ENG v AUS T20 World Cup: England beat Australia by 8 wickets to win a hat-trick
Dubai England followed up a brilliant performance from their players with hitter and goalkeeper Jos Buttler’s half-century undefeated with 32 balls, studded with five fours and five sixes, in a half-century undefeated in the Super 12 stage of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup here. . on Saturday Australia recorded their third victory after defeating Australia by eight wickets in 50 balls. The out-of-form England team have climbed to the top of the Group I table with six points, taking their net running rate to +3.95 and making it almost certain to reach the semi-finals. After this crushing defeat, the Australian team has moved from second to third place and their net run rate has risen to -0.627 by four points.
Australia dropped to 125 runs in 20 overs after a poor start. For him, Captain Aaron Finch played a 44-run inning in tough conditions and shared 47 runs for sixth with Ashton Agar (20) to help make this score. England got off to a brilliant start with Butler and Jason Roy (22 runs).
Won 126 races for two wickets in 4 overs.
Buttler completed his half century by hitting a six on Adam Zampa. Jonny Bairstow was undefeated in 16 races with him. England had scored 66 runs without losing a wicket in the power play. In his own over, Jampa fired Jason Roy (20 balls, one of four, one of six) leg earlier with the same score. David Malan (08) was caught in the tenth by the wicketkeeper on Hagar’s delivery. Australia got off to a bad start after being invited to bat. They lost the fields of David Warner, Steve Smith and Glenn Maxwell in the second, third and fourth overs respectively, taking the score to 21-for-three in the power play. The pressure created by this can be measured from the limits of Australian inputs, which included just seven fours and five sixes.
England’s most successful bowler was Chris Jordan, who took three wickets for 17 runs. Chris Woakes, who performed brilliantly on the field with bowling, took two wickets in the power play for 23 runs. Tymal Mills, while a bit pricey for 45 races, managed to collect two wickets. Adil Rashid and Liam Livingstone each took a wicket. In an attempt to increase the score, Agar added 20 runs to the team’s tally in this over by hitting two consecutive sixes at Woakes in the 17th over. But he fell victim to Mills’ fourth ball in the next over. Pat Cummins made it to the crease, hitting six in a row on the next two balls. After this, Finch (four fours on 49 balls) was caught at length by playing tall against Chris Jordan on the first ball of the 19th over. Cummins (12 runs, three balls, two sixes) was thrown in the next yorker ball.
Mitchell Starc ultimately contributed 13 runs on six balls on a four and a six and was the last to be fired by Mills. Earlier, starter Warner caught the wicketkeeper after hitting the ball off Woakes. Then England fired Smith for the second hit. Woakes took his excellent catch with Chris Jordan’s cut. Woakes then fired Maxwell’s leg earlier in the fourth over. England captain Eoin Morgan started the match with Adil Rashid in place of Moeen Ali, who fired Marcus Stoinis lbw in the seventh, who couldn’t even open the account.
Goalie hitter Matthew Wade (18 runs) was only able to stay on the field for so long as he and Finch added 30 runs for fifth field. But Liam Livingstone finished his entries. Australian players wore black armbands during a match today to mourn the deaths of their legendary Ashleigh Mallett and off-roader Allen Davidson. Australia included Hagar in the game XI in place of Mitchell Marsh.
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