Australia were put into bat and dismissed for 179 with three balls remaining — an under-par score here given the team smashed 86 off the Powerplay and were 118-2 after 10 overs
Australia's Travis Head plays a shot for six runs during the '1st Vitality IT20' Twenty20 International cricket match between England and Australia at Utilita Bowl in Southampton. Pic/AFP
A new era for England’s white-ball teams got off to a shaky start with a 28-run loss to Australia on Wednesday in the first of three T20 matches between the fierce cricket rivals.
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Australia were put into bat and dismissed for 179 with three balls remaining — an under-par score here given the team smashed 86 off the Powerplay and were 118-2 after 10 overs. Travis Head hit a 19-ball fifty in his knock of 59, which included eight fours and four sixes, to get the Australians off to a rapid start.
England, with a batting line-up missing injured captain Jos Buttler and including uncapped Jordan Cox and Jacob Bethell, stumbled to 52-4. After Liam Livingstone (37) and Sam Curran (18) threatened a fightback with a 54-run partnership for the fifth wicket, England lost three wickets in 10 balls to plunge to 113-7 and was eventually all out for 151 with four balls left.
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