Australia played
England on 3rd Feb and won by seven wickets, thanks to DLS. This is NZ’s second
match and they meet England on 13th Feb. When NZ played against Australia, NZ
hit 117 in 20 overs. The batting displayed by the Kiwis can be barely called
average. Apart from Colin’s 38, the rest were just there. The bowling wasn’t
much either. Trent Boult took two wickets, and Tim Southee, one.
Teams
|
P
|
W
|
L
|
Pts
|
Australia
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
6
|
England
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
New Zealand
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
Australia, on top of
the table with three wins from three matches, enters
the finals in a no muss no fuss kind of way. England and NZ have to claw their
way back in seeing as they have no points on the board. And seeing as a certain
Mr.Duckworth and a Mr.Lewis have already made their presence felt in this
tournament, the run rate will make a difference.
Australia has pulled out in-form players from the Big
Bash tournament and managed to find the right combination for the T20 format.
With legends such as Mark Waugh and Ricky Ponting playing crucial roles, the
team does have every chance of climbing up the ICC 20 rankings.
After dominating the
One-Day International series in Australia, England now find themselves at the
receiving end. England was bullied early
by Australia's pace duo of Kane Richardson and Billy Stanlake to be left
wobbling at 34 for 3 before they made a brief recovery. Buttler played a key
role in England posting 137 for 7 in the allotted 20 overs where the stand-in
captain scored 46 off 49.
They've now lost both
Twenty20 Internationals to the hosts, going down in the second game of the
tri-series by seven wickets. Jos Buttler, however, felt England will bounce
back as the series moves to New Zealand for the second leg.
This match is expected
to be a cracker of a match. Both teams look forward to getting their first win
and moving up the table. Australia is not likely to change their lineup but
England and New Zealand may rethink their strategies.
England Probable XI: Adil Rashid, Jos Buttler ( c
& wk), Alex Hales, Sam Billings, James Vince, Mark Wood, Tom Curran, Chris
Jordan, Jason Roy, David Willey, Dawid Malan
New Zealand Probable XI: Kane Williamson(c), Tim Seifert (wk),
Martin Guptill, Mark Chapman, Colin Munro, Ross Taylor, Colin de Grandhomme,
Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Trent Boult
Jos is the captain as Eoin Morgan is injured. New Zealand made a couple
of changes in the squad with Mark Chapman and Tim Seifert comes in squad
replacing Tom Bruce and Tom Blundell.
Key Players
Batsmen
Dawid Malan
Sam Billings
Jos Buttler
James Vince
Bowlers
Chris Jordan
Adil Rashid
Trent Boult
Tim Southee
What do you think?
Indu
P.S. Please note that
the above-expressed opinions are purely the Editor’s. We do not take
responsibility, nor
can we guarantee the performance of the players. All the best !!!
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