Nothwithstanding the comfortable victory in Tuesday's match, England captain Michael Vaughan still feels that Australia is the team to beat in international cricket.
"You look at their experience and expertise--they are the team which has changed the game so much in the last 10 years," remarked Vaughan after England won the first semifinal of the ICC Champions trophy against Australia by six wickets with 21 balls to spare.
The win also broke England's 14 match losing streak to the world champions and will now face the winner of the second semifinal between Pakistan and West Indies.
"We are just so happy we could put them under pressure and prevail in the end."
Vaughan himself was at the forefront in England's performance, making a splendid 86 and taking two wickets in his ten overs spell.
The England skipper said Australia as the team which puts the opponent into pressure from the first ball on.
"They are the side who put pressure from the very first ball. To win against them in such a convincing fashion is very impressive.
"The key for us was that we kept taking wickets at regular intervals. Darren Lehmann and Damien Martyn were settling in for a good stand but we kept getting important breakthroughs."
"It's wrong to give me all the credit. Marcus (Trescothick) batted well and Andrew Strauss too was impressive. We also bowled and fielded well."
{{/usCountry}}"It's wrong to give me all the credit. Marcus (Trescothick) batted well and Andrew Strauss too was impressive. We also bowled and fielded well."
{{/usCountry}}Australian captain Ricky Ponting praised England for their performance and blamed his batting for team's defeat.
"We batted well in patches and lost wickets whenever a partnership was settling in.
"I thought we were 30 runs short but credit to England for bowling so well."
Ponting singled out Trescothick for giving England the start they wanted.
"We took an early wicket but Trescothick settled in nicely and within 10 overs, gave England a very healthy base."
"If we had taken a couple of early wickets things could have been different. But we were never on a roll."
Australians are now flying to India on Friday and Ponting said it was a series the team was eagerly looking forward to.
"It's a challenging country and I remember my last tour as a series, where I played probably the best three Tests of my career."