LONDON, June 13: Seamers Darren Gough and Jon Lewis teamed up to take seven wickets for eight runs in just 20 balls as England stunned Australia to win their first Twenty20 international by 100 runs on Monday. The match was little more than a light-hearted romp before the serious business of the one-dayers and the Ashes series.
But Michael Vaughan’s England side, egged on by the crowd at Southampton’s Rose Bowl, were soon jumping into each others arms in sheer disbelief as Australia were bowled out in 14.3 overs.
One moment the world champions, chasing England’s 179 for eight off their 20 overs, were 23 without loss in the third over. The next they were 31 for seven in the sixth and heading for certain defeat.
Lewis took four for 24 off four overs while Gough took three for 16 off three.
Scoreboard
England
M. Trescothick c Hussey b Symonds 41
G. Jones c Kasprowicz b McGrath 19
A. Flintoff c Symonds b Kasprowicz 6
K. Pietersen c Hayden b Clarke 34
M. Vaughan c Ponting b Symonds 0
P. Collingwood c Ponting b McGrath 46
A. Strauss b Gillespie 18
V. Solanki c Hussey b McGrath 9
J. Lewis not out 0
Extras (lb1, w3, nb2) 6
Total (8 wkts, 20 overs) 179
Fall of wkts: 1-28, 2-49, 3-100, 4-102, 5-109, 6-158, 7-175, 8-179
Did not bat: D Gough, S Harmison
Bowling: Lee 3-0-31-0 (1w, 2nb); McGrath 4-0-31-3 (1w); Kasprowicz 3-0-28-1; Gillespie 4-0-49-1 (1w); Clarke 3-0-25-1; Symonds 3-0-14-2
Australia
A. Gilchrist c Pietersen b Gough 15
M. Hayden c Pietersen b Gough 6
A. Symonds c Pietersen b Lewis 0
M. Clarke c Jones b Lewis 0
M. Hussey c Flintoff b Gough 1
R. Ponting c Solanki b Lewis 0
D. Martyn c Trescothick b Lewis 4
B. Lee c Harmison b Collingwood 15
J. Gillespie c Trescothick b Collingwood 24
M. Kasprowicz not out 3
G. McGrath b Harmison 5
Extras (b1, lb2, w1, nb2) 6
Total (all out, 14.3 overs) 79
Fall of wkts: 1-23, 2-23, 3-23, 4-24, 5-24, 6-28, 7-31, 8-67, 9-72
Bowling: Gough 3-0-16-3 (1nb); Lewis 4-0-24-4; Harmison 2.3-0-13-1; Flintoff 3-0-15-0 (1w); Collingwood 2-0-8-2;
Umpires: Jeremy Lloyds (ENG), Nigel Llong (ENG)
TV Umpire: Mark Benson (ENG)
Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZL)
MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: K. Pietersen.—Agencies