England vs Australia Live Scores and Live Updates of the first T20I match in Southampton: OUTSIDE! Maxwell is gone for 1, terrible shot of Rashid’s final installment. It hits the outfielder directly. Australia is 127/3 after 15 overs. England will feel they have a chance now.
Preview: England, West Indies, Ireland and Pakistan. Australia below. Aaron Finch’s men will become the next international team to resume their duties when they face England in a three-game Twenty20 international series starting on Friday (September 4) at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton. Australia have had a few games within the team, and their players will be itching for some international action, which they haven’t had since mid-March, when ODI’s scheduled series against New Zealand was abandoned. “The way the players have started has been really exciting,” Finch said before the game. “Not only do I know myself, but everyone is absolutely excited to be playing international cricket again.”
It might be easily forgotten, but Australia is the No.1 team in T20 international cricket. They never won the T20 World Cup, something they attributed to not taking the format seriously. This year would have been a great opportunity considering it was scheduled for home, but the COVID-19 pandemic put it off. However, Australia will hope to build a team for the 2021 tournament scheduled in India. More importantly, they would be looking to get back into action, and what better way than a series against England, their archrivals. England is number 2 in the rankings and has just come out of a 1-1 draw against Pakistan. They have their full force squad for this series, with players like Jofra Archer and Jos Buttler returning. Ben Stokes, who is in New Zealand for personal reasons, is still out. Australia has arrived in full force and will be determined to strike. Finch has already talked about aiming for the final of the T20 World Cup, and this will be the first step in that direction. Most of their players will focus on white ball cricket for a while, with the ODI series and IPL next.
England team: Eoin Morgan (c), Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Jonny Bairstow, Tom Banton, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Joe Denly, Chris Jordan, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood.
Australia Squad: Aaron Finch (c), Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Riley Meredith, Josh Philippe, Daniel Sams, Kane Richardson, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc , Marcus Stoinis, Andrew Tye, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Adam Zampa.
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