World Cup 2019: One question each semi-finalist needs to answer

#3 Australia: How will they cover the injuries?

Australia v South Africa - ICC Cricket World Cup 2019

Of all the teams, Australia possibly had the easiest of runs in their group stage fixtures. Their matches against India, England, New Zealand, and South Africa were spread out and they were able to get early wins on the board against Afghanistan and the West Indies before they faced their first challenge in India.

They were also assisted by being one of the first teams to qualify to the knockouts, helped by the fact that they were one of the three teams who didn't have a rain-affected schedule.

However, coming out of the last match against South Africa, Australia has significant injury concerns. Mitchell Starc, Usman Khawaja (ruled out), and Marcus Stoinis all suffered injuries during the game and Glenn Maxwell, Steve Smith, and Shaun Marsh (ruled out) suffered injuries in a training session before the game. Australia will have a few extra days to recover before their semi-final against England on Thursday.