A great start to the tour from the visitors. Australia won the 1st T20I by 28 runs it was an easy win for them. England batting line backfired at the wrong time. Brandon McCullum‘s first series with England’s white-ball side as a coach and started at a low. England was looking to play the Bazball today but completely failed against the Aussie bowling attack. Zampa and Hazelwood finished the game with the ball by getting 2 wickets each.
Match Report:
Australia had a great start with a bat while batting first. Their openers put on 86 runs stand in the powerplay. Travis Head was on fire as always. It started when Matthew Short smashed back-to-back sixes to Topley in the 2nd over. Travis Head got the confidence from there, and Sam Curran was having a bad as he came in front of him. Head scored 30 runs off Sam Curran’s over 3 fours and 3 sixes. It was amazing stuff from the Australian openers.
England bowlers comeback
After such an entertaining start, the story takes a turn. Australia started losing wickets in the middle. Travis Head got out for 59 by Saqib Mahmood and the captain Mitch Marsh was clean bowled for 2 runs by Adil Rashid. Livingstone surprises the Aussies with the bowl. He gets 3 big wickets in no time and disables the Australian batting line to put a big score on board.
Jofra Archer and Saqib Mahmood finished the task very nicely and restricted Australia from setting a big target after such a great start. It was an achievement for England’s bowling line the way they held their nerves after the powerplay fireworks from Travis Head. At the end, Australia scored 179 runs all out.
Australian bowlers dominated the England batting line
England had to chase 180 runs at their home ground and with their electrifying new coach. We thought England would chase it down pretty easily, but the story was completely opposite. England had a very nervous batting start. The bowl was not coming on the bats, and they were missing the lengths.
They kept on losing the wickets and also against a mediocre Australian bowling attack. At the end of the powerplay, England was 46-3. They lost their 4th wicket at 52 from there Sam Curran and Livingstone made a partnership which stabilized the England inning but it didn’t last long Sam Curran got out at a score of 106.
After a couple of deliveries, Josh Hazelwood clean-bowled Liam Livingstone with an amazing delivery. England was done and dusted in the match after his wicket. They got all out for just 151 runs and Australia won it convincingly by 28 runs.
Man of the match: Travis Head
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