England's 18 boundaries proved costly, Australia lost despite Matthew Short's historic record

The second match of the ongoing 3-match T20 series between England and Australia was played in Cardiff. In this match, England defeated Australia by 3 wickets and tied the series 1-1. In this match, Travis Head once again gave Australia a stormy start. Jake Fraser McGurk scored the first half-century of his career. Apart from this, opener Matthew Short also made a historic record for Australia by taking 5 wickets. But none of this helped Australia. Liam Livingstone and Jacob Bethell's 18 boundaries outweighed all this and England won the match easily.

Australia batted first and set a target of 194 runs. During this, Travis Head played a quick innings of 31 runs in 14 balls. Jake Fraser McGurk, who was a flop for a long time, scored 50 runs in 31 balls. Jose Inglis made an important contribution of 42 runs in 26 balls. But the innings of all these went in vain in front of the storm of Liam Livingstone and Jacob Bethell. While chasing, Livingstone scored 87 runs in 47 balls at a strike rate of 185. In this innings, he hit 6 fours and 5 sixes.

Apart from Livingstone, Jacob Bethell, playing his second match, played a quick innings of 44 runs in 24 balls at a strike rate of 183. He hit 4 fours and 3 sixes. In this way, both the batsmen together hit 18 boundaries and with the help of this, scored 88 runs and made the match one-sided. The result was that England won the match with 1 overs remaining. Livingstone also did wonders with the ball. He took 2 wickets by spending just 16 runs in 3 overs. He was selected Player of the Match for his all-round performance.