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2095dThe Report by David Hopps

Hales sets up comfortable win

Alex Hales produced his most outstanding display in an in-and-out summer, his 94 the basis of a comfortable England victory in the second T20 international

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

AD Hales
AD Hales
94(61) 11x4 - 2x6
Control %65%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 35 runs
  • 5x4 - 0x6
1 13 18 12 6 8 22 14
DA Warner
DA Warner
53(42) 5x4 - 3x6
Control %68%
  • Productive Shot
  • off side drive on front foot
  • 15 runs
  • 1x4 - 1x6
0 0 9 1 6 21 10 6

Best performances - Bowlers

JW Dernbach
JW Dernbach
O4
M0
R23
W3
Eco5.75
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
Fawad Ahmed
Fawad Ahmed
O4
M0
R25
W3
Eco6.25
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Scorer: Sanjay Murari | Commentator: Andrew McGlashan

END OF OVER:
20 | 6 Runs | AUS: 168/9 (28 runs required, RR: 8.40)

  • Fawad Ahmed3 (5b)
  • Mitchell Johnson3 (5b)
  • Jade Dernbach4-0-23-3
  • Steven Finn4-0-30-1

England win by 27 runs and it was a very efficient all-round display. Batted powerfully, mostly bowled with verve and the fielding was solid. That means the series is shared 1-1. I really wish these one-day legs of tours were three matches of each length (20 and 50) because often these T20 series are drawn. Anyway. It's been an entertaining couple of games. Some excellent cricket on show. I'll bring you the presentation shortly.

George Bailey "We lost a couple of early wickets which put England on top. We had some good patches with the ball, I thought Fawad did really well. His pace was really good today. It was tough with that wind."

Stuart Broad "After losing the toss the guys adapted to conditions really well. To get 60 off the first six was a great effort. Today we didn't even need the powers of Buttler. You can't ask much more of Jade than the last two games. We wanted to take the wicket-taking options whenever we could. Both batting performances have been exceptional. We still need to nail our skills a bit better with the ball, but the wickets have been fantastic."

That just about wraps things up from today. We now move into ODI action; England travel to Ireland and Australia head up to Scotland with both those matches on Tuesday. England and Australia will then lock horns in five ODIs starting next Friday. We'll bring you all the action as always. For now, though, from myself and Alan Gardner it's goodbye.

19.6
1
Dernbach to Fawad Ahmed, 1 run, slower ball to end with gets chipped into the leg side
19.5
0
Dernbach to Fawad Ahmed, no run, banged in short again, Ahmed aims over midwicket but is beaten
19.4
1
Dernbach to Johnson, 1 run, a yorker is dug out into the off side
19.4
2nb
Dernbach to Fawad Ahmed, (no ball) 1 run, high full toss, called no-ball for over waist height so the catch at backward point won't count...Ahmed sliced it high into the off side. Well above waist height
19.3
0
Dernbach to Fawad Ahmed, no run, he doesn't seem to keen to stay in line, gets a quick short delivery and is comprehensively beaten
19.2
1
Dernbach to Johnson, 1 run, a full slower ball, it pings out of the middle of Johnson's bat but straight to long-on

Australia 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st8AJ FinchDA Warner
2nd7SR WatsonDA Warner
3rd67SE MarshDA Warner
4th29GJ BaileyDA Warner
5th2GJ BaileyGJ Maxwell
6th10MS WadeGJ Maxwell
7th25JP FaulknerGJ Maxwell
8th0MG JohnsonJP Faulkner
9th14MG JohnsonNM Coulter-Nile
10th6MG JohnsonFawad Ahmed