Australian cricket team in England in 2020
| Australian cricket team in England in 2020 | |||
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| England | Australia | ||
| Dates | 4 – 16 September 2020 | ||
| Captains | Eoin Morgan[n 1] | Aaron Finch | |
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | Australia won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Jonny Bairstow (196) | Glenn Maxwell (186) | |
| Most wickets | Jofra Archer (7) | Adam Zampa (10) | |
| Player of the series | Glenn Maxwell (Aus) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | England won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Dawid Malan (129) | Aaron Finch (125) | |
| Most wickets | Adil Rashid (6) | Ashton Agar (5) | |
| Player of the series | Jos Buttler (Eng) | ||
The Australia cricket team toured England to play three One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches in September 2020.[1] The ODI matches formed part of the inaugural 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League.[2] Originally, the matches were scheduled to take place in July 2020,[3] but were moved back to September 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] On 14 August 2020, Cricket Australia named a touring squad of 21 players, after gaining government exemptions to travel to the United Kingdom.[5] The T20Is were played at the Rose Bowl in Southampton, the ODIs were played at Old Trafford in Manchester,[6] with all the fixtures played behind closed doors.[7]
England won the first two T20I matches, winning the series with an unassailable lead.[8] For the third T20I fixture, Moeen Ali captained England for the first time in an international match, after Eoin Morgan suffered a hand injury in the second T20I.[9] Australia went on to win the match by five wickets,[10] with England winning the series 2–1.[11] With their win in the third T20I, Australia finished at the top of the ICC T20I Championship rankings.[12] Australia won the ODI series 2–1.[13] It was the first time in five years that England had lost an ODI series at home, after Australia beat them 3–2 in September 2015.[14]
Background
[edit]In May 2020, it was suggested that the dates for the series were moved back to September, to accommodate the rescheduling of the ODI fixtures against Ireland due to the pandemic.[15] Later the same month, Kevin Roberts, the then CEO of Cricket Australia, said that there was still a chance that the series would take place.[16][17] On 17 June 2020, Cricket Scotland confirmed that their one-off T20I match against Australia had been cancelled.[18] At the time of the cancellation, new dates for Australia's matches against England were in discussion,[19] with both cricket boards working out a revised schedule for September 2020.[20] On 6 July 2020, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed discussions were still ongoing to host the series.[21][22] On 16 July 2020, Cricket Australia named a 26-man preliminary squad to begin training ahead of the planned tour to England.[23][24] On 14 August 2020, Cricket Australia named a squad of 21 players to tour England,[25] with the team departing from Perth on 23 August 2020.[26]
Squads
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| ODIs[27] | T20Is[28] | ODIs and T20Is[29] |
Australia did not name individual squads for the ODI and T20I matches, opting instead to name a combined squad of 21 players for the tour.[30]
Joe Denly and Saqib Mahmood were named as reserve players for England's ODI squad, with Liam Livingstone and Saqib Mahmood named as reserve players for the T20I squad.[31] On 6 September 2020, Phil Salt was added to England's list of reserve players for the ODI matches.[32] Jos Buttler ruled himself out of England's squad for the third T20I match for personal reasons.[33] On 9 September 2020, Jason Roy was added to England's ODI squad,[34] with Dawid Malan named as a reserve player for the matches.[35]
Practice matches
[edit]Prior to the international matches, Australia trained at the County Cricket Ground in Derby.[36] The team then travelled to Southampton to play intra-squad practice matches at the Rose Bowl.[37] Aaron Finch and Pat Cummins were named as the captains of the two teams,[38] with a cricketer from Hampshire County Cricket Club also included to make the full complement of 22 players.[39] The first warm-up match was scheduled to be 50 overs per side, but was reduced to a 20-over game, after rain was forecast for later in the day.[40] The rain did end the first match early, after 5.5 overs were bowled in the second innings.[41] Conversely, the next practice match was scheduled to be played as a 20-over match, but was changed to a 50-over game.[42] Finally, Australia's squad played two 20-over matches on 1 September 2020, with Aaron Finch's team winning both matches.[43]
T20I series
[edit]1st T20I
[edit]2nd T20I
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Jonny Bairstow became the first batsman for England to be dismissed by hitting his own wicket in T20Is.[45]
3rd T20I
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- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- Moeen Ali captained England for the first time in T20Is.[46]
ODI series
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
- This was the 150th ODI match between England and Australia.[47]
- Sam Billings (Eng) scored his maiden century in ODIs.[48]
- World Cup Super League points: Australia 10, England 0.
2nd ODI
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- World Cup Super League points: England 10, Australia 0.
3rd ODI
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- Jonny Bairstow (Eng) scored his 10th century in ODIs.[49]
- Glenn Maxwell (Aus) became the fastest batsman, in terms of balls faced, to score 3,000 runs in ODIs (2,440).[50]
- Alex Carey (Aus) scored his maiden century in ODIs.[51]
- Carey and Maxwell also made the highest sixth-wicket partnership for Australia in ODIs with 212 runs.[51]
- World Cup Super League points: Australia 10, England 0.
Notes
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