England vs Australia Scorecard, 31 Aug 2015

T20

Completed

England

182/5

(20.0 ov)

Australia

177/8

(20.0 ov)

England won by 5 runs

T20 · 31 Aug 2015

Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

Key performer

MM Ali

England

72 (46) · 1/3

109

FANTASY PTS

SPD Smith · Australia

90 (53) · 1 ro

105

EJG Morgan · England

74 (39) · 1 ro

SCORECARD

Batter	R	B	4s	6s
JJ Roy c NM Coulter-Nile b PJ Cummins	11	16	1	0
AD Hales b PJ Cummins	3	7	0	0
MM Ali not out	72	46	6	3
EJG Morgan c SR Watson b NM Coulter-Nile	74	39	3	7
JC Buttler c PJ Cummins b MA Starc	11	4	1	1
SW Billings run out (SPD Smith/MA Starc)	2	7	0	0
BA Stokes not out	1	1	0	0

Extras 8 (wd 5, nb 0, b 0, lb 3)

Bowler	O	R	W
MA Starc (4wd)	4.0	32	1
NM Coulter-Nile	4.0	24	1
PJ Cummins	4.0	25	2
MR Marsh	2.0	21	0
GJ Maxwell	2.0	12	0
MP Stoinis	1.0	13	0
SR Watson (1wd)	2.0	33	0
CJ Boyce	1.0	19	0

Batter	R	B	4s	6s
DA Warner c ST Finn b DJ Willey	4	6	0	0
SR Watson b ST Finn	8	5	2	0
SPD Smith c SW Billings b DJ Willey	90	53	7	4
GJ Maxwell c BA Stokes b MM Ali	44	32	6	1
MR Marsh b RJW Topley	13	13	1	0
MP Stoinis not out	10	8	1	0
MS Wade run out (EJG Morgan/BA Stokes)	2	2	0	0
NM Coulter-Nile c AU Rashid b BA Stokes	0	1	0	0
PJ Cummins run out (JJ Roy/BA Stokes)	0	0	0	0
MA Starc not out	0	0	0	0

Extras 6 (wd 1, nb 0, b 0, lb 5) · Target 183

Bowler	O	R	W
DJ Willey	4.0	34	2
ST Finn	4.0	39	1
RJW Topley	4.0	35	1
AU Rashid	3.0	32	0
BA Stokes (1wd)	4.0	29	1
MM Ali	1.0	3	1

TIMELINE

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Fantasy points

Player	Points
MM Ali · England	109
SPD Smith · Australia	105
EJG Morgan · England	91
PJ Cummins · Australia	58
GJ Maxwell · Australia	52
DJ Willey · England	50
BA Stokes · England	34
NM Coulter-Nile · Australia	33
ST Finn · England	33
MA Starc · Australia	25
RJW Topley · England	25
SR Watson · Australia	18
MR Marsh · Australia	14
JC Buttler · England	14
JJ Roy · England	12
MP Stoinis · Australia	11
SW Billings · England	10
AU Rashid · England	8
DA Warner · Australia	4
AD Hales · England	3
MS Wade · Australia	2
CJ Boyce · Australia	0

England won by 5 runs

Toss: Australia, chose to fieldPlayer of the match: MM AliVenue: Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

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