Australia Beats England By 39 Runs:
A comprehensive win for Australia. After being put into bat, Finch gave them a very good start and whatever stroke he played,played very beutifully and he ended up hitting the highest ever individual score in T20Is. Chasing 249 was always a tough ask, but England started the chase on a perfect note, but lost 3 wickets in space of 2 overs which derailed their chase. Root once again played a wondeful innings despite getting hit on the grill. In the end the Australian bowling proved to be the game changer as they used the yorkers frequently. Bopara also played a fine hand, but the pressure got to him eventually and thus England lost the match.
Scoreboard :-
Australia Innings:-
D Warner c J Buttler b S Broad – 1(5)
A Finch b J Dernbach – 156 (63) (11*4,14*6)
S Marsh c M Lumb b D Briggs – 28(21) (2*4,1*6)
S Watson b J Dernbach – 37(16) (4*4,2*6)
G Maxwell b J Dernbach – 1(3)
G Bailey (C) lbw b S Finn – 1(2)
M Wade (†) not out – 15(7) (2*4,1*6)
J Faulkner not out – 5(3)
M Johnson DNB
J Hazlewood DNB
F Ahmed DNB
Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 2, nb 0) 4
Total 248/6 (20 Over) RR: 12.4
FoW
1-11 (D Warner, 1.2 ov)
2-125 (S Marsh, 10.3 ov)
3-226 (A Finch, 17.2 ov)
4-227 (S Watson, 17.4 ov)
5-228 (G Bailey, 18.1 ov)
6-242 (G Maxwell, 19.1 ov)
Bowling:-
S Finn 4-0-45-1 (1wd)
S Broad 4-0-47-1
J Dernbach 4-0-34-3
D Briggs 4-0-51-1 (1wd))
R Bopara 1-0-15-0
J Root 1-0-27-0
L Wright 2-0-27-0
England Innings:-
M Lumb lbw b M Johnson – 22(11) (3*4,1*6)
A Hales c M Wade b J Hazlewood – 8(9) (1*4)
L Wright c M Wade b J Hazlewood – 4(2) (1*4)
E Morgan c G Maxwell b M Johnson – 0(3)
J Root not out – 90(49) (13*4,1*6)
R Bopara c D Warner b S Watson – 45(29) (4*4,1*6)
J Buttler (†) b J Faulkner – 27(17) (1*4,2*6)
S Broad (C) not out – 4(2) (1*4)
S Finn DNB
D Briggs DNB
J Dernbach DNB
Extras (b 1, lb 0, w 6, nb 2) 9
Total 209/6 (20 Over) RR: 10.45
FoW
1-33 (M Lumb, 3 ov)
2-33 (A Hales, 3.1 ov)
3-37 (L Wright, 3.3 ov)
4-42 (E Morgan, 4.3 ov)
5-137 (R Bopara, 13.4 ov)
6-203 (J Buttler, 19.3 ov)
Bowling:-
M Johnson 4-1-41-2 (2nb,2wd)
J Hazlewood 4-0-43-2 (1wd)
F Ahmed 4-0-43-0 (1wd)
S Watson 4-0-42-1 (1wd)
J Faulkner 4-0-39-1 (1wd)