Manchester: Defending champions Australia will take on England while India are gearing up to face New Zealand in the World Cup semi-finals.
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We take a look at five players to watch in the last four.
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Steely Warner
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David Warner has come back even stronger after a ball-tampering ban and has been unfazed by the hostile reception he has received from English crowds along with teammate Steve Smith.
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Warner scored an efficient 89 not out in his first international outing after his one-year suspension to lead Australia to an opening World Cup win against Afghanistan.
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That was just the launchpad for the left-handed opener’s prolific run-scoring in the league phase as he hit three hundreds, including a dominant 166 against Bangladesh.
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Warner, buoyed further by the birth of his third child in London, will be a feared man in the knockouts, with his ability to take the game away from opponents in the blink of an eye.
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Deadly Starc
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Mitchell Starc has rattled opposition batsmen with speed and accuracy, taking 26 scalps in nine league matches to lead the bowlers’ chart by some distance.
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Likened to Pakistan bowling great Wasim Akram, the left-arm quick returned figures of 5-26 in his team’s rout of New Zealand.
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His inswinging yorker that bowled England batsman Ben Stokes left many in awe, with fans dubbing it the “ball of the tournament”.
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Former England captain Graham Gooch hailed him as a “match-winning bowler” after his four wickets in the win against England, which confirmed Australia’s place in the semi-finals.
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‘Genius’ Williamson
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New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has led from the front, hitting two hundreds for the 2015 World Cup finalists.
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Williamson’s old-school batting style and elegant strokeplay makes him stand out in an era of muscular big-hitting.
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The skipper, who averages more than 47 in 147 one-day internationals, made his highest-ever ODI score of 148 against West Indies and was labelled a “genius” by former England captain Michael Vaughan.
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Williamson has the tough task of lifting the Black Caps after three consecutive defeats but he has the grit and skill to make a difference.
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Feisty Bairstow
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“He likes a bit of fire in his belly” is how England skipper Eoin Morgan described Jonny Bairstow after the opener struck a crucial match-winning century against India at Edgbaston.
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Former captain Michael Vaughan had had dig at Bairstow on social media after the batsman said people were waiting for England to fail at the World Cup following their stumbles.
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But Bairstow channelled his anger to spectacular effect, adding another ton against New Zealand as England made it safely through.
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He looked like a man on mission when he tamed New Zealand pacemen Trent Boult and Tim Southee and Australia will not feel comfortable until he is out of the way.
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Inspired Sharma
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Rohit Sharma has managed to stand out even in an Indian batting top order that features skipper Virat Kohli as the undoubted alpha male.
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The opening batsman, known as the “hitman”, has struck five centuries at the World Cup to drive his team’s campaign for their third title.
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Sharma, whose range of strokes combined with his ability to score quickly makes him so dangerous, tops the World Cup batting chart with 647 runs from eight league games at a startling average of more than 92.
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Sharma, the only batsman to have scored three one-day international double centuries, is a man on a mission and he will take some stopping.