Bridgetown [Barbados], Australia's disciplined bowling in the second half of the innings after a blistering start from openers Jos Buttler and Phil Salt helped the 2021 champions to a 36-run win over England in their ICC T20 World Cup match in Bridgetown, Barbados. Helped in. Saturday.

Australia top Group B with two wins from two matches while England are fourth with one loss and no drawn games.

Chasing a target of 202, the English opening pair of Jos Buttler and Phil Salt responded with almost the same aggression as Australia, maintaining a run-rate of around nine or ten per over during the powerplay. Both right-handers targeted the pace quartet of Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and Marcus Stoinis with disdain, with Starc and Hazlewood conceding 18 and 20 runs in their first two overs.At the end of six overs of the powerplay, England's score was 54/0, with Buttler (21*) and Salt (29*) unbeaten. Australia crossed 50 runs in 5.2 overs.

The seventh over by Starc proved costly as he conceded 19 runs, which included two sixes and a four off England's key opening pair.

However, in the next over, Adam Zampa's spin worked its magic as Salt missed the ball completely and was clean bowled for 37 off 23 balls with the help of four fours and two sixes. England's score was 73/1 in 7.1 overs. Butler's stay at the crease also ended after Zampa was caught by Cummins at deep backward point while attempting a reverse sweep. The English captain scored a brilliant 42 runs in 28 balls with the help of five fours and two sixes.England's score was 92/2 in 9.5 overs.

With Australia getting the big wicket of Will Jacks for just 10 runs from 10 balls, they had eliminated England's top three players. Stoinis got the wicket thanks to Starc's brilliant catch. England's score was 96/3 in 10.5 overs.

England reached 100 in 11.2 overs. After a few slow overs, Moeen Ali broke all strings by hitting three sixes off Glenn Maxwell. However, at the start of the 15th over, Jonny Bairstow (7) gifted his wicket to Hazlewood with a slower shot, which was caught by Maxwell at deep-midwicket. Australia's score was 124/4 in 14.1 overs.

The pressure was mounting on the defending champions as they needed 76 runs from the last five overs.England had scored only 33 runs between 10-15 overs.

Cummins bowled a brilliant 16th over and got the important wicket of Moeen by scoring 25 runs in 15 balls with the help of three sixes. David Warner caught him near the boundary. England's score was 128/5 in 15.5 overs. Livingstone broke the sequence of boundary-less overs by hitting a big straight six after 21 balls in 17.4 overs. England had to score 54 runs in the last two overs.

Livingstone lost his wicket in an attempt to hit a straight six against Cummins and was out after scoring 15 runs in 12 balls with the help of a six. England's score was 152/6 in 18.5 overs.

With Brook (20*) and Jordan (1*) remaining unbeaten, England could not chase the total and their innings ended at 165/6.Cummins (2/23) and Zampa (2/28) were Australia's top bowlers. Hazlewood and Stoinis got one wicket each.

Earlier, an explosive 70-run partnership between openers Travis Head and David Warner helped Australia reach a competitive score of 201/7 in 20 overs during their ICC T20 World Cup clash against arch-rivals England in Barbados on Saturday .

No Australian batsman could score big. However, almost everyone scored a solid amount of runs with excellent run rates to ensure that the 2021 champions reached a solid score. Australian openers Travis Head and David Warner led the team when invited to bat first by England. Gave a great start.Australia got 22 runs in the second over of Will Jacques, in which Warner hit one six and Travis hit two sixes.

Warner continued to bully the English fast bowlers into submission, this time reducing Mark Wood's express pace by hitting three big sixes and a four in the fourth over. With 22 runs in the over, Australia touched the 50-run mark in 3.4 overs.

Head and Warner tore Moeen Ali's spin around the park, but the veteran spinner took the prized scalp of Warner by scoring 39 runs in just 16 balls with the help of two fours and four sixes. Australia's score in five overs was 70/1. In the very next over, Joffra Archer deceived Head with his slow ball which hit his middle stump. The aggressive opener was out after scoring