The 2 nd match of the 3 match T20 International series between England and Australia was played on September 6, Sunday at The Rose Bowl, Southampton. England team was leading in the series by 1-0. Australian captain Aaron Finch won the toss and chose to bat first. David Warner and Aaron Finch opened the inning for Australia.
David Warner got out on duck to J Archer. Captain Finch made 40 runs and showed some good cricket. Chris Jordan bowled him on 40 runs. Australian team sent Alex Carry at number 1 position to bat but it did not work. He got out on just 2 runs. Marcus Stoinis and Glenn Maxwell scored some runs and helped Australia to achieve a respecting total. Marcus Stoinis made 35 runs and Glenn Maxwell made 26 runs. A Agar also made 23 runs and Pat Cummins finished the Australian inning and made not out 13 runs in just 5 balls. Australia made 157 runs in their 20 over. Chris Jordan took 2 wickets for England.
It was a target of 158 runs for England to win the match. Jonny Bairstow and Jos Buttler opened the chase and Bairstow got out early on 9 runs to Mitchell Starc. Buttler made 87 runs partnership with David Malan for the 2 nd wicket. David Malan made 42 runs in 32 balls. Captain Morgan also got out early on 7 runs but Jos Buttler finished the game for England with M Ali. Jos Butttler made not out 77 runs in 54 balls and England chased the target in 18.5 over. England won the game by 6 wickets and also sealed the series. A Agar took 2 wickets for Australia. Jos Buttler was selected as player of the match for his brilliant match winning batting performance of 77 runs in the game.