England beat Australia in lone T20

England beat Australia by five runs to win the lone Twenty20 international in Cardiff on Monday. Australia, set a target of 183 for victory, were on course while skipper Steven Smith was making a Twenty20 best score of 90. But Australia lost five wickets for 16 runs in 14 balls, with three batsmen dismissed in the final over of the innings, bowled by Ben Stokes, as they finished on 177 for eight. Earlier, England made 182 for five after being sent into bat by Smith. Eoin Morgan, the England captain, top-scored with 74 and put on 135 for the third wicket with Moeen Ali (72 not out).

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Scoreboard

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England

J. Roy c Coulter-Nile b Cummins       11

A. Hales b Cummins                     3

M. Ali not out                        72

E. Morgan c Watson b Coulter-Nile     74

J. Buttler c Cummins b Starc          11

S. Billings run out (Smith/Starc)      2

B. Stokes not out                      1

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Extras: (lb3, w5)                      8

Total: (5 wkts, 20 overs)            182

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Did not bat: A Rashid, D Willey, S Finn, R Topley
Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Hales), 2-18 (Roy), 3-153 (Morgan), 4-168 (Buttler), 5-180 (Billings)
Bowling: Starc 4-0-32-1 (4w); Coulter-Nile 4-0-24-1; Cummins 4-0-25-2; Marsh 2-0-21-0; Maxwell 2-0-12-0; Stoinis 1-0-13-0; Watson 2-0-33-0 (1w); Boyce 1-0-19-0.

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Australia

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D. Warner c Finn b Willey              4

S. Watson b Finn                       8

S. Smith c Roy b Willey               90

G. Maxwell c Stokes b Ali             44

M. Marsh b Topley                     13

M. Stoinis not out                    10

M. Wade run out (Morgan/Stokes)        2

N. Coulter-Nile c Rashid b Stokes      0

P. Cummins run out (Roy/Stokes)        0

M. Starc not out                       0

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Extras: (lb5, w1)                      6

Total: (8 wkts, 20 overs)            177

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Did not bat: C Boyce
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Warner), 2-12 (Watson), 3-124 (Maxwell), 4-161 (Marsh), 5-165 (Smith), 6-172 (Wade), 7-174 (Coulter-Nile), 8-175 (Cummins)
Bowling: Willey 4-0-34-2; Finn 4-0-39-1; Topley 4-0-35-1; Rashid 3-0-32-0; Stokes 4-0-29-1 (1w); Ali 1-0-3-1
Result: England won by five runs.
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