KFC T20 INTL Series - 2014 Australia V England

Twenty20 (T20) cricket is a shortened version of the game. Each side has just 20 overs. International games played in the evening under lights as a crowd pleaser. Players can, and do, throw caution to the wind from the outset, so it is usually a more "exciting" version with balls hit to the boundary for 4's and 6's. But it's a bit of a "bash and smash" game

Upcoming Matches

29 Jan 2014
Hobart - Blundstone Arena
Start: 7:35 PM Local

31 Jan 2014
Melbourne - MCG
Start: 7:35 PM Local

02 Feb 2014
Sydney - Olympic Park
Start: 7:35 PM Local

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Match 1 starts shortly...... T20 is an evening entertainment starts 7:30PM local time (Oz) and so for me it starts 9:30PM

So I get to watch live cricket all night

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Australia batting first. This version is all about smash and bash... 6's and 4's.

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Oz doing well... nobody out and after8 overs.... OZ 0/78

So close to 10 per over.... suggesting a final score of 200+

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Final score Australia 4/213

TARGET for England: 214

(Average of 10.7 runs per over.... I can't see the Poms doing that)

Apparently to do that England will have to equal the record for an International T20 run chase to win.

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Good start from England... scoring close to 10 an over... but they have lost two wickets (players out)

England 2/44 in the 5th over

and.... just lost another wicket in same over

England 3/45 after 5 overs

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England are toast... IMO

The way these things go.... once a side gets behind, then they slog at anything and players get out...a collapse.

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Another one out



England 4/51.

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And another...

England 5/98 in the 12th over

and another still in 12th over

England 6/100

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Another wicket (player out)

England 7/147 in the 17th over

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Another wicket

England 8/162 in the 18th over

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England need 52 runs off two overs

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One more out at end of 19th over

England need more than 36 off last over.... 6 x 6 is max... 36... but could gain "runs" if wide or no-ball is bowled

England 9/ 177


England get 4 wides off first ball

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England 199 with one ball remaining...... cant do it unless there is a wide bowled... a few times

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Final score England 9/200


Australia Win!

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Game 2 is later today... actually tonight at 9:30PM for me, and before that there is a ODI game in NZ ... all afternoon and evening

GAME 2 - 31 Jan 2014
Melbourne - MCG
Start: 7:35 PM Local

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Missed the start... wtching ODI ..... NZ V India

England are batting 0/20 in the 3rd over.

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England Ended 4/130 not a great score.


TARGET for Australia 131

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Australia had no trouble with that... took less than 15 overs

Australia 2/131 (14.5)

AUSTRALIA WIN!

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Third and final game in the series... tonight

02 Feb 2014
Sydney - Olympic Park
Start: 7:35 PM Local

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