Australia beat England to win third T20 international at Southampton
Australia regain top spot in the global Twenty20 rankings as Mitchell Marsh inspires five-wicket over England at Southampton.
ENGLAND 6/145 (Jonny Bairstow 55, Joe Denly 29*, Moeen Ali 23, Adam Zampa 2/34, Mitchell Star 1/20, Josh Hazlewood 1/23) lost to AUSTRALIA 5/146 (Aaron Finch 39, Mitchell Marsh 39*, Marcus Stoinis 26, Adil Rashid 3/21, Tom Curran 1/23, Mark Wood 1/38) after 19.3 overs. England wins the three match series 2-1.
Australia beat England by five wickets at Southampton this morning (AEST) to regain top spot in the global Twenty20 rankings from their arch-rivals as the tourists ended the series with a consolation win.
Set a modest 146 to win, Australia were cruising to victory at 1/70. But they suffered a collapse that saw them slump to 100-5, with leg-spinner Adil Rashid taking 3-21 including the key wickets of captain Aaron Finch (39) and star batsman Steve Smith (3).
It took until the final over but it was worth the wait!
— Cricket Australia (@CricketAus) September 8, 2020
A great result to finish the T20 series with a win to take some momentum into the ODI series #ENGvAUS pic.twitter.com/3PAkMV6Qcu
But Mitchell Marsh (39 not out) and Ashton Agar (16 not out) saw them home with three balls to spare.
England, however, won the three-match series 2-1.
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