Travis Head performed a blinder on the prime of the order as his 19-ball half-century paved the trail for Australia to defeat England by 28 runs, on the Rose Bowl on Wednesday. The hosts recovered properly to tug again the sport from 85/0 to 179 all-out however suffered a collapse themselves to fall well-short.
Transient rating: AUS 179 (19.3) [Head 59(23), Short 41(26); Livingstone 3/22 (3)] defeat ENG (19.2) [Livingstone 37(27), Salt 20(12); Abbott 3/28 (3.2)] by 28 runs
Filling in for the injured Jos Buttler, Phil Salt selected to bowl first beneath heavy cloud cowl in Southampton. Nevertheless, the house seamers didn’t get a lot swing and Matthew Brief capitalized with two maximums off Reece Topley within the second over. Travis Head adopted up the act with three boundaries towards Jofra Archer earlier than lighting up the Rose Bowl with a brutal 30-run decimation of Sam Curran within the fifth, smashing two fours and three maximums. He introduced up a 19-ball fifty with six off Saqib Mahmood within the ultimate over of the powerplay and although the pacer had the final snort, the injury had been carried out given the rating learn 85/1 after six. Adil Rashid additional pegged again the guests by rattling into Mitch Marsh’s stumps because the floor started displaying indicators of grip and after a short Josh Inglis and Brief restoration effort to take the scoreboard to 118/2 on the midway mark, all of the hardwork got here undone spectacularly. Liam Livingstone extracted the highest edge off Brief to have him caught at sq. leg earlier than pinning Marcus Stoinis and Tim David LBW on consecutive deliveries in his ensuing over to depart Australia reeling at 132/5. Inglis tried to grab again the momentum with a few candy blows however Curran despatched his off-stump flying within the seventeenth over. Archer thereafter took two tailend witckets with pinpoint yorkers, Mahmood accomplished the staff hattrick with a corker to Cameron Inexperienced, and the run-out of Adam Zampa in the end noticed the Kangaroos fold for 179.
Xavier Bartlett endured a nightmare first ball as Phil Salt’s scalp was denied by a no-ball name however Josh Hazlewood bought the early breakthrough all the identical by disaptching Will Jacks within the ensuing over. Whereas Salt capitalized on the lifeline with couple of boundaries, debutant Jordan Cox suffered by way of a short scratchy keep, inside-edging two Hazlewood balls for fours earlier than succumbing to a David stunner within the outfield. The skipper himself cavved in to the strain on the final ball off the powerplay as he couldn’t get the pull over deep sq. leg and the hosts discovered themselves down and out at 46/3. The opposite debutant Jacobb Bethell couldn’t deal with Adam Zampa’s mastery because the ball skidded into his stumps aftter a six-ball knock, additional decreasing England to 53/4 after eight overs. Livingstone and Curran confirmed indicators of main the chase, the previous slamming Stoinis for 17 within the eleventh over earlier than Bartlett walked off mid-over with a niggle, however one other miscued pull resulting in Curran’s dismissal ended the 30-ball half-century stand within the thirteenth over. Livingstone adopted swimsuit three balls later as he performed on a Hazlewood supply which proved to be the ultimate nail within the coffin. Wickets for Inexperienced, Zampa, Stoinis, and Abbott in the end bowled out England 29 in need of the goal.
Nice catch
Smashed
Travis Head smashed 30 runs in an over towards Sam Curran. 🤯
– Head, the beast man! pic.twitter.com/KpNVOCySJ0— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) September 11, 2024
TEAM HAT-TRICK FOR ENGLAND…!!!!
Jofra 🤝 SAQIB. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/FVwkZbTeaq— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) September 11, 2024
Golden
Magnificence
What A Catch by Tim david 👌
Absolute Magnificence ❤️ #ENGvsAUS pic.twitter.com/SZdhyF9piD— Krrishna Dwivedi (@Krrishnahu) September 11, 2024
Travis head after destroying all groups this 12 months.#ENGvsAUS pic.twitter.com/EZ4SQtR2iu
— Sherlock Ohms (@Wanmohnev) September 11, 2024
For good
Angles issues
BCCI could be the richest board on the planet,however they will by no means present this stage of broadcasting #ENGvsAUS | #ENGvAUS | pic.twitter.com/sP3kWDPVV8
— 𝘼𝙗𝙙𝙪𝙧 𝙍𝙚𝙝𝙢𝙖𝙣 (@was_abdurr) September 11, 2024
Outstanding Hitting By Travis Head
In sam Curran over 🔥
4,4,6,6,6,4
30 Runs in sam Curran over 🔥#ENGvsAUS #AUSvsENG pic.twitter.com/enIOFFkJD7— AVINASHSHARMA🇮🇳indian (@avinsh_sha74400) September 11, 2024
Trendy cricket
Welcome to modern-day cricket , 30 in a single over, Travis Head butchered Sam Curran. PAK cricket followers cannot think about even in goals that their gamers play like this in T20I. #ENGvsAUS Head completes 19 ball 51*. pic.twitter.com/1PSWC5ZvL2
— Rizwan Haider (@razi_haider) September 11, 2024