Australia defeated England by 36 runs in the 17th match of the T20 World Cup thanks to the disciplined bowling of the bowlers after the brilliant performance of Australia's top order batsmen. Australia, batting first, scored 201 runs for seven wickets, which is the highest score of this World Cup. England's team could only score 165 runs in front of the target of 201. Australia has won its second consecutive victory in the T20 World Cup and has reached the first position in Group-B. England still has to wait for its first win in this World Cup. England now has to play matches against Oman and Namibia. England suffered a major setback when the match against Scotland was canceled due to rain and both the teams got one point each.
England won the toss and decided to bowl first, Australia's David Warner scored 39 runs off 16 balls, Travis Head scored 34 runs off 18 balls to take the team to 70 runs in the first five overs, after which captain Mitchell Marsh scored 35 runs off 25 balls. Chris Jordan took two wickets for England. After this, Salt and Butler scored 54 runs in the power play and gave the team a good start. Adam Zampa brought Australia back into the match by taking two wickets.