ICC T20 WC, ENG vs AUS Highlights: Eng crush Aussies, inch closer to semis
England thus completed a hat-trick of wins, while Australia suffered their first loss of the tournament after beating South Africa and Sri Lanka in their previous two games
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England crushed Australia by eight wickets in their Super 12 match to inch closer to a semifinal spot at the T20 World Cup on Saturday.
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It was a thoroughly professional display by the ODI world champions as they bundled out Australia for 125 and then returned to overhaul the target of 126 in 11.4 overs to consolidate their top position in the Group 1 points table.
Buttler and Jason Roy (22) hammered the Australian bowlers all around the park to amass 66 runs for no loss in the powerplay, the highest by any team so far in the tournament.
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Buttler was the most dangerous of the England batters as he slammed five fours and as many sixes during his unbeaten knock, which is the fastest fifty in the tournament till now.
Australia managed to get rid of Roy and Dawid Malan (8) but it made no difference as Jonny Bairstow joined Buttler in sending their opponents on a leather hunt.
Bairstow smashed two sixes off Adam Zampa during his unbeaten 10-ball 16 run innings as England reached 126 for 2 to win the match with 50 balls to spare.
England thus completed a hat-trick of wins, while Australia suffered their first loss of the tournament after beating South Africa and Sri Lanka in their previous two games.
Earlier, Chris Woakes (2/23) and Chris Jordan (3/17) rattled Australia's top-order by removing opener David Warner (1), Steve Smith (1) and Glenn Maxwell (6) in the first four overs before skipper Aaron Finch (44 off 49 balls) resurrected the innings.
Ashton Agar (20), Pat Cummins (12) and Mitchell Starc (13) then hit some lusty blows at the death to give some respectability to the Australian total.
Woakes was in action early on as he induced a nick from Warner to deal the first blow and then pulled off a sensational catch at mid-on to remove Steve Smith off Jordan's bowling.
Woakes then trapped Maxwell in front of wicket as Australia slumped to 15 for 3 in 4 overs.
Leg-spinner Adil Rashid (1/19), who had opened the bowling for England, then returned to trap Marcus Stoinis LBW with a googly as Australia were tottering at 21 for 4 in 6.1 overs.
Matthew Wade (18) then joined skipper Finch, taking Australia to 41 for four in 10 overs.
Wade, however, perished in the 12th over after holing out at long-on to Jason Roy off Liam Livingstone.
Finch smashed back-to-back boundaries to cream 10 runs off Tymal Mills, before picking up another boundary off Jordan in the next over.
Agar then exploded in the 17th over as he pulled one from Woakes over deep backward square leg before walloping him for another six over deep midwicket to score 20 runs of the over.
He was back to the pavilion after being caught by Livingstone (1/15).
Cummins then clobbered the first two balls he faced for maximums to give Australia momentum.
But Jordan returned to remove Finch and Cummins in successive balls.
ENG vs AUS playing 11
Australia (Playing XI): David Warner, Aaron Finch(c), Glenn Maxwell, Steven Smith, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade(w), Pat Cummins, Ashton Agar, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood
England (Playing XI): Jason Roy, Jos Buttler(w), Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Eoin Morgan(c), Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Tymal Mills
ENG vs AUS LIVE Scorecard:
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Another day, another win for England!
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England wins
England wins it by 8 wickets!
10:23 PM
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ICC T20 WC, ENG vs AUS Live score after 11.4 overs | Eng: 126-2
Over Summary: 4b, 1 1 1
Ball 4: Single!
Ball 3: Single
Ball 2: Single
Ball 1: Agar to Bairstow, byes, FOUR, to third man!
10:20 PM
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ICC T20 WC, ENG vs AUS Live score after 11 overs | Eng: 119-2
Over Summary: 6 1 6 6 0 1
Ball 6: Single
Ball 5: No run
Ball 4: SIX! Bairstow Whacks it to over mid-wicket this time!
Ball 3: SIX! Bairstow joins the party! Slams it to long-on!
Ball 2: Single
Ball 1: Zampa to Buttler, SIX, Buttler picks it and dispatches to long-on
10:16 PM
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ICC T20 WC, ENG vs AUS Live score after 10 overs | Eng: 99-2
Ashton Agar [1.0-0-10-0] is back into the attack
Over Summary: W 0 0 0 1 1
Ball 6: Single
Ball 5: Single
Ball 4: No run
Ball 3: No run
Ball 2: No run
Ball 1: WICKET! Edge and Malan caught by Wade
10:09 PM
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ICC T20 WC, ENG vs AUS Live score after 9 overs | Eng: 97-1
Over Summary: 1 6 1 1 2 4
Ball 6: FOUR! Reverse sweep by Malan!
