Summary

  • Australia win by 95 runs to reach final

  • Faulkner 3-59, Starc 2-28, Johnson 2-50

  • Dhoni top-scored for India with 65

  • Smith 105 & Finch 81 for Australia

  • Australia face NZ in Melbourne on Sunday

  1. Postpublished at 09:06 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015

    Kevin Pietersen
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    "I was standing next to Josh Hazlewood in the lobby the other day and he's a tall, strong guy, it's no surprise he's done well here. He towered over me and I felt intimidated."

    Josh HazlewoodImage source, Getty Images
  2. Ind 82-2published at 09:06 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015

    Hazlewood is bowling really well here, finding a consistent line and length and using his 6ft 6in frame to extract sharp bounce from the pitch. Just two from his latest over.

  3. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 09:03 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015

    Jay: Someone has taught Kohli the English way of batting. Wasting balls. getting out to Johnson, etc...

    Ravi Arora: Trying not to miss a ball. breakfast burnt!

  4. Email tms@bbc.co.ukpublished at 09:01 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015

    Kevin: Let us all remember that this game would be rubbish if it was 40 overs. The 50-over game is terrific, if we'd just play a little less of it and stop changing the rules every five minutes. When the game matters then the middle overs build up the tension and that's what makes cricket the best sport in the world. Twenty20 is for morons with short attention spans and no understanding. Good luck to any side who can chase nearly 330 in a World Cup semi, especially when you live in India. Pressure does strange things to people.

  5. Ind 80-2 (Rohit 26, Rahane 1)published at 09:01 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015

    Mitchell Johnson has got the blood pumping through his veins now. He tests Ajinkya Rahane first ball with a bouncer that absolutely snorts off the track and pins the batsman on the handle. Rahane does very well to fend it away for a single to get off the mark.

  6. Postpublished at 08:59 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015

    Kevin Pietersen
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    "That's a bit of a worry now for India, though they've got some good players to come. There's a lot of batting left in that dressing-room. Their run rate's OK and they can score eight, nine or 10 an over. Australia's spinner is not a world-recognised spinner, and India play spin brilliantly."

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    Virat Kohli walks offImage source, Getty Images
  7. WICKETpublished at 08:56 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015

    Johnson wins the battle! The Australia paceman snarls in delight as he gets the wicket his team craved, a sharp bouncer hurrying Kohli into a mistimed hook that loops in the air and is safely pouched by Brad Haddin. Kohli tormented Australia in the Test series, he knocks off centuries in big run chases for fun, but today is not his day. Australia are all fired up.

    Mitchell JohnsonImage source, Getty Images
  8. Postpublished at 08:54 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015

    Kevin Pietersen
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    "Virat's one of my buddies. He's not calm in an MS Dhoni way, but he always seeks to improve and become the best player he can. To all the kids watching - it's not about how aggressively you play."

  9. Ind 77-1published at 08:54 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015

    Josh Hazlewood has his tail up now. He fancies a crack at Virat Kohli, arguably the world's premier ODI batsman. He serves him an absolute jaffa first up, slightly back of a length, just outside off and eliciting a tentative push from Kohli. Perhaps chastened by that, Kohli plays out a watchful maiden from the remaining deliveries. Australia coming back well here.

  10. Postpublished at 08:54 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015

    Vikas Pandey
    BBC Monitoring

    "This picture shows seriously Indians take their cricket! People trying to not miss a single ball even during their lunch break."

    India fans
  11. Postpublished at 08:52 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015

    Kevin Pietersen
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    "Virat Kohli has a wonderful chasing head on his shoulders, but this is as big as it gets. When you've got all the shots, and it's your day, you're going to just nail it. He plays 360, he plays spinners and seamers so well, and he can pick where to play his shots."

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  12. Ind 77-1 (Rohit 24, Kohli 1)published at 08:51 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015

    Mitchell Johnson against Virat Kohli. No quarter given. Johnson ties the new batsman down with five dots, before Kohli gets off the mark with a single to third man.

  13. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 08:48 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015

    Simon Bachelor: Easy paced pitch this, India bowled 21 overs of spin at five an over, pacers went at 7.7, think Aussies are in trouble!

    Craig Murray: Aussies fell apart when Smith went and haven't put themselves back together again. Crowd is going crazy.

  14. Postpublished at 08:48 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015

    Rahul Dravid
    Ex-India captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "A big wicket for Australia, Shikhar Dhawan tried to hit it over mid-off but he hit it straight to deep point."

  15. Ind 76-1published at 08:48 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015

    Virat Kohli, a man for a big run-chase, strides to the crease.

  16. WICKETpublished at 08:44 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015

    Big wicket! Big, big wicket. India were on the charge and Shikhar Dhawan was taking the game away from Australia in a raucous SCG, but young Josh Hazlewood has made the crucial breakthrough.

    Dhawan steps down the track, goes to hit Hazlewood hard inside out over the covers, hits it beautifully but Glenn Maxwell is waiting at deep extra to swallow it up. Dhawan can't believe what he's done. The only man in the entire postcode and he picked him out.

    Scorecard

    Josh HazlewoodImage source, Getty Images
  17. Postpublished at 08:43 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015

    Rahul Dravid
    Ex-India captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "Shikhar Dhawan has the wood over James Faulkner at the moment. Clarke might have to bring on Shane Watson or even Glenn Maxwell to change things."

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  18. Ind 73-0 (Rohit 21, Dhawan 45)published at 08:40 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015

    Faulkner is retained by Cap'n Clarke but his woes continue as he overpitches just fractionally and Dhawan creams him down the ground, making a perfectly respectable delivery into a half-volley. Dhawan is on the charge here and he follows beauty with brutality, stepping down the track and bludgeoning Faulkner over the umpire's head for another boundary. Hands-on-hips time for Michael Clarke, problems mounting for Australia.

  19. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 08:39 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015

    BBC Radio Test Match Special

    On Twitter:, external The World Cup all-star selections... Do you agree with our panel? And can you guess whose is whose?!

    The composite team was: Brendon McCullum (capt), Martin Guptill, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Steve Smith, AB de Villiers, Glenn Maxwell, Corey Anderson, Daniel Vettori, Mitchell Starc, Trent Boult, Morne Morkel. 12th man: Mohammed Shami.

    TMS team of the tournament