricket World Cup 2015 semi-final: Mitchell Johnson and Steve Smith lead way as Australia join New Zealand in World Cup final
Photo: Getty Images Australia's passage to the final was secured with a 95-run win over India in Thursday night's second semi-final at the SCG, set up by a wonderful 105 from Steve Smith and finished off when Mitchell Johnson rose on the big stage to lead the Australian defence.Any questions over whether Australia's total of 7-328 would be enough were answered, although the nerves did not subside until MS Dhoni's bizarre 65 was brought to an end. I just hope that in the final Warner lucks out a bit better and Maxwell realises that you are actually allowed to hit the ball along the ground sometimes
It was quite a stage to make a competition debut, but although Canada went on to dominate possession a combination of solid defending and poor finishing meant Chamberlain did not actually need to make a save until Belanger tested her in the 87th minute.England, from scraps of possession, had come closer. Earlier on Saturday Japan edged past Australia one-nil with a late goal by Mana Iwabuchi.Japan, who have won all five of their matches in the finals, each by a single goal, will present a much more technical test than the strong but technically limited Canadians
Cricket World Cup: Drama aplenty as New Zealand enter first final
A choke would have been if they both backed off.Why are people so quick to try and use this frankly cliched term to describe every loss by any team that has some sad big-game history?Greg Norman choked in 96 at Augusta - he snatched defeat from the jaws of victory through simply not handling the pressure. It is low percentage but saves time.What about NZ dropping ABDV, the world's best batsman, before he reached 30? If that didn't happen, maybe they would have won the game comfortably - maybe the nerves got to them? But we both know they didn't
The FIFA Weekly Latest News The extraordinary FIFA Executive Committee meeting to set the date for the extraordinary elective Congress took place on Monday 20 July 2015 at the Home of FIFA in Zurich
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