First T20 England Vs Australia SouthamptonThursday Aug 29,2013

First T20 - England Vs Australia at the Rosebowl,Southampton Thursday Aug 29,2013

T20 Debut - Fawad Ahmed (Australia)

England won the toss and chose to field

Australia scored 248/6 in 20 Overs
Fall of Wickets(Australia)
David Warner                      01(in 5 Balls)
Shaun Marsh                        28(in 21 Balls with 4x2 and 6x1)
Aaron Finch                       156(in 63 Balls with 4x11 and 6x14)-maiden T20 Ton

Shane Watson                      37(in 16 Balls with 4x4 and 6x2)
George Bailey                      01(in 2 Balls)
Glenn Maxwell                     01(in 3 Balls)
Mathew Wade                     15*(in 7 Balls with 4x2 and 6x1)
James Faulkner                    05*(in 3 Balls)
Wicket Takers(England)
Jade Dernbach                     3-34(4 Overs)
Steven Finn                          1-45(4 Overs)
Stuart Broad                         1-47(4 Overs)

England scored 209/6 in 20 Overs
Michael Lumb                     22(in 11 Balls with 4x3 and 6x1)
Alex Hales                          08(in 9 Balls with 4x1)
Luke Wright                        04(in 2 Balls with 4x1)
Eoin Morgan                       00(in 3 Balls)
Ravi Bopara                        45(in 29 Balls with 4x4 and 6x1)
Jos Butler                            27(in 17 Balls with 4x1 and 6x2)
Joe Root                             90(in 49 Balls with 4x13 and 6x1)

Sturat Broad                       04(in 2 Balls with 4x1)
Wicket Takers(Australia)
Mitchell Johnson                 2-41(4 Overs)
Josh Hazlewood                 2-43(4 Overs)
James Faulkner                   1-39(4 Overs)
Shane Watson                     1-42(4 Overs)

Match Result - Australia won by 39 Runs and led the 2-match series 1-0
Player of the Match - Aaron Finch(Australia)

Highlights

• Australia's 248 for six is their highest total in Twenty20 Internationals, surpassing the 221 for five vs England at SCG on January 9, 2007

• Aaron Finch scored 156 and thereby surpass Brendan McCullum's 123 agianst Bangladesh in 2012,the highest score in T20 International

• Aaron Finch (156) has registered his highest score in Twenty20 Internationals - his maiden century. His previous best was 53 not out vs England at Melbourne on January 14, 2011

• Aaron Finch is the first Australian batsman to record a hundred in T20Is, surpassing Ricky Ponting's 98 not out vs New Zealand at Auckland on February 17, 2005

• Aaron Finch's 47-ball hundred is the second quickest in T20Is, next only to the 45-ball century by Richard Levi for South Africa vs New Zealand at Hamilton on February 19, 2012
  

• Australia's eventual 248 for 6 was the second-highest total in a T20 international(next to Sri Lanka's 260 against Kenya)

• The match-aggregate of 457 for 12 wickets is a world record in T20Is, eclipsing the 428 for ten wickets involving Australia and New Zealand at Christchurch on February 28, 2010.

• Aaron Finch and Shaun Marsh were involved in a stand of 114 for the second wicket - an Australian record in T20Is. The said partnership is the second highest for any wicket for Australia in T20Is, next only to the 133 between Watson and Warner for the first wicket vs India at Colombo (RPS) on September 28, 2012.

• Aaron Finch and Shane Watson were associated in a stand of 101 for the third wicket - Australia's first century stand for this wicket-position in T20Is

• For the first time in the history of T20Is, two century stands have been recorded in the same innings.