England beat Australia in 2nd T 20 match of series,2013

Australia was scheduled to play a 3 Match T 20 International in England in 2013. Both teams have great players and all rounder’s and match winners and it would be interesting to see them battle in this series and who batted very well  will be crowned as the winner after the series as they are ranked at 1 and 3. The 2nd T 20 international match was to be played on Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street, England on 31st Aug 2013. Australia holds the upper hand as they are more balanced team and playing very well as well.

Australia won the toss and opts to bowl first; this is how Australia team and 11 was looking like in this 2nd T 20 international match: Shane Watson, Mitchell Johnson, Shaun Marsh, George Bailey (c), Aaron Finch, Matthew Wade (wk), David Warner, Josh Hazlewood, Glenn Maxwell, James Faulkner, Fawad Ahmed

And England team and 11 was looking like this in this 2nd T 20 international Match: Stuart Broad (c), Ravi Bopara, Eoin Morgan, Luke Wright, Jos Buttler (wk),Michael Lumb, Steven Finn, Jade Dernbach, Danny Briggs, Alex Hales, Joe Root

England batted well and was able to post total of 195 runs in 20 over’s at the loss of 5 wickets and with top scores of Alex H who made 94 runs in 61 balls with 11 4’s and 2 six at the strike rate of 154 runs in 100 balls and M Lumb who made 43 runs in 27 balls with 6 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 159 runs in 100 balls.

Australia was needed to score 196 runs in 20 over’s to win this match.

Australia batted well but was unable to chase the target of 196 runs and was able to make only 168 runs in 20 over’s at the loss of 9 wickets and lost the game by 27 runs with top contributions from D Warner who made 53 runs in 42 balls with 5 4’s and 3 sixes at the strike rate of 126 runs in 100 balls.

England won the match by 27 runs and series stands at 1-1 in favor of none with 1 more game to play.

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