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2010 T20 World Cup final, England had to chase 148 runs to win their first world title. Its biggest rival is the Australian team. Australian captain Michael Clarke gave the 17th over of the match to Shane Watson. 14 runs were scored in this over. On the last ball of the over, captain Paul Collingwood made England the first ball world champion in the history of cricket by hitting a single towards midwicket.
For England, there was a partnership of 111 runs for the second wicket between Craig Kieswetter and Kevin Pietersen and Australia lost by 7 wickets.
The enmity between the two teams started 141 years ago during the Ashes series. There was a final in 2010 and today these two teams will face each other in the league match. But there has been no reduction in rivalry.
Both teams will have their second match in this edition of the tournament. Australia defeated Oman in their first match. England’s first match against Scotland was canceled due to rain.
Match details before interesting facts and records of both the teams…
Match Number- 17: England vs Australia
8 June, Kensington Oval Stadium, Barbados
Toss- 10 PM, Match Start- 10:30 PM
England prevails over Australia in T20 World Cup
A total of 540 matches have been played in international cricket between the two countries. Australia has won 250 matches and England has won 186 matches. 2 matches were tied, 97 were drawn and 5 were inconclusive.
England and Australia faced each other 23 times in the shortest format of cricket. During this period, the English team won 11 matches and the Kangaroo team won 10 matches. Whereas the result of two matches could not be declared.
Both the teams have faced each other 4 times in the T-20 World Cup. During this period, England won 2 matches and Australia won 1 match. One match remained inconclusive, which happened in the last World Cup. These four matches also include the 2010 final, which was won by England.
importance of the match
This match will be very important for both the teams. Because the top-2 teams from this group will qualify for the Super-8, both the teams would like to strengthen their claim by winning the match.
Warner is Australia’s top scorer in T20 International, Rashid is England’s top wicket taker.
players to watch
Australia
- Mitchell Marsh: He is in command of Australia in this World Cup. Marsh is the highest run-scorer for Australia in the last 12 months. He has scored 360 runs in 9 matches. Marsh has scored 335 runs in 13 T-20 World Cups.
- Tim David: He is the second most successful batsman of the team in T-20 this year. Scored 331 runs in 15 matches. This will be Tim’s first T20 World Cup.
- Mitchell Starc: Took 29 wickets in 21 matches of the World Cup. In this season of IPL, he played an important role in Kolkata Knight Riders becoming the champion. Took 17 wickets in 14 matches.
England
- Phil Salt: This season of IPL was great. He was the second top scorer of Kolkata. He scored 435 runs in 12 matches. He scored 344 runs in 6 matches for England this year and is the top scorer.
- Jos Buttler: He is the batsman who has scored the most runs in the World Cup for England. Scored 799 runs in 27 matches. This also includes a century. This year has also been good for him. He is the second batsman to score the most runs for the team.
- Chris Jordan: He is the bowler who has taken the most wickets for England in the World Cup. 21 wickets have been taken in 19 matches. The team will have expectations from him this time too.
Weather report- 40% chance of rain
There will be both clouds and sunshine in Barbados on Saturday. There is a 40% chance of rain. The temperature here can be 32 to 27 degrees Celsius on the match day.
England-Australia possible playing eleven
England: Jos Buttler (captain and wicketkeeper), Phil Salt, Will Jaques, Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Chris Jordan, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid and Mark Wood.
Australia: Mitchell Marsh (captain), Travis Head, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade (wk), Nathan Ellis, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa and Josh Hazlewood.