Australia vs England Match T20 World Cup 2024: The ICC T20 World Cup match between arch rivals England and Australia was played in Barbados on 8 June. Australia scored the highest score in the T20 World Cup 2024 and defeated the English team by 36 runs. In this match, Australia batted first and scored 201/7. Later, the England team fell 36 runs behind the target. And could only score 165/6.
At one time, the England team was in a position to win the match but their wickets started falling one after the other and the Australian team won. 'Player of the Match' Adam Jampa gave a big blow to the England team by taking two wickets in two consecutive overs. Both these wickets were of Phil Bolt (37 runs, 23 balls) and Jos Buttler (42 runs, 28 balls). Salt and Buttler together made a partnership of 73 runs in 43 balls. After this, wickets kept falling at regular intervals and then England remained far from the target. England's Moeen Ali (25) and Harry Brook (20) struggled in the match and tried to reach the target but failed. For Australia, Pat Cummins took 2 wickets for 23 runs in 4 overs. Adam Jump took 2 wickets for 28 runs in 4 overs. Where Marcus Stoinis and Josh Hazlewood got one wicket each.
Earlier, Australia batted first and scored a huge score of 201 runs. Travis Head (34 runs, 18 balls) and David Warner (39 runs, 16 balls) made a great start and scored 70 runs in just five overs. Apart from this, Mitchell Marsh (35), Glenn Maxwell (28), Marcus Stoinis (30) made important contributions. Apart from this, Mitchell Marsh (35), Glenn Maxwell (28), Marcus Stoinis (30) scored runs. Chris Jordan took 2 wickets for England. While Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid and Liam Livingstone got one success each.
Highest score of T20 World Cup 2024 made
In this match, Australia made the highest score of T20 World Cup. This is the first time that a team has scored more than 200 in this World Cup. Earlier, the highest score of T20 World Cup 2024 was made by USA against Canada. In the match played in Dallas on June 1, Canada scored 194/5 and USA had 14 balls left. They had earlier scored 197/3 to win.
Interesting records of T20 World Cup 2024
An interesting record was also made in this match. The total score of both the teams (including Australia and England) was 366 runs, but no team scored a half-century.
Australia Playing XI: David Warner, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh (c), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade (wk), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Wood
England Playing XI: Jos Buttler (captain-wicketkeeper), Philly Salt, Will Jacks, Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Lom Livingstone, Chris Jordan, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Woody