Australia got the better of England in their Group B ICC T20 World Cup 2024 fixture at the Kensington Oval in Barbados on Sunday to pick up their second win of the ICC showpiece.
Australia put up a total of 201 runs for the loss of 7 wickets before going on to limit England to 165 runs for the loss of 6 wickets to post a 36-run triumph.
The Aussies became the first team to get past the 200-run mark after being put to bat by English skipper Jos Buttler, who won the toss, thanks to explosive knocks from their openers Travis Head and David Warner, while Glenn Maxwell, Mitch Marsh and Marcus Stoinis chipped in with brisk knocks.
Tasked with making the third biggest successful run chase in tournament history, England took a swipe but decayed to 165-6. Adam Zampa and Pat Cummins took two cheap wickets each.
Australia moved on top of Group B with two wins from two matches, while England remained winless with Oman and Namibia to come.
England threw offspin at left-handed openers Warner and Head without success. Head smashed Will Jacks’ first two deliveries for sixes, and Warner smoked him in the same over.
Pace didn’t bother the batters either. Warner hit three sixes and a boundary in one Mark Wood over. Warner, playing England for possibly the last time, was out for 39 off 16 when he backed up to a Moeen Ali delivery that stayed low.
Head went in the next over, bowled by Jofra Archer for 34 off 18. Australia finished the powerplay 74-2. Adil Rashid was put on the roof by captain Mitchell Marsh, and Chris Jordan went for 18 in an over.
A change to Liam Livingstone’s legspin was profitable, as Marsh was stumped for 35 and three balls later Glenn Maxwell departed for 28. Marcus Stoinis greeted Rashid with a one-handed six over backward square, and smacked Livingstone over his head.
Australia reached 200 with three balls to go, and Stoinis was out for 30 off 17 — Jordan’s 100th T20 wicket — and Cummins was run out.
England’s chase was measured but cruising. Phil Salt and Jos Buttler had them 54-0 after the powerplay then took 19 runs off a Mitchell Starc over.
Zampa spun the momentum back Australia’s way. His first ball bowled Salt for 37 off 23. Buttler then hit Zampa straight to backward point after 42 off 28, including five boundaries and two sixes.
England was 92-2 in the 10th over and on track, but the middle order failed to fire as they were pinned down by the Australian battery.
Starc was expensive but his brilliant diving catch on the boundary removed Jacks.
England needed 14 runs an over with seven to go, and blasted 20 off Maxwell, including three sixes by Ali. But Maxwell then caught Jonny Bairstow on the boundary for a 13-ball 7 and blew a kiss to the England fans who had been ribbing him.
After Ali was caught in the deep for 25 off 15, Harry Brook and Livingstone were tied down by Hazlewood, Cummins and Zampa, the man of the match.
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