Watch the highlights of England vs Australia 2nd T20I 2024 - Australia tour of England 3-match Twenty20 international series of the 2nd T20I match played between Australia and England at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff in 13th September 2024.
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| Liam Livingstone raced to a half-century in his 50th T20I © Getty Images |
All-round display from Liam Livingstone's 2 for 16 with his bat whirlwind 47-ball 87 and Jacob Bethell's blazing 24-ball 44 powers to England chase the their record target of 194 against Australia by a 3-wickets, despite a Matthew Short's stunning maiden five-for and level the series with 1-1 in a high-scoring epic game of the second T20I.
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- England chased 194 was their fifth highest successful run-chase in T20 international and It is their highest chase against Australia in T20Is, jointly their previous highest chase was 158 at Adelaide in 2011 and Southampton in 2020.
- Travis Head captained Australia for the first time in his 38th match. He became the 13th player to captain for Australia in a T20I.
- 52 : Matthew Short and Travis Head set up the seventh highest first-wicket partnership for Australia against England in T20 internationals.
- Australia's 67 for 1 was their third highest powerplay total against England in T20Is.
- 36* : Cameron Green and Aaron Hardie set up the second highest seventh-wicket partnership for Australia against England in T20Is, The highest is unbeaten 56-run stand between George Bailey and Matthew Wade at Sydney in 2014.
- Australia's 193 was their joint seventh highest score against England in T20 international and the second highest total by any team at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff in T20Is after South Africa's 207 against England in 2022.
- England's 65 for 2 was their third highest powerplay total against Australia in T20Is.
- 45 : Phil Salt and Liam Livingstone set up the fourth highest third-wicket partnership for England against Australia in T20Is.
- Liam Livingstone hammered a 27-ball his third fastest fifty for England in T20 international and the fourth fastest fifty by an England batsman against Australia in T20Is.
- Liam Livingstone's 87 was his second highest score for England in T20 international and the third highest-score by an England batsman against Australia in T20Is.
- 90 : Liam Livingstone and Jacob Bethell set up the record fourth-wicket partnership for England against Australia in T20 international, previously held by the 72-run stand between Alex Hales and Joe Root at Birmingham in 2018 and the England's tenth highest fourth-wicket stand in T20Is.
- Matthew Short's 5 for 22 was the third best bowling figures by an Australian bowler in T20 international and the best-bowling-figures by an Australian bowler against England in T20Is, surpassing the previous record of 4 for 15 held by Shane Watson at Adelaide in 2011.
- Matthew Short became the fifth Australian bowler to take a five-wicket haul in T20 internationals.
- Matthew Short became the first Australian bowler to take a five-wicket haul against England in T20I cricket history.
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Australia scored in 20 overs with top scorer by Jake Fraser-McGurk hammered a 50 off 31-balls including 4-fours & 2-sixes with strike rate of 161.29.
Josh Inglis blasted a 42 off 26-balls including 5-fours & a six with strike rate of 161.53, Travis Head hammered a 31 off 14-balls included 4-fours & 2-sixes with strike-rate of 221.42.
Matthew Short struck 28 off 24-balls included 3-fours & a six, Aaron Hardie hammered a unbeaten 20 off 9-balls included 2-fours & a six with strike rate of 222.22 and Cameron Green cracked a unbeaten 13 off 8-balls with a six.
England best bowler by Liam Livingstone captured two-wickets for 16-runs in 3-overs, Brydon Carse took 2-wickets and one for Adil Rashid - Sam Curran.
England chased 194-7 in 18.5 overs with top scorer by Liam Livingstone hammered a unbeaten 87 off 47-balls, Jacob Bethell blasted a 44 off 24-balls including 4-fours & 3-sixes with strike rate of 183.33.
Phil Salt hammered a 39 off 23-balls including 3-sixes & 2-fours with strike rate of 169.56 and Will Jacks scored 12 off 10-balls included a boundary.
Australia best bowler by Matthew Short claimed a career-best 5-wicket haul for 22-runs in 3-overs and Sean Abbott took 2-wickets.
Liam Livingstone named Player of the match for his match-winning all-round performance to smashed a whirlwind 87 off 47-balls including 6-fours and 5-sixes with strike rate of 185.10 after taking a two key wickets in 3-overs spell.
