31st August, Cardiff (CRICKETNMORE) - In a close encounter, England beat Australia by 5 runs in the only T20 International match at Sophia Gardens, here.
Scorecard, 1st T20 : England vs Australia
Toss : Australia Won the Toss & elected to Field First
Venue : Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
England Innings : E Morgan (74) and M Ali's brilliant 72* helped the homeside to post 185/5 in 20 Overs. P Cummins took 2 while M Starc and NC Nile took 1-1 wicket each for Australia.
Australia Innings. S Smith (90) and G Maxwell (44) could not helped Australia to win the match as the team lost the encounter by 5 runs. For England D Willey took 2 wicket in the match.
Match Result : England beat Australia by 5 runs
Man of the match: M Ali (England)
Teams
England : Alex Hales, Jason Roy, Moeen Ali, Eoin Morgan (c), Jos Buttler (wk), Sam Billings, Ben Stokes, David Willey, Chris Woakes/Reece Topley, Adil Rashid, Steven Finn
Australia : David Warner, Shane Watson, Steven Smith (c), Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Marsh, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade (wk), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Mitchell Starc, Cameron Boyce, Pat Cummins
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