Ball 5: Buttler gets two runs to long-off
Ball 4: Single for Malan to long-off
Ball 3: Single
Ball 2: Zampa to Buttler, SIX, to long-on
Ball 1: Zampa to Malan, 1 run, to long-off
10:04 PM
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ICC T20 WC, ENG vs AUS Live score after 8 overs | Eng: 82-1
Over Summary: 1 0 4 1 4 4
Ball 6: FOUR!
Ball 5: Starc to Buttler, FOUR! Whacked away to long-off
Ball 4: Single for Malan
Ball 3: Starc to Malan, FOUR
Ball 2: No run, yorker by Starc!
Ball 1: Starc to Buttler, 1 run, to fine leg
9:59 PM
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ICC T20 WC, ENG vs AUS Live score after 7 overs | Eng: 68-1
Adam Zampa, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack
Over Summary: 0 W 0 1 0 1
Ball 6: Single
Ball 5: No run
Ball 4: Single
Ball 3: Zampa to Malan, no run
Ball 2: Appeal for LBW, Aussies go for review, and OUT! Jason Roy departs! Roy lbw b Zampa 22(20)
Ball 1: Zampa to Roy, no run
9:53 PM
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ICC T20 WC, ENG vs AUS Live score after 6 overs | Eng: 66-0
Mitchell Starc [1-0-5-0] is back into the attack
Over Summary: 1 6 6 0 Wd 3 1
Ball 6: Single
Ball 5: Three runs to Buttler
Ball 5: Wide
Ball 4: No run
Ball 3: SIX! Power hitting by Buttler! Slammed to long-on!
Ball 2: SIX! Buttler slams it to long-on, the ball disappears into the crowd
Ball 1: Starc to Roy, 1 run, to point
9:46 PM
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ICC T20 WC, ENG vs AUS Live score after 5 overs | Eng: 48-0
Josh Hazlewood [1-0-7-0] is back into the attack
Over Summary: 0 1 3 1 2 4
Ball 6: FOUR! Pulled away to long-on and one bounce for a boundary!
Ball 5: Buttler picks two off it
Ball 4: Roy picks one
Ball 3: Buttler picks three
Ball 2: Single
Ball 1: Hazlewood to Roy, no run
9:41 PM
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ICC T20 WC, ENG vs AUS Live score after 4 overs | Eng: 37-0
Ashton Agar, Left arm orthodox, comes into the attack
Over Summary: 1 Wd 0 1 1 6 0
Ball 6: No run
Ball 5: SIX! Slammed to long-off by Buttler!
Ball 4: Single to long-off
Ball 3: Single to mid-off
Ball 2: No run
Ball 2: Wide
Ball 1: Agar to Roy, 1 run
9:37 PM
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ICC T20 WC, ENG vs AUS Live score after 3 overs | Eng: 27-0
Josh Hazlewood, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack
Over Summary: Wd 0 N3 0 6 0 2 1
Ball 6: Single
Ball 5: two more runs to Roy to deep mid-wicket
Ball 4: No run
Ball 3: SIX! Roy steps out and whacks the ball to deep mid-wicket
Ball 2: Slow bouncer, no run off it
Ball 2: Three runs off it, it's a NO BALL!
Ball 1: No run
Ball 1: Cummins to Buttler, wide
9:31 PM
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ICC T20 WC, ENG vs AUS Live score after 2 overs: England: 13-0
Josh Hazlewood, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack
Over Summary: 4 1 1 0 1 1
Ball 6: Single!
Ball 5: Single to third man
Ball 4: No run
Ball 3: Hazlewood to Buttler, single to fine leg
Ball 2: Roy picks one
Ball 1: Hazlewood to Roy, FOUR! Whacked away to long-on
9:27 PM
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ICC T20 WC, ENG vs AUS Live score after 1 over: England: 5-0
Over Summary: 0 1 0 0 4 0
Ball 6: No run
Ball 5: FOUR!
Ball 4: No run
Ball 3: No run
Ball 2: Roy picks one
Ball 1: Starc to Roy, no run
9:12 PM![]()
Innings break
England needs 126 runs to win in 20 overs
Topics : ICC T20 World Cup 2021 England cricket team Australia cricket team aaron finch David Warner Joe Root Jofra Archer
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First Published: Oct 30 2021 | 6:08 PM IST
