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ENG vs AUS 1st T20 highlights: England wins by 2 runs in last ball thriller

Australia was cruising at 124-2 in 15th over but lost wickets at regular intervals and failed to chase down a 163-run target despite Warner's fifty

Australia had a great start to their chase and looked on track to register a comprehensive victory, thanks to Aaron Finch and David Warner's early dominance, with the pair adding 98 runs in 11 overs.Photo: @ICC

A late fightback from the bowlers helped England beat Australia by two runs in the first T20 International of the three-match series at the Ageas Bowl, Southampton.

Chasing 163, Australia at one stage needed just 39 runs from the last six overs with nine wickets in hand to take a 1-0 lead in the series on Friday. However, they ended up on 160/6 and lost the game which was in their grasp for the majority of duration.

Check Eng vs Aus 2nd T20I live score, toss and weather updates here

Earlier, Australia restricted England to 162/7, despite Jos Buttler's early fireworks and Dawid Malan's well-composed 66. For the visitors, it was Kane Richardson and Glenn Maxwell who provided control as they returned with figures of 2/13 and 2/14 respectively from three overs apiece.

Eng vs Aus 1st T20 key highlights

Australia collapse chasing 163 for victory

Aus was 124-1 in 15th over, end on 160-6

Curran defends 15 from final over

Rashid (2-29), Archer (2-33), Wood (1-31)

Warner (58), Finch (46) smash 98 for 1st wicket

England 162-7 - Malan (66), Buttler (44)

Richardson (2-13), Maxwell (2-14)

Left-arm spinner Aston Agar, who was taken for 16 by Buttler in his first over, also bounced back and returned with figures of 2/32 in his four overs.

Other than Buttler and Malan, only Chris Jordan got to double figures, hitting 14* from 8 balls in a late cameo.

Steve Smith, who came in next, looked fluent as he scored 18 from 11 balls, but Adil Rashid had him caught sweeping and he then dismissed Maxwell four balls later as England fought back.

Warner (58) and Alex Carey also went back to the pavilion in quick succession as Australia lost four wickets for nine runs, with the visitors still needing 30 from 21 balls.

Australia needed 15 from the final over but Tom Curran kept his cool and didn't allow Marcus Stoinis to take his team across the line.

England vs Australia 1st T20 video highlights

AUS vs ENG 1^st T20 scorecard

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Playing 11 of both the teams:

England playing 11: Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler (w), Dawid Malan, Tom Banton, Eoin Morgan(c), Moeen Ali, Chris Jordan, Tom Curran, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood, Adil Rashid.

Australia playing 11: Aaron Finch(c), David Warner, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Alex Carey(w), Marcus Stoinis, Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa.

2:34 AM

WATCH: What last over hero Tom Curran said

2:26 AM

Man of the match: Dawid Malan

2:25 AM

WATCH: Eng vs Aus 1st T20 highlights, last over thriller

2:20 AM

Here's what Eoin Morgan said after the match

Statistically you can never win the game in the first twn overs, you're always chasing in the back ten. The bowlers came good in the last overs for us with Adil taking two wickets to expose that middle order.

2:18 AM

Here's what Aaron Finch said after the match

We knew England would come back hard. They executed it really well. We struggled to find a boundary in that 12-18 over phase but the boys will keep learning from this. If you can separate the gameplan and the execution, we were okay, but we just needed to find a match-winning contribution.

2:14 AM

WATCH: Dawid Malan's fifty

2:13 AM

WATCH: When Archer cleaned up Warner

2:04 AM

England wins by 2 runs

1:59 AM

Over 20; Australia: 160-6

Over Summary: 0 6 0 2 2 2 ; Australia: 160-6; Stoinis (23), Cummins (0)

Tom Curran continues

Ball 6: A low full toss and Stoinis muscles it towards long-on for a couple of runs.

Ball 5: Stoinis gets a thick inside edge to wide of deep mid-wicket fielder for a couple of runs.

Ball 4: A low full toss and Stoinis gets a top edge, the skier lands safely at mid-on. No body was there.

Ball 3: A big swing and miss from Stoinis again

Ball 2: A length ball and Stoinis smashes over extra cover for SIX.

Ball 1: A big swing and miss from Stoinis.

1:56 AM

Over 19, Eng vs Aus live score: 148-6; Australia needs 15 runs in 6 balls

Over Summary: 1 1 1 1 0 W ; Australia: 148-6 ; Ashton Agar (4), Marcus Stoinis (11);

Chris Jordan [2.0-0-19-0] is back into the attack

Ball 6: Stoinis goes for a big hoick, misses, ~~runs a leg byes~~. Morgan takes REVIEW for LBW, it is missing leg. But Agar is RUNOUT while taking the leg byes. OUT.

Ball 5: A swing and miss from Stoinis

Ball 4: Jordan goes around the wicket, Agar tries to play a big shot, gets an inside edge to pads, a single taken.

Ball 3: Stoinis taps towards extra cover for a single.

Ball 2: Agar cuts straight to backward point for a single.

Ball 1: Stoinis hits towards deep fine leg for a single.

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Topics : Australia vs England Australia cricket team England cricket team aaron finch Eoin Morgan Jos Buttler Jonny Bairstow Moeen Ali Adil Rashid Jofra Archer Mark Wood David Warner Steve Smith Glenn Maxwell Pat Cummins Adam Zampa Mitchell Starc Sam Curran

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First Published: Sep 04 2020 | 8:00 PM IST