England beaten by Australia in 2nd 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 2nd T 20 international match was to be played on Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia on 14th Jan 2016.

Australia won the toss and opts to bat first; this is how Australia team and 11 was looking like in this 2^nd T 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 2^nd T 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 147 runs in 20 over’s at the loss of 7 wickets and with top scores of A Finch who made unbeaten 53 runs in 33 balls with 4 4’s and 2 six at the strike rate of 161 runs in 100 balls and David W who made 30 runs in 26 balls with 3 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 115 runs in 100 balls.

England was needed to score 148 runs in 20 over’s to win this match and to take lead in this2 T 20 match International series 2-0.

England batted very well but was unable to chase the score of 148 runs in 20 over’s and was only able to make 143 at the loss of 6 wickets and lost the game by 3 runs and top scores by Ian B who made 39 runs in 30 balls with 3 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 130 runs in 100 balls.

Australia won the match by 3 runs and now ties the series 1-1.

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