Australia Advance To World Cup Semi-Final For First Time
Australia’s Matthew Dellavedova and Martin Kriz of the Czech Republic fight for the ball as Australia’s Jock Landale watches during the Basketball World Cup quarter-final game between Australia and Czech Republic in Shanghai on September 11, 2019. WANG ZHAO / AFPSan Antonio Spurs’ Patty Mills was in sparkling form once more for Australia as they reached the Basketball World Cup semi-finals for the first time on Wednesday.
This was undefeated Australia’s sixth win in a row in China and in doing so they avoided becoming the latest surprise casualty at this unpredictable World Cup.
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