END OF OVER:20 | 8 Runs 2 Wkts | ENG: 137/7 | RR: 6.85
- Chris Jordan1 (1b)
- Kane Richardson4-0-33-3
- Andrew Tye4-0-29-1
9.10pm Welcome back...can England make a game of this? Richard Bedwell: "It's only the 2nd time Buttler's faced more than 15 balls in a T20I and ended up with a strike rate less than 100 - both against Australia. It's also the joint highest number of balls he's faced, though he got 73* last time" Also one of the slowest 45+ scores in T20Is
8.50pm Australia will certainly take that. England could never get going and, despite Jos Buttler being out there for more than 15 overs, they fall someway short of 150, which is roughly par for T20s at the MCG. A measure of how he had to play the anchor was that Buttler was the only batsman to score at less than a run a ball - only the second time he has been shackled like that in an innings of 20+ (coincidentally, the other was at the MCG, too, when they made a similar total and lost by eight wickets). Kane Richardson and Billy Stanlake shared the majority of the wickets but all the bowlers played their part. Have the England attack got a similarly miserly performance up their sleeve? Find out with Gnasher in 15
JC Buttler c Agar b Richardson 46 (68m 49b 3x4 0x6) SR: 93.87