England’s win over New Zealand threatens Australia’s T20 World Cup chances | malcolmconn
A reawakened England threaten to rob Australia of the chance to defend their Twenty20 World Cup title after beating previously undefeated New Zealand in Brisbane on Tuesday night.
The top three Group 1 teams, New Zealand, England and Australia, all have five points from two wins, a loss, and a washout, but Australia have been pushed to third in the group on run rate after their 89-run flogging by New Zealand in the opening match of the tournament. Australia have a net run rate of -0.30 compared to England’s +0.55
A remarkably simple dropped catch by Moeen Ali of the dangerous Glenn Phillips on 15 gave the Kiwis a chance. Coming off a century in just 64 balls against Sri Lanka, he blazed 62 in 36 balls, but it wasn’t enough in a generally modest batting display.England had done just about everything right in the three-match T20 series against Australia leading into the T20 World Cup and just about everything wrong during the tournament.
Buttler had wound up by the time he was dropped again on 40, a relatively simple chance missed by Daryl Mitchell at deep square from a pull shot off the quick Lockie Ferguson.It took Buttler past the man he recently succeeded as England’s white ball captain, Eoin Morgan, as his country’s leading T20 run scorer with 2468.
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