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Our World Cup semi-final is more than just a game but we have tasted do-or-die cricket and emerged with wins we needed

Weeks like this are what you dream of as a kid growing up. A World Cup semi‑final against Australia, and with it the chance to take our place in the final at Lord’s on Sunday, is why you take up the sport and put in all the hours of hard work.

Thursday at Edgbaston is the big one. You can talk about treating it as another game, but as England players we know it is more than that. We accepted this when we put ourselves in a must-win scenario for the last two group games.

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