In the first semi-final, England batted first and scored 277 runs in the scheduled 50 overs thanks to the century innings of captain Thomas Rave.

In response to England’s target, defending champions Australia were bowled out for 250 in 47.3 overs. Chasing the target, Australia’s captain Oliver Peek continued to fight until the end. But could not bring victory to the team. He played a fighting innings of 100 runs off 88 balls. He hit 8 fours and 1 six in this innings.

England’s bowling was superb in the first semi-final against Australia. The top wicket takers for England were Sebastian Morgan, James Minto, Manny Lumsden and Ralphie Albert—with 2 wickets each. Besides, Alex French and Farhan Ahmed got one wicket each.

On the other hand, apart from Oliver Pick, Nitesh Samuel contributed 47 runs and Aryan Sharma 34 runs in Australia’s batting. In the first semi-final match against Australia, England captain Thomas Reve played a brilliant innings of 110 runs. But this century of his innings unfortunately ended with a run out.