England beat Australia by 5 runs in the only T20

31st August, Cardiff (CRICKETNMORE) -  In a close encounter, England beat Australia by 5 runs in the only T20 International match at Sophia Gardens, here.

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Scorecard, 1st T20 : England vs Australia

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Toss : Australia Won the Toss & elected to Field First

Venue : Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

England Innings : E Morgan (74) and M Ali's brilliant 72* helped  the homeside to post 185/5 in 20 Overs. P Cummins took 2 while M Starc and NC Nile took 1-1 wicket each  for Australia.

Australia Innings. S Smith (90) and G Maxwell (44) could not helped Australia to win the match as the team lost the encounter by 5 runs. For England D Willey took 2 wicket in the match.

Match Result : England beat Australia by 5 runs

Man of the match: M Ali (England)

Teams 

England : Alex Hales, Jason Roy, Moeen Ali, Eoin Morgan (c), Jos Buttler (wk), Sam Billings, Ben Stokes, David Willey, Chris Woakes/Reece Topley, Adil Rashid, Steven Finn

Australia : David Warner, Shane Watson, Steven Smith (c), Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Marsh, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade (wk), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Mitchell Starc, Cameron Boyce, Pat Cummins

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