Defending champions England’s hopes of reaching the T20 World Cup Tremendous 8s took a giant dent as they slipped to a 36-run defeat to Australia in Barbados.
Jos Buttler’s facet, batting for the primary time within the match after rain prevented them starting a chase within the abandonment towards Scotland on Tuesday, may muster solely 165-6 having been set 202 to win, with Australia leg-spinner Adam Zampa bagging 2-28 and supported beautifully by the seamers, together with Pat Cummins (2-23).
Buttler (42 off 28) and opening associate Phil Salt (37 off 23) smoked 73 in seven overs however then fell to Zampa as Australia seized management and the dot balls constructed up, with Moeen Ali’s three sixes of Glenn Maxwell within the 14th over solely a fleeting excessive on the backend.
Defeat isn’t terminal for England’s hopes of reaching the subsequent stage however even victories over Oman on Thursday and Namibia on Saturday, each in Antigua, might not be sufficient with their probabilities of development probably coming all the way down to internet run-rate.
Australia posted 201-7 after being inserted, a complete underpinned by a riotous opening stand of 70 in simply 4.5 overs between David Warner (39 off 16) and Travis Head (34 off 18) because the left-handers ruthlessly focused the brief boundary and punished England’s pace-on balls.
The 2021 champions prime Group B on 4 factors, with their win in Bridgetown following a 39-run victory over Oman earlier this week, and so they now maintain the very best rating within the 2024 match up to now with their knock eclipsing the 197-3 Pakistan’s conquerors USA managed of their win over Canada within the opening recreation.
Australia savage England assault within the powerplay
England shall be left to rue Australia’s speedy begin with the bat – the second over, bowled by off-spinner Will Jacks, and the fourth, delivered by specific paceman Mark Wooden, have been every flogged for 22 as Warner and Head carted a mixed six sixes.
Moeen was first to strike, castling Warner with a supply that stored low on the finish of a three-boundary fifth over, whereas native boy Jofra Archer then cleaned up Head with a cutter within the sixth – England lastly studying that taking velocity off the ball was important on this pitch.
Australia’s run price quietened from that time, with Chris Jordan’s 18-run thirteenth over by far essentially the most damaging within the second half of the innings, though each batter within the center order contributed, with Mitchell Marsh (35 off 25) and Maxwell (28 off 25) placing on 65 from 49 balls for the third wicket earlier than falling to Adil Rashid (1-41) and Liam Livingstone (1-15) respectively.
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Mitchell Marsh hit a monstrous six onto the photo voltaic panels as Australia posted 201-7 at Kensington Oval
Marcus Stoinis, who cracked an unbeaten 67 from 36 balls towards Oman, contributed 30 from 17 balls earlier than he turned Jordan’s one hundredth T20 worldwide wicket.
Jordan – whose buddy and fellow Bajan Archer recorded economical figures 1-28 from his 4, together with 11 dot balls – conceded solely eight runs from the ultimate over, with England not overly punished for having to place an additional fielder contained in the circle as a consequence of a sluggish over price.
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Chris Jordan turned the second England bowler to 100 T20I wickets, after leg-spinner Adil Rashid, when he dismissed Australia’s Marcus Stoinis
Zampa removes openers as England fall brief
England, needing the third-highest run chase in T20 World Cup historical past, made a brisk begin, with the spotlight a 106-metre six for Salt off Mitchell Starc over deep midwicket, however Salt was then first to fall, bowled hacking Zampa throughout the road.
Buttler reverse-swept the identical bowler to backward level in direction of the tip of the tenth over, one ball after lofting a six down the bottom, whereas Jacks (10 off 10) then holed out at long-off as Mitchell Starc took a superb catch off Stoinis and Jonny Bairstow may solely make seven off 13 balls throughout a skittish outing.
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Adam Zampa checked England’s run chase with the wickets of Jos Buttler and Salt after a 73-run stand in seven overs
Moeen (25 off 15) had his enjoyable with three leg-side maximums off Maxwell, however then picked out Warner at deep cowl two overs later off Cummins, whereas Maxwell gave it again to the England followers after catching Bairstow off Josh Hazlewood (1-28).
These England supporters noticed their facet’s innings largely finish with a whimper and they’ll now be hoping the match doesn’t conclude the identical method.
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Glenn Maxwell gave England followers some some light-hearted banter after dismissing Jonny Bairstow
What’s subsequent?
It is a three-game day on the T20 World Cup on Sunday, headlined by the blockbuster showdown between India and Pakistan in New York from 3.30pm UK and Eire time.
Co-hosts and two-time champions West Indies play match debutants Uganda in Windfall, Guyana from 1.30am, whereas Oman vs Scotland rounds off the day, from 8pm in Antigua.
Scotland have made a promising begin to the competitors, racking up 90-0 from 10 overs towards England earlier than rain induced that conflict to be deserted after which beating Namibia by 5 wickets.
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