England are in the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup semi-finals for the first time in 27 years 바카라 but it is the manner of getting there that has pleased Eoin Morgan more than the historic achievement itself. After back-to-back defeats last month to Sri Lanka and Australia, the hosts바카라 top-four ambitions were hanging by a thread. But with their backs to the wall, they came out swinging to down first India and then New Zealand on Wednesday in Durham.
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The 119-run win at Chester-le-Street guarantees Morgan바카라s side a semi-final spot 바카라 they will face either India or Australia at Edgbaston. And the captain admits his side바카라s aggressive instincts in a do or die scenarios made all the difference. Â
바카라It바카라s cool, pretty awesome,바카라 he said.Â
바카라Like I said after the India game, the way we played is more satisfying than the actual win. We go into the next game in a lot of confidence.
바카라The World Cups are one-off games, so whatever the way you play, it should be the extremity of that on the day. You don바카라t get another chance and it has taken us time to get to grips with that.
바카라But we do stick to our own mantra the whole time, and not actually be cagy or desperate, it doesn바카라t work for us and won't win us the World Cup.바카라
The openers Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow again caught fire at the top of the order, the latter becoming the first Englishman ever to make back-to-back tons at an ICC Men바카라s Cricket World Cup.
Morgan added:Â 바카라We bat all the way down, but those two are pushing the ceiling as to what guys can normally do.Â
바카라That was part of the process in the first two years of this four-year cycle.  But looking at where the guys are now. It바카라s incredible the talent they possess.
바카라It brings excitement. The guys are buzzing laughing and smiling at how ridiculous some of the shots they are able to play, good balls being hit for four or six and seeing how hard they are to bowl at.바카라
With an eight-day turnaround before their semi-final at Edgbaston, the team will have a few days rest now before re-convening.
And Morgan knows the importance of rest and recuperation but also is desperate to keep the winning momentum.
바카라I think we do have to tap in to what we have done these last two games,바카라 he added.
바카라It has been extremely important to get through, and it will be about tapping into that and identifying what we did well and seeing if that remains the priority.
바카라(Edgbaston) is a place we really like playing, if we had a choice of where we would play our group stage games, Edgbaston, Oval, Trent Bridge would be the three grounds. It is comforting to be going to one of those three.
바카라(The break) is a good thing, I can바카라t wait to do nothing and get distracted by other things. We rode the roller coaster of playing well, terrible and then good again. Particularly our bowlers need to get away and have a rest. We haven바카라t chopped and changed them all that much.바카라
(Inputs from ICC)
