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England vs Australia Scorecard, Match 26, ICC T20 World Cup
Result · Oct 30 2021, Sat - 07:30 PM (IST)
AUSTRALIA125
ENGLAND126/2
England won by 8 wickets
CRR:10.8
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | 20/20 World Cup |
| Date: | Oct 30 2021, Sat - 07:30 PM (IST) |
| Country: | United Arab Emirates |
| City: | Dubai |
| Venue: | Dubai International Cricket Stadium |
| Toss: | England won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| Australia Playing XI: | David Warner, Aaron Finch (c), Glenn Maxwell, Steven Smith, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade (wk), Pat Cummins, Ashton Agar, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood |
| England Playing XI: | Jason Roy, Jos Buttler (wk), Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Eoin Morgan (c), Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Tymal Mills |
- This will be the 20th men's T20I fixture between Australia and England, Australia have won 10 of the previous 19 clashes (L8, NR1), although most recently England have won three of the last four clashes.
- This will be the third men's T20 World Cup meeting between Australia and England, both have registered one victory so far, with the Aussies winning in 2007 (8 wickets) and England winning during the 2010 edition (7 wickets).
- England have registered wins in six of their last seven ICC men's T20 World Cup matches (L1), their only loss during this time coming in the 2016 final against the West Indies.
- Australia have registered wins in their first two matches of this edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, the last time they won more consecutive matches in the tournament was during the 2012 edition (4 matches).
- Since the start of 2020, England have a batting strike of 148 in men's T20I cricket, the best rate amongst all, Test playing nations who have played a minimum of 10 matches during that time.
- England have seven wickets during the powerplay from their first two matches in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup (Moeen x 5, Woakes x 2, Mills x1), their average of 3.5 wickets per game during that period is the best rate for any team.
- Aaron Finch has scored 550 runs against England in men's T20I cricket, he needs just 28 runs to overtake Virat Kohli as the highest run scorer against England in this format; those 550 runs have come at a strike-rate of 175, the best rate of any of the 25 batters to score 200+ runs against England.
- Mitchell Starc registered a dot ball percentage of 49% during the most recent T20I series between England and Australia in 2020, the best rate for any bowler to bowl a minimum of five overs during that series; his career dot ball rate in the format is 49.7%% the best of anyone to bowl 100+ overs in the format.
- England captain Eoin Morgan needs just nine runs to notch up 500 in men's T20 World Cup matches, he'd be the second player to reach the milestone for England (Kevin Pietersen - 580), his average of 22 against Australia is his lowest against any side he has faced more than twice in the format however.
- Aaron Finch and David Warner have put on 1,096 runs as a partnership in T20I cricket, 59 more runs would see them become the most successful run scoring duo for Australia in men’' T20I cricket (5th most of any nation).