England need to score runs quickly in this final over to ensure their net run-rate remains within acceptable parameters, but Jos Buttler ends his troubled innings when he reverse-sweeps a delivery from Zampa straight backward point.
Australia are already assured of qualification and have begun the test series strongly, with Adam Zampa bowling an impressive spell and Chris Jordan and Marcus Stoinis taking wickets to lead them. Here we will discuss about the matches of Australia vs England.
England 165/6
England was put under immense pressure by Australia in Barbados, leading to their first-round exit at this year’s T20 World Cup. Jos Buttler’s men lost by an innings and seven wickets to Australia as wickets began falling after an encouraging start while their opponents quickly posted an impressive total score.
England suffered from an awful start, struggling with their run rate, which proved costly as Phil Salt and Jos Buttler were dismissed cheaply one after another due to an unfamiliar surface and Australia’s pace attack.
Adam Zampa made the most of his opportunity, taking two wickets in his opening over to stop their progress. Glenn Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis fell victim to pacey short deliveries from Adam Zampa.
Buttler failed to offer much resistance, being caught at deep mid-wicket by Jonny Bairstow off Josh Hazlewood for a golden duck. Moeen Ali offered some hope but was hit for three sixes off Josh Hazlewood – including one off the final ball of an over.
Zampa finally brought an end to Ben Stokes’ innings when he trapped him lbw off Mitchell Marsh’s bowling, while Jofra Archer successfully appealed an earlier LBW decision against Root, though even that couldn’t stop their defeat.
Buttler and Moeen both hit sixes off Glenn Maxwell’s bowling in the final over, but it wasn’t enough to save England from certain defeat. Now in Group B’s precarious position with only victory against Namibia and Scotland’s loss against Australia being guaranteed an entry into Super 8; England need to quickly find form in their remaining game in order to advance further.
Australia 201/7
Australia have taken control of Group B with this win and are the only side in the tournament to score more than 200 runs in any match thus far.
Following their dismal display against Scotland on Tuesday, England needed this game to kick-start their campaign and prove they had any chance of reaching the Super Eight stage of this tournament. Instead, Jos Buttler and Matthew Mott’s side now face an early exit unless they can find some form against Oman and Namibia in their remaining two matches.
England have had an interesting game against Australia, never quite keeping pace with their run rate, yet still appearing poised to reach 201 before Zampa struck with his opening over. Salt was caught off an inswinger from Zampa for 30 runs off 17 balls which included four sixes – ending an innings which featured some good bowling from their opponent.
Moeen Ali managed a brilliant reverse sweep off his back foot that allowed him to score 42 runs off 41 deliveries before Adam Zampa’s outstanding catch at mid wicket put an end to any further fightback attempts by Moeen.
Australia has generally provided strong bowling performances throughout, though they struggled to control the run rate in the middle overs. Following David Warner and Travis Head’s spectacular start of 70 off 4.5 overs in just under 5 overs, however, the rest of their middle order collapsed quickly.
Batsmen were punished for running between the wickets or trying to play from too wide on a short pitch, or when attempting to hit over long-on, often found themselves confronted with strong winds coming straight in from Malcolm Marshall stand. It proved an extremely disappointing evening for England players and fans alike.
England win by 8 wickets
Australia, however, were quick to exploit their opponent’s lack of form by sending England spiraling into a batting slump that threatened their chance at making history since 1992. Jos Buttler and Phil Salt fought back to give England hope of reaching 200 while Adam Zampa stood out with two wickets.
Australia held off on using their leg-spinner until after the powerplay, and he made no mistakes, taking both England openers with an early delivery that skidded across to take both Salt and Buttler out at backward point with consecutive deliveries that skimmed off their bat edges to land them both just ahead of middle stump.
England struggled to adapt to Australia’s quick pace on a slow pitch and Jofra Archer (1-28) and Moeen Ali (1-18) could not stop them building an early lead for themselves.
Buttler and Salt attempted to maximize the powerplay, with Buttler using his feet to target Josh Hazlewood while Salt hit a six of 106 metres off Kolkata Knight Riders teammate Starc – however as pressure mounted with each passing over, middle and lower order collapsed almost alarmingly quickly.
Chris Woakes missed a difficult one-handed chance at short third man on the opening ball of the final over, followed by Brook miscuing a reverse sweep into leg side shortly thereafter. Zampa almost took another superb diving one-handed catch at short third man off his final over but his attempt came off his helmet instead; Buttler then missed a straight delivery before being bowled by Zampa’s last delivery, ending the match and England were sent packing, becoming the first defending World Cup champions to lose in group stage competition and their sixth loss overall in competition since winning in 2003. To know more about this and want to update yourself time to time just follow us: https://sportsadda.co.uk/