Blistering Buttler sets up England T20 win over Australia

Jos Buttler hit the fastest fifty by an England batsman in a Twenty20 international to lay the platform for a 28-run win over Australia at Edgbaston on Wednesday.

Australia, set 222 for victory, lost half their wickets inside nine overs to be 72 for five. Aaron Finch, their captain, kept them in the match with a fine innings of 84 while sharing a sixth-wicket stand of 86 with Ashton Agar.

But the run-rate required Finch to keep going for big hits and when he holed out off Adil Rashid, Australia were 158 for six in the 16th over.

Leg-spinner Rashid, the official man-of-the-match, led England's attack with three for 27 in his maximum four overs before paceman Chris Jordan struck twice in two balls to leave
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"We thought if we could get the required rate down to about 13 or 14 an over, and with myself and Agar there at the end, we'd have half a chance, but then you're only one mistake away from being down to the genuine bowlers."