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Australia needed 22 runs in the last over to win. 4 wickets in hand. T20 may not be a very difficult equation, but not an easy one either. Pat Cummins with Matthew Wade at the wicket. Australia was also looking at both of them. But Wade-Cummins could not take more than 13 runs from the last over by Sam Curren.


Chasing England's 178 for 7, Australia stopped at 170 for 6. England won the match by 8 runs. Also, they won the three-match T20I series with one match in hand and went ahead by 2-0.



Australia was on the way to win the match at Manuka Oval in Canberra till 17 overs. 33 runs were needed from 18 balls. By that time, Tim David was the only obstacle to England's victory by scoring 40 runs off 21 balls


However, in the 18th over, Karen bowled David with a great delivery on the second ball. Australia was knocked out of the match there. Karen cost only 25 runs in four overs including 13 runs given in the last over, taking 3 wickets.


Sam Curren took 3 wickets for 25 runs

Mitchell Marsh's highest innings of 45 runs (29 balls) for Australia is the wicket of Ben Stokes. David Warner, who scored 73 runs in the previous match, was out for 4 runs, captain Aaron Finch for 13 runs.


Australia also lost the first T20 of the series by 8 runs. Five changes were made in today's XI from the team of that day. First choice bowlers Mitchell Starc, Jos Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and Adam Zampa return to the team.

With batting all-rounder Glenn Maxwell. The only difference is that in the previous match, England scored 208 runs, this time 30 runs less.



However, Cummins-Stoinis-Zampara got off to a good start by picking up four wickets for 54 runs. But the fifth wicket partnership of David Malan and Moeen Ali led England to a challenging collection.


David Malan-Moeen Ali pair scored 92 runs for England.

The two added 92 runs in a partnership of 52 balls. Moeen played an innings of 44 runs off 27 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes. Malan stayed on for three until the 20th over.


Malan played an innings of 42 runs off 49 balls before being caught by Steven Smith off Stoinis. His innings had 7 fours and four sixes. The left-handed batsman was also man of the match for the innings that pulled England out of disaster.


Stoinis took 3 wickets for 34 runs for Australia.