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England men · T20I · International series · 1st T20I

England
v Australia⁠

Result

England won by 2 runs

England
162/7
Australia
160/6
Date
Friday 4 September 2020 · England in 2020
Start
18:00 UK
Venue
The Ageas Bowl, Southampton
Competition
T20I · International series · 1st T20I

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Australia T20I scorecard

Australia won the toss and chose to field

England · Innings 162/7 (20 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Jos Buttler c PJ Cummins b AC Agar 44 29 5 2 151.7
Jonny Bairstow c MA Starc b PJ Cummins 8 7 1 0 114.3
Dawid Malan c SPD Smith b KW Richardson 66 43 5 3 153.5
Tom Banton c AJ Finch b AC Agar 8 10 1 0 80.0
Eoin Morgan c SPD Smith b GJ Maxwell 5 3 1 0 166.7
Moeen Ali c A Zampa b GJ Maxwell 2 6 0 0 33.3
Tom Curran c AC Agar b KW Richardson 6 10 0 0 60.0
Chris Jordan not out 14* 8 1 0 175.0
Adil Rashid not out 1* 4 0 0 25.0
Extras (b 2, lb 0, w 6, nb 0) 8
Total 20 overs 162/7

Did not bat: JC Archer, MA Wood

Fall of wickets: 1-43 (JM Bairstow, 3.6 ov), 2-64 (JC Buttler, 7.5 ov), 3-74 (T Banton, 9.5 ov), 4-91 (EJG Morgan, 11.5 ov), 5-108 (MM Ali, 13.5 ov), 6-124 (TK Curran, 16.5 ov), 7-147 (DJ Malan, 18.1 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MA Starc 3 0 30 0 10.00 1 0
AC Agar 4 0 32 2 8.00 0 0
PJ Cummins 3 0 24 1 8.00 0 0
KW Richardson 3 0 13 2 4.33 0 0
A Zampa 4 0 47 0 11.75 1 0
GJ Maxwell 3 0 14 2 4.67 0 0

Australia · Innings 160/6 (20 overs)

Australia · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
DA Warner b JC Archer 58 47 4 0 123.4
AJ Finch c CJ Jordan b JC Archer 46 32 7 1 143.8
SPD Smith c JM Bairstow b AU Rashid 18 11 2 1 163.6
GJ Maxwell c EJG Morgan b AU Rashid 1 2 0 0 50.0
MP Stoinis not out 23* 18 0 1 127.8
AT Carey b MA Wood 1 5 0 0 20.0
AC Agar run out 4 5 0 0 80.0
PJ Cummins not out 0* 0 0 0 –
Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 7, nb 0) 9
Total 20 overs 160/6

Did not bat: MA Starc, KW Richardson, A Zampa

Fall of wickets: 1-98 (AJ Finch, 10.6 ov), 2-124 (SPD Smith, 14.2 ov), 3-127 (GJ Maxwell, 14.6 ov), 4-129 (DA Warner, 15.2 ov), 5-133 (AT Carey, 16.3 ov), 6-148 (AC Agar, 18.6 ov)

Australia · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Jofra Archer 4 0 33 2 8.25 2 0
Mark Wood 4 0 31 1 7.75 2 0
Chris Jordan 3 0 23 0 7.67 1 0
Tom Curran 4 0 33 0 8.25 1 0
Adil Rashid 4 0 29 2 7.25 0 0
Moeen Ali 1 0 9 0 9.00 0 0

Player of the match: Dawid Malan · Umpires: MJ Saggers, AG Wharf · TV umpire: DJ Millns · Match referee: BC Broad. Scorecard from ball-by-ball data by Cricsheet (opens in a new tab), used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (opens in a new tab). Names as Cricsheet writes them; England players link to their profiles.

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