Australia has booked its ticket to the semi-finals of the Cricket World Cup with an impressive 64-run win over England at Lord’s. With a result and performance that will have sent a serious statement, both to the rest of the world at this tournament and to England ahead of the Ashes, Australia’s fast bowlers and a fine Aaron Finch century combined to comprehensively outplay the much-fancied English at the home of cricket. Finch scored exactly 100 to set the game up for Australia, and though it may have been a little disappointed to only reach 7-285 from its 50 overs, the score proved to be enough as the travelling team went to work with the ball. It took only two balls for Australia to strike, with Jason Behrendorff — reinstated to the team and handed the brand new rock — producing a near unplayable delivery that ripped through James Vince and clean bowled him for a duck. With its tail up, Australia continued to bowl a full line while looking to swing the ball, a strategy Mitchell Starc found to be successful when he trapped Joe Root plumb in front of his stumps on just 8. Eoin Morgan was the…