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England thrashed Australia by 8 wickets at Dubai. There was absolute Carnage as Jos Buttler & Co chased down the target of 126 runs with 50 balls left (8.2 overs). England now have a far superior NRR (Net Run Rate) of +3.948.
SNAPSHOT: David Warner lauding Jos Buttler for his Stupendous Knock
England had won the toss & elected to bowl first. Australia put on an average performance by setting a target of 126 runs. Jos Buttler & Jason Roy negotiated pace bowling for the first 2 overs as the score was 13 runs.
SNAPSHOT: Jason Roy & Jos Buttler toying with Australia’s bowlers.
Then both went into ultra attacking mode especially Buttler as England scored 66 runs in the power-play overs. This is the highest power-play overs score in this T20 World Cup. Earlier on 28th October Australia had scored 63 runs against Sri Lanka. Buttler didn’t feared Mitchell Starc as he smacked him for 2 consecutive sixes in the 6th over. Buttler smashed one six at the sight-screen & the other one at long on as he showed how to tackle fast bowlers.
SNAPSHOT: Jos Buttler taking Mitchell Starc to cleaners.
Buttler didn’t stopped his rout as he kept on bashing without hesitating. Buttler completed his half-century in 25 balls which is the fastest in this tourney. There was some soothing on the pain of Australia as they took 2 wickets. Adam Zampa & Ashton Agar took a wicket each. Jason Roy played his role perfectly by playing a second fiddle. Roy scored 22 runs in 20 balls which included 1 four & 1 six. Buttler & Bairstow finished the match in style. Jos Buttler blistered a magnificent knock of 71 runs in 32 balls which is insane as he struck 5 fours & 5 sixes with a strike rate of 221. Bairstow played a cameo of 16 runs in 11 balls which included 2 sixes.
SNAPSHOT: Jos Buttler not even sparing spinners.
The bowling line up of Australia wasn’t a ‘B’ or ‘C’ grade. The fast bowlers where Starc, Cummins, Hazlewood who are by no means inexperienced at the World Stage. England made fun of them as such a devastating performance can shake any team’s morale.
Australia were invited to bat first. England’s fast bowlers rattled the top-order of Australia. In the power-play overs Australia lost 3 wickets & scored only 21 runs. The likes of Warner, Smith & Maxwell were all sent to the pavilion. Chris Woakes & Chris Jordan scalped the wickets. There was hope that Aaron Finch is still present at the crease. Adil Rashid & Liam Livingstone didn’t allowed any batter to change the momentum.
At 12 overs Australia’s score was 51-5 where they were looking dull. Australia somehow crawled their way back by posting 125 overs where they were bowled out. Finch scored 44 runs but he faced 49 deliveries as he crossed the rope(hit fours) only 4 times. There were knocks played by Matthew Wade, Agar, Cummins & Starc but in bits & pieces. There was a complete performance laid out by bowlers. Chris Woakes was at his peak with the new ball. His figures where 2 for 23. The pick of the bowling line up was Chris Jordan who executed his Yorkers next to perfection. His bowling figures where 3 for 17.
SNAPSHOT: Chris Woakes pumped up after dismissing David WarnerSNAPSHOT: Chris Jordan thrilled by dismissing Steve Smith
England have got all their bases covered. They would worry that their middle & lower-middle order hasn’t majorly contributed to team’s success. The pitch wasn’t a swing friendly but they bowled accurate lines. England’s next match is against Sri Lanka at 01 November at Sharjah. They as of now have became the front-runners to be the table-toppers.
This is a warning & wake up call for Australia. The pitch was placid & batting friendly where their shot-selection was poor. Dropping Mitchell Marsh & picking Ashton Agar was controversial. Marsh has been recently playing all the bilateral series which were against New Zealand, West Indies & Bangladesh. He was the only positive when Australia was under the radar for the series defeats. Australia’s NRR has taken a huge downfall of -0.627. Their next match is against Bangladesh on 4th November at Dubai. If Australia wants to make it to Semi Finals they have to beat Bangladesh. Australia would have their 4-1 series defeat in their mind.
England won the match by 8 wickets against Bangladesh which was played at Abu Dhabi on 27th October. England chased down the target of 125 runs with 5.5 overs remaining. England now have a whopping NRR (Net Run Rate) of +3.61 which now has kept them in a good stead as things can get ugly at the later stages of the tournament.
SNAPSHOT: Jonny Bairstow shaking hands with Mahedi Hasan after scoring the winning runs
Bangladesh had won the toss & elected to bat first & while doing so they stumbled & scored 124 runs for the loss of 9 wickets. England’s openers Jason Roy & Jos Buttler came out all guns blazing as England scored 50 runs in the power-play overs for the loss of 1 wicket which was of Jos Buttler. It was expected that Bangladesh’s spinners would thrive on spinning tracks especially considering the weakness of England; but it turned out to be different as Roy was toying with every bowler even with the likes of ‘Fizz’ Mustafizur Rahman & Shakib Al Hasan.
Roy scored a splendid knock of 61 runs in 38 balls in which he hit 5 fours & 3 sixes. The peculiarity of Roy’s knock was that he didn’t feared to go down the track & assert his authority & dominance. Roy was accompanied by England’s umbrella man Dawid Malan who played a second fiddle as he scored 28 runs in 25 balls.
SNAPSHOT: Jason Roy plundering the bowlers
Batting first Bangladesh was in tatters as they lost 3 wickets in the power-play overs for a mere 27 runs. Bangladesh’s innings never got off to a start as none of their batters scored 30 runs. Mushfiqur Rahim tried to put the innings on track but he got out on 29 runs leaving an improbable task on the next players. Eoin Morgan used all his resources next to perfection as he gave the ball to the part-time spinner Liam Livingstone who bagged the wicket of Rahim & Mahmudullah.
SNAPSHOT: Liam Livingstone became a dark horse as he took 2 wickets
The pick of the bowlers was Tymal Mills who was dexterous as his wicked variations proved to be nightmare as he finished with the figures of 3 wickets for 27 runs. Tyamal Mills would be grateful to the fact that ECB (England Cricket Board) entrusted him as he wasn’t a part of national team setup since last 3 years. Chris Woakes proved his credentials as he gave away only 12 runs in his 4 over spell & took 1 wicket of the big fish ‘Shakib’.
SNAPSHOT: Tymal Mills celebrating after taking a wicket
Bangladesh need to go back to the drawing board as now they have lost 2 matches out of 2 & their qualification hopes look bleak as they need to win all the next 3 matches. The senior batters Shakib, Rahim & Mahmudullah need to decide their role as one of them has to be present at the end of the innings irrespective of the circumstances as the other batters are naive.
Bangladesh’s next match is against West Indies on 29th October at Sharjah. Bangladesh vs West Indies clash would be an eliminator especially for West Indies as they are the defending champions whereas Bangladesh would look to spoil the party; the same way which they had done in the inaugural T20 World Cup 2007.
SNAPSHOT: Bangladesh’s team in Jubilation after defeating West Indies & eliminating them in ICC T20 World Cup 2007
England so far are proving to be a major threat as their weakness is not exploited. Their next match is scheduled against their arch-rivals Australia on the 30th October at Dubai. If England can overcome Australia hurdle then they would be serious contenders to lift the trophy irrespective of Australia’s lack of camaraderie in T20I as Australia is known for denting opponent team’s confidence.
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