The biggest match is going to be played in Group 1 of the T20 World Cup today. Australia and England will face each other at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, ie MCG. Australia lost against New Zealand in the first match. He then made a spectacular comeback against Sri Lanka. The match was to start at 1:30 pm, but due to rain, the match has not started yet.
This match is very important for both teams. The reason for this is that Australia and England have lost one match each. The team which loses today will find it very difficult to reach the semi-finals. After suffering a crushing defeat against New Zealand in the first match of the tournament, Australia made a comeback with a win against Sri Lanka in Perth on 25 October.
After a slow start from Australia, the target of 158 runs seemed difficult to chase. All-rounder, Marcus Stoinis came and he played an unbeaten inning of 59 runs in 18 balls and achieved the target in 16.3 overs. Now the Australian team will hope that Stoinis will do the same charisma against England.
All-rounder, Marcus Stoinis came and he played an unbeaten inning of 59 runs in 18 balls and achieved the target in 16.3 overs. Now the Australian team will hope that Stoinis will do the same charisma against England.
Head to Head
Talking about the statistics, so far the match between Australia and England in T20 has been almost equal. A total of 24 T20 matches have been played between the two so far. Of this, 11 were won by England and 10 by Australia. 3 matches remained inconclusive.
England won their first match easily against Afghanistan. They had to face defeat against Ireland. On Wednesday 26 October, England suffered a five-run defeat by the Duckworth-Lewis method due to rain in the match.
Now leaving this defeat behind, England will have to face Australia to stay in the match. This team, captained by Jos Buttler, has a pacer like Mark Wood, who bowled the fastest ball (154 KMPH) of this T20 World Cup so far.