Australia beat England by 28 runs in the first T20I, with Travis Head’s brisk 59 setting the visitors on the way to an unassailable lead
A fresh-faced England side came undone against a more storied Australian XI, falling to a 28-run defeat in the first T20I on Wednesday.
Head taking on Jofra Archer was an early thrill, the quick making the left-hander hop about, edge away, and look uncomfortable. But this is Head’s great trick: to deceive you with that slogger setup, revealing his flaws, only then to respond with a flurry of axe-swings, the eyes carrying the hands. And then, all of a sudden, he’s won you the match and tournament, too.
Fortunately for Phil Salt, the stand-in captain, there was joy to be found in slowing the game down. Spin ended Australia’s hopes for a genuinely scary total, first through Adil Rashid, England’s most experienced player by a distance.
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