13/09Result
2nd T20I (N), Australia tour of England at Cardiff, Sep 13 2024
England won by 3 wkts (6b rem)
Player of the Match
Liam Livingstone
Liam LivingstoneEngland
13/09Result
2nd T20I (N), Australia tour of England at Cardiff, Sep 13 2024
England won by 3 wkts (6b rem)
Player of the Match
Liam Livingstone
Liam LivingstoneEngland

END OF OVER:
20 | 20 Runs | AUS: 193/6 | RR: 9.65

  • Cameron Green13 (8b)
  • Aaron Hardie20 (9b)
  • Sam Curran3-0-37-1
  • Saqib Mahmood3-0-37-0

8.04pm: Australia went hard at the top, England dragged it back, before Australia went hard again at the death. A good tug of war, and this is a smaller ground than the Utilita - but Australia will still fancy their chances of defending 193 to take the series. Gnasher will be back for more shortly

Here's Jake Fraser-McGurk, who top-scored with 50 for Australia: "I've done some No3 work in the Big Bash and IPL, so not foreign. Good to get above 20 for the first time in a while. Hopefully we can defend it. Never played in such cold conditions as in Scotland. Felt quite foreign and some things came up that I wasn't familiar with in my game. I did some work between games. Had to hit hard into the pockets to get two. Gripped a bit for spin, have to see if it does that with the dew."

19.6
1lb
Curran to Green, 1 leg bye, length ball, 79mph/127kph and into the pads, Green can't get it away - but Australia have put a very decent score on the board once again, the second-highest in T20Is at Cardiff
19.5
1
Curran to Hardie, 1 run, another wide yorker, lands this one. Hardie toe-ends one through cover point
19.5
1w
Curran to Hardie, 1 wide, wide blockhole again but beyond the guidelines... Curran undoing the good work of his previous over here
19.4
2
Curran to Hardie, 2 runs, into the pitch, swatted away leg side and they push hard to get back for two

Australia can still sneak up to 200 here...

19.4
1w
Curran to Hardie, 1 wide, full and wide... but he's missed the tramlines
19.3
6
Curran to Hardie, SIX, pace off and mullered again! Hardie is waiting, he opens up and launches the ball cross-batted, clears the head of the man at deep midwicket
19.2
4
Curran to Hardie, FOUR, full and wide, slashed for four more! Hardie using the pace again, up and over point
19.1
4
Curran to Hardie, FOUR, full on the pads, shovelled away! Pace on and Hardie crunches it through wide long-on

Sam Curran to close this out

END OF OVER:
19 | 12 Runs | AUS: 173/6 | RR: 9.10

  • Cameron Green13 (7b)
  • Aaron Hardie3 (4b)
  • Saqib Mahmood3-0-37-0
  • Sam Curran2-0-18-1
18.6
2
Mahmood to Green, 2 runs, this comes out as a low full toss, 86mph/138kph on off. Green swings hard but plinks two out to deep midwicket
18.5
0
Mahmood to Green, no run, full, swinging back from outside off, beats a wild swing down the ground
18.4
1
Mahmood to Hardie, 1 run, another superb inswinging yorker, almost sneaks through. Hardie keeps it out and Green calls for one. England have, in fact, reviewed for lbw... but there was some bat on it, and looked to be tailing down leg, too. So not the best use of DRS ever
18.3
1
Mahmood to Green, 1 run, full, straight, 86mph/138kph. Green digs it out for one

"I'd like to be all cheerful and give a fistpump there, but I'm remembering Wednesday," murmurs Neil

18.2
6
Mahmood to Green, SIX, dug in and blazed into the crowd! Green makes the most of his life, hoicking a pull all the way over deep square leg. No doubt about that connection, as a fan in the stands claims it
18.1
2
Mahmood to Green, 2 runs, top-edged on the pull... dropped! Overton can't make it three from three, putting down a straightforward catch. Just seemed to hit him in the chest as he ran in from midwicket

Saqib Mahmood now

END OF OVER:
18 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | AUS: 161/6 | RR: 8.94

  • Cameron Green2 (2b)
  • Aaron Hardie2 (3b)
  • Sam Curran2-0-18-1
  • Brydon Carse4-0-26-2

Very good from Curran, having taken some tap earlier

17.6
1
Curran to Green, 1 run, short ball with pace off again, Green jumps out and man-handles a slap to long-off

"For a moment, Alex Wharf looked unrecognisable with that beard." I thought he looked magnificent, Afeef

17.5
1
Curran to Hardie, 1 run, into the pitch, 71mph/114kph at the top of off, steered away through point
17.4
1
Curran to Green, 1 run, punched down to long-off
17.3
1
Curran to Hardie, 1 run, short and swatted, big bottom-hand energy on the pull to deep midwicket
17.2
0
Curran to Hardie, no run, pace off in the channel, Hardie pushes tentatively down the wrong line

Aaron Hardie is next up

17.1
W
Curran to Inglis, OUT, flipped off the hip, straight to deep square! Good catch running in and Australia lose another. Curran succeeds with pace off from a round-the-wicket angle, Inglis can't manufacture enough power and Carse is again in the mix to complete the dismissal

JP Inglis c Carse b Curran 42 (34m 26b 5x4 1x6) SR: 161.53

Cameron Green strides in next. Sam Curran to bowl to Inglis

END OF OVER:
17 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | AUS: 157/5 | RR: 9.23

  • Josh Inglis42 (25b)
  • Brydon Carse4-0-26-2
  • Adil Rashid4-0-35-1

Carse finishes with excellent figures of 2 for 26, having played a key role in stopping Australia's runaway start

16.6
W
Carse to David, OUT, short ball, edged behind! England all went up in celebration, as did the finger eventually... but David reviews Alex Wharf's decision. There was certainly a noise, but was it bat or body? Here we go: a tickle off the toe, according to Ultra-Edge, and up goes the finger again!

TH David c †Salt b Carse 1 (10m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 33.33

16.5
0
Carse to David, no run, banged in back of a length, 89mph/143kph and beats the bat as David hangs back
16.4
1
Carse to Inglis, 1 run, hard length, top of off, hauled across the line for one
16.3
0
Carse to Inglis, no run, pace off, short of a length, Inglis gets some glove on it pulling to leg. Bounces short of Salt

England 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st34PD SaltWG Jacks
2nd0PD SaltJM Cox
3rd45LS LivingstonePD Salt
4th90LS LivingstoneJG Bethell
5th2LS LivingstoneSM Curran
6th22LS LivingstoneJ Overton
7th0J OvertonBA Carse
8th1AU RashidJ Overton