England beat Australia in 1st T 20 match of series,2011

England was scheduled to play a 2 Match T 20 International Series in Australia in 2011. Both teams have great players and all rounder’s and match winners and it would be interesting to see them battle in this series. The 1st T 20international match was to be played on Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia on 12th Jan 2016.

Australia won the toss and opts to bat first; this is how Australia team and 11 was looking like in this 1stT 20 international match: Brett Lee, Shane Watson, Cameron White (c), Shaun Tait, Mitchell Johnson, David Hussey, Aaron Finch, David Warner, Tim Paine (wk), Steve O’Keefe, Steven Smith

And England team and 11 was looking like this in this 1stT 20 international Match: Paul Collingwood (c), Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen, Tim Bresnan, Michael Yardy, Eoin Morgan, Luke Wright, Graeme Swann, Steven Davies (wk), Ajmal Shahzad, Chris Woakes

Australia batted very well and was able to post total of 157 runs in 20 over’s at the loss of 4 wickets and with top scores of S Watson who made 59 runs in 31 balls with 6 4’s and 3 six at the strike rate of 190 runs in 100 balls and David W who made 30 runs in 28 balls with 5 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 107 runs in 100 balls.

England was needed to score 158 runs in 20 over’s to win this match and to take lead in this2 T 20 match International series 1-0.

England batted very well and was able to chase the score of 158 runs in 20 over’s at the loss of 9 wickets and won the game by 1 wicket in hand and top scores by E Morgan who made 43 runs in 33 balls with 5 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 130 runs in 100 balls.

England won the match by 1 wicket and now leads the series 1-0 with1 more game to play.

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