So its curtains down on the first match and England wins the game by two runs.
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England and Australia take on each other in the three-game T20I series. This series should have ideally been the preparation for T20 World Cup, but with the pandemic created due to the coronavirus, the mega-event has been postponed to 2021. With this series, Aaron Finch and men have ended their cricketing drought and are all set to take on each other in the T20I series. The matches will obviously be played behind closed doors.
05 Sep, 01:59 (IST)
Chris Jordan is here to bowl and he gives away a single from the first ball. The last boundary was in the 14th over of the match when Steve Smith was around. The match is already getting down the wire. So at the end of the over the Australian batsmen were looking for a single and that put curtains down on Aston Agar who got RUN OUT on 4
05 Sep, 01:48 (IST)
Tom Curran is here to bowl and slams two runs from the first two balls. Australia stealing singles from the next three balls. Australia needs 19 runs in 12 balls.
05 Sep, 01:40 (IST)
Mark Wood is here and he starts off with no run on the first two balls and gets another wicket in the third ball as he gets the wicket of Alex Carrey who gets BOWLED on 1. English bowlers ripping out the batting line-up. Angles it well and that disturbs the furniture
05 Sep, 01:33 (IST)
Jofra Archer is here for bowling duties and after a couple of runs on the first ball, he bowls a yorker to rip the leg-stump and Warner gets BOWLED on 58. What a turn around
05 Sep, 01:31 (IST)
At the end of the over, we have Adil Rasheed removing Glenn Maxwell which was quite an important wicket for the visitors. Maxwell sliced it to the man in at extra cover. Maxwell OUT on 1.
05 Sep, 01:26 (IST)
Adil Rashid is here to bowl and Steve Smith plays a pull shot and hands it over to Jonny Bairstow in the deep. Steve Smith looked goos but he gets OUT on 18 runs.
05 Sep, 01:23 (IST)
Moeen Ali is here and he starts off with a couple of singles from the first two balls. Steve Smith gets going slamming a humongous SIX as the batsman smokes it over long-on. A single and no runs on the next two balls.
05 Sep, 01:20 (IST)
Adil Rashid is the one who bowled the last over. England needs a couple of wickets to come back in the game. Meanwhile, four runs from the over for Australia.
05 Sep, 01:15 (IST)
Mark Wood is here and after a single, Smith comes to the strike and welcomes him with a FOUR. FOUR more by Smith as he slaps it over deep square leg. Single follows. Warner brings up fifty with a single!
05 Sep, 01:10 (IST)
Jofra Archers comes back into the attack. Starts off giving away a single and then bowls a WIDE. Two runs to the tally from backward point. Innnnn thhhheee aaiiiirrrr but lands it to the no man's land. Australia needs 65 runs from 54 balls. However, he gets his first wicket, bowls short to Finch and he hands it over to Jordan in the deep. Finch misses out on 50 as he gets OUT on 46. ENG vs AUS 1st T20I 2020: Aaron Finch Breaks COVID-19 Protocols, Caught Spitting (Watch Video).
05 Sep, 01:04 (IST)
Mark Wood is here to bowl and only a single comes in from the first four balls of the match. WIDE from the fifth ball. No run to end the over. Its quite a good over for Wood.
05 Sep, 00:58 (IST)
Adil Rashid is here to bowl his second over. Finch times it well and slams it for a SIX over long-on. FOUR more by the Australian captain to deep extra cover. Australian captain adds FOUR more to the tally to long-off. David Warner and Aaron Finch near 50.
05 Sep, 00:54 (IST)
Tom Curran is here and he starts off with a couple of runs. No run from the next ball and two runs follow. WIDE! Warner puts in the gap but that does not get to the boundary. Three runs. One run on the following ball. Single to end the over. 10 runs from the last over.
05 Sep, 00:49 (IST)
Adil Rashid is here to bowl and he starts off with no run. A couple of runs to deep mid-wicket. A single from the third ball. Two more follow. England tightens their grip and controls the run flow.
05 Sep, 00:43 (IST)
Chris Jordan is here to bowl once again. A FOUR from Aaron Finch brings up a 50 for Australia. Up in the air and that is saved by the fielders. Australia needs 108 runs in 84 balls.
05 Sep, 00:38 (IST)
Tom Curran is here to bowl his first over. No run from the first ball and then a single. No run again. Single follows. Very good over from Curran. Four runs from the over for Curran.
05 Sep, 00:33 (IST)
Chris Jordan brought into the attack and Aaron Finch brings up 2000 runs in T20I. The Australian captain takes 62 matches to achieve the feat. Warner slams FOUR on the second ball of the over and a single from the fourth ball. Finch ends the over with a FOUR as he goes square of the wicket.
05 Sep, 00:28 (IST)
Jofra Archer is here and no run from the first ball. Warner pulls it away for a boundary to square leg for a FOUR. A couple of them more. FOUR more to third man as Australian captain slams a pull shot. 11 more added to the tally.
05 Sep, 00:24 (IST)
Mark Wood brought into the attack and Davis Warner gets going as he scored a FOUR over mid-on. No run on the next ball. Warner outs it away for a FOUR to fine-leg. A single from the next one. 11 from the over
England and Australia take on each other in the three-game T20I series. This series should have ideally been the preparation for T20 World Cup, but with the pandemic created due to the coronavirus, the mega-event has been postponed to 2021. With this series, Aaron Finch and men have ended their cricketing drought and are all set to take on each other in the T20I series. The matches will obviously be played behind closed doors. However, one can guarantee, that the contests would have no lack of intensity given the kind of a rivalry the two teams have against each other. England vs Australia, Live Cricket Streaming, 1st T20I 2020 on SonyLIV Online: Watch ENG vs AUS Free Telecast on Sony SIX.
Talking about England, Eoin Morgan will lead the team and he has confirmed that everyone in the team is available. The captain during the pre-match presser also said that Jonny Bairstow and Jos Buttler would be opening the batting order for the home team. Dawid Malan who grabbed the headlines for his fiery batting against Pakistan would be on number three. If England selects Jofra Archer and Mark Wood, this would obviously leave out Tom Curran from the entire equation.
The visitors have travelled to England with a 21-member squad and have a plethora of options to make changes. Marnus Labuschange might struggle to make way into the playing XI. Coach Justin Langer had said that David Warner and Aaron Finch is the best opening pair in the limited over format. It is very likely that the Australian stick with the two in the opening slot.
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