England beat Australia in the only T20I at Edgbaston by 28 Runs

by Alastair Symondson Wednesday 27 June 2018

Australia's Aaron Finch shakes hands with England’s Eoin Morgan at the end of the match

©Reuters/Andrew Boyers

England beat Australia, in the only T20I, at Edgbaston by 28 Runs tonight to complete a whitewash against the Aussies in the ‘white ball’ format.

England 221-5 (Jos Buttler 61 , Alex Hales 49)

Australia 193 (Aaron Finch 84, Adil Rashid 3-27)

Result - England won by 28 runs

Jos Buttler, opening instead of Jonny Bairstow, was the England hero again tonight, hitting the fastest T20I half-century (22 balls) by an England player and helping them to beat Australia by 28 runs.

Buttler 61, supported by 49 from Hales and Roy 44, took England to 221-5, which was their second-highest T20I total.

In reply, Aaron Finch hit 84 from 41 balls for Australia but they were bowled out for 193, with Adil Rashid 3-27, the pick of the England bowlers.

Australia won the toss and elected to bowl

England won by 28 runs

FULL SCORECARD

England
1st Innings
221/5 (19.6 Ov)
RR: 11.05

Australia
1st Innings
193/10 (19.4 Ov)
RR: 9.81

JOB DONE!!! We win by 28 runs for a clean sweep across the IT20 and ODIs!

Scorecard and videos: https://t.co/VOUzUfAxhk #ENGvAUS pic.twitter.com/E2ZgiD6cFg
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) June 27, 2018

Full recap from the T20 at Edgbaston with @Dave_Middleton's report here: https://t.co/jdxlUToLZj #ENGvAUS pic.twitter.com/nARM8pwHnC
— cricket.com.au (@CricketAus) June 27, 2018