5 overs: OUT! Steve Smith runs out of 10. Australia 3/30
Brilliant direct hit from Eoin Morgan and Australia lost Steve Smith (10) while trying to steal a single after hitting a six and a four in the end. Australia is now in serious trouble.
4.1 overs: FOUR! Steve Smith opens his account with a four from Tom Curran. Australia 2/24
* Change of pins: Tom Curran enters the attack.
4 overs: Australia 2/20 (Finch 18 * * Smith 0 *)
3.3 overs: FOUR! Aaron Finch, 12 *, keeping the score going for his team, hits a four into the third man off Mark Wood. Australia 2/14
2.2 overs: SIX! Aaron Finch hits the ball at 149 km / h from Jofra Archer on the fine leg for a max. Australia 9/2
1.5 overs: OUT! Mark Wood gets rid of Alex Carey (2). Australia 3/2
Wood joined the party! Another quick delivery, at 147km / h from Wood encountered an outer edge of Carey and goalie Jos Buttler took her second catch of the game.
1 more: Australia 0/1
Phew! What a change from Jofra Archer, a port maid and she’s bowling fast, really fast. Finished the most with a delivery of 150 km / h.
0.3 overs: OUT! Jofra Archer fires David Warner early. Australia 0/1
Warner immediately went to check, but replay showed he cut the glove from the first Australian game. Australia lost a wicket and a review. What a great start for Archer, who rolled at 90 miles per hour in the first over of the contest.
Here we go … Aaron Finch and David Warner will start the Australian entries. Jofra Archer with the ball for England.
England Captain Morgan: “We were looking to go bowling so there are no objections. We are going in with the same team. Our character was great in the last game, and we still have to do better in some areas, like our bowling in the first ten overs, and a little more fire in our hitting to get a higher score. Malan has been slow to get into the format, but once he’s got in, he’s cashed in. There’s a lot of work to do to win the series, and we don’t want to get ahead “.
Finch captain of Australia: “We’re going to hit first. A decent wicket, and with the sun out it might slow down a bit later. We’re going to go in with the same team as last game. We can be flexible, but we’ve been consistent with the team for 12-18 months. “But under the conditions we didn’t have to change it this time. We can improve on some things, but we focus on the positive. We are confident in this format, and England are great too, but this will be a great game.”
* TOSS | Australia wins the draw and opts to bat against England
Australia captain Aaron Finch won the draw and chose to hit in the second Twenty20 international game against England in Southampton on Sunday. Both teams were unchanged from Friday’s opener at the Ageas Bowl when England beat Australia by just two runs in a last-ball thriller.
PLAYING XI:
England: Jos Buttler (w), Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Tom Banton, Eoin Morgan (c), Moeen Ali, Chris Jordan, Tom Curran, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood
Australia: Aaron Finch (c), David Warner, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Alex Carey (w), Marcus Stoinis, Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa
* England have been fined 20 percent of their match fee for a slow excessive rate in the first Q20I.
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Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the second Twenty20 international game between hosts England and Australia at the Rose Bowl in Southampton. England lead the three-game series 1-0 after recording a thrilling two-run victory in the first T20I on Friday.
1st summary of T20I:
England beat Australia by two runs in a final ball thriller to win the first Twenty20 international match at Southampton on Friday and go 1-0 up in a three-match series. Australia, in their first competitive match in nearly six months due to the coronavirus, were doing light work with a goal of 163, while captain Aaron Finch (46) and David Warner (58) posted 98 for the first wicket. But star hitter Steve Smith’s departure for just 18 sparked a meltdown that saw Australia lose four wickets for nine runs on 14 balls. Chris Jordan, in his 50th game at this level, conceded just four runs in the penultimate more than ended with Ashton Agar. A goal of 15 of six balls became five of one. But Marcus Stoinis, having hit Curran a six early in the end, was unable to connect another six needed for a win or the four that would have tied the scores and pushed the game into a Super Over.
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