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Australia defeated England by 28 runs in the first match of the three-match T20 series played in Southampton and took a 1-0 lead. Batting first, the Australian team scored 179 runs losing all wickets in 19.3 overs, in response to which England's all-out team could score only 151 runs in 19.2 overs. Australia's Travis Head (59 runs in 23 balls) was chosen as the Player of the Match.
30 runs scored in one over
Sam Curran came to bowl the fifth over of the innings for England and Travis Head was facing him. After this, the audience got to see the Head Show. Sam hit a four on the first ball, a four on the second ball, a six on the third ball, a six on the fourth ball, a six on the fifth ball and a four on the sixth ball. In this way, Head scored 30 runs in this over of Sam Curran. Travis Head played an innings of 59 runs in 23 balls in this match. Head hit 8 fours and 4 sixes during his innings.
The Australian team scored a good score
After winning the toss, England chose to bowl first and gave Australia a chance to bat. The opening pair of Travis Head and Matthew Short proved this decision wrong in the powerplay itself. Both batted very aggressively and scored 86 runs. Meanwhile, Head also completed his half-century and scored 59 runs with the help of eight fours and four sixes in 23 balls before getting out on the last ball of the sixth over. Short also batted brilliantly and scored 41 runs in 26 balls. After this, apart from Josh Inglis, no batsman could survive, due to which the team collapsed before the score of 200. Josh Inglis played an innings of 37 runs in 27 balls. Tim David also could not open his account, while Cameron Green scored 13 runs. Liam Livingstone hit the maximum three hits for England.
Flop show of England batsmen
England did not have a good start while chasing the target and Will Jacks was dismissed after scoring just 6 runs. Debutant Jordan Cox contributed 17 runs. Captain Phil Salt was dismissed after scoring 20 runs in 12 balls. Liam Livingstone also performed well with the bat and was the top scorer in the innings with 37 runs. Sam Curran scored 18 runs and Jamie Overton scored 15 runs. No batsman of England could survive and the innings ended in the 20th over due to continuous fall of wickets. Sean Abbott took the maximum three wickets from Australia.
