England vs Australia – Only T20I – at Birmingham – England won  by  28 runs

England vs Australia – Only T20I – at Birmingham – England won  by  28 runs

England posted a total  of 221 for 5 in this game to provide the seventh occasion of England posting a total of 200 plus runs in T20Is. All such occasions are listed below

No Team Score Overs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 England 200/6 20.0 2 v India Durban 19 Sep 2007
2 England 202/6 20.0 1 v South Africa Johannesburg 13 Nov 2009
3 England 214/7 20.0 1 v New Zealand Auckland 09 Feb 2013
4 England 209/6 20.0 2 v Australia Southampton 29 Aug 2013
5 England 200/9 20.0 2 v Australia Hobart 29 Jan 2014
6 England 230/8 19.4 2 v South Africa Mumbai 18 Mar 2016
7 England 221/5 20.0 1 v Australia Birmingham 27 Jun 2018

It also provides the third occasion of England posting a total in excess of 200 plus runs against Australia in T20Is. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Team Score Overs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 England 209/6 20.0 2 v Australia Southampton 29 Aug 2013
2 England 200/9 20.0 2 v Australia Hobart 29 Jan 2014
3 England 221/5 20.0 1 v Australia Birmingham 27 Jun 2018

England’s 221 for 5 in this game represent its highest team total in T20Is. The previous best was 209 for 6 at Southampton on 29 Aus 13

No Team Score Overs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 England 221/5 20.0 1 v Australia Birmingham 27 Jun 2018
2 England 209/6 20.0 2 v Australia Southampton 29 Aug 2013

England’s 221 for 5 in this game represent its second best total in T20Is. It best total is 230 for 8 against South Africa at Mumbai on 18 Mar 16

No Team Score Overs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 England 230/8 19.4 2 v South Africa Mumbai 18 Mar 2016
2 England 221/5 20.0 1 v Australia Birmingham 27 Jun 2018

JC Buttler scored 61 in this game to provide the 85th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the tenth occasion of an England wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides  the 82nd occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a half century in T20Is.

JC Buttler became the second England wicket keeper batsman to score a fifty against Australia in T20Is. Prior to this C Kieswetter had scored 63 at Bridgetown on 16 May 10.

AJ Finch scored 84 in this game to provide the 111th occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the 107th occasion of a captain scoring a half century in T20Is.

It also provides the 12th occasion of an Australian captain scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the eleventh occasion of an Australian captain scoring a half century in T20Is. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 SR Watson 124* 1 v India Sydney 31 Jan 2016
2 RT Ponting 98* 1 v New Zealand Auckland 17 Feb 2005
3 SPD Smith 90 2 v England Cardiff 31 Aug 2015
4 AJ Finch 84 2 v England Birmingham 27 Jun 2018
5 RT Ponting 76 1 v India Mumbai (BS) 20 Oct 2007
6 AJ Finch 74 2 v India Melbourne 29 Jan 2016
7 MJ Clarke 67 2 v New Zealand Christchurch 28 Feb 2010
8 GJ Bailey 63 2 v West Indies Colombo (RPS) 05 Oct 2012
9 SPD Smith 61* 1 v Pakistan Mohali 25 Mar 2016
10 GJ Bailey 60* 2 v England Melbourne 31 Jan 2014
11 DA Warner 59 2 v New Zealand Auckland 16 Feb 2018
12 AJ Finch 53 1 v Sri Lanka Adelaide 22 Feb 2017

It also provides the third occasion of an Australian captain scoring a half century against in T20Is. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 SPD Smith 90 2 v England Cardiff 31 Aug 2015
2 AJ Finch 84 2 v England Birmingham 27 Jun 2018
3 GJ Bailey 60* 2 v England Melbourne 31 Jan 2014

AJ Finch’s 84 in this game represent his third fifty as Australian captain in T20Is. He now  owns the record for most fifties by an Australian captain in T20Is. Other captains to score two fifties are – GJ Bailey, RT Ponting and SPD Smith

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 AJ Finch 84 2 v England Birmingham 27 Jun 2018
2 AJ Finch 74 2 v India Melbourne 29 Jan 2016
3 AJ Finch 53 1 v Sri Lanka Adelaide 22 Feb 2017
             
1 GJ Bailey 63 2 v West Indies Colombo (RPS) 05 Oct 2012
2 GJ Bailey 60* 2 v England Melbourne 31 Jan 2014
             
1 RT Ponting 98* 1 v New Zealand Auckland 17 Feb 2005
2 RT Ponting 76 1 v India Mumbai (BS) 20 Oct 2007
             
1 SPD Smith 90 2 v England Cardiff 31 Aug 2015
2 SPD Smith 61* 1 v Pakistan Mohali 25 Mar 2016

AJ Finch’s 84 in this game represent his highest score as Australian captain in T20Is. Previous best was  his 74 against  India at Melbourne on 29 Jan 16

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 AJ Finch 84 2 v England Birmingham 27 Jun 2018
2 AJ Finch 74 2 v India Melbourne 29 Jan 2016
3 AJ Finch 53 1 v Sri Lanka Adelaide 22 Feb 2017

AJ Finch’s 84 in this game was in a losing cause to provide the  48th occasion of a captain’s fifty going in vain in the history of T20Is. It also provides the sixth occasion of Australian captain’s fifty going in vain in T20Is. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 RT Ponting 76 1 v India Mumbai (BS) 20 Oct 2007
2 GJ Bailey 63 2 v West Indies Colombo (RPS) 05 Oct 2012
3 SPD Smith 90 2 v England Cardiff 31 Aug 2015
4 AJ Finch 74 2 v India Melbourne 29 Jan 2016
5 SR Watson 124* 1 v India Sydney 31 Jan 2016
6 AJ Finch 84 2 v England Birmingham 27 Jun 2018

It also provides the sixth occasion of Australian captain’s fifty going in vain against England in T20Is. Both such occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 SPD Smith 90 2 v England Cardiff 31 Aug 2015
2 AJ Finch 84 2 v England Birmingham 27 Jun 2018

England won this game by 28 runs to provide the 48th occasion of England winning a T20I game. It also provides England’s sixth win against Australia in T20Is

Australia lost this game by 28 runs to provide the 45th occasion of Australia losing a T20I game. It also provides the sixth occasion of Australia losing a T20I against England

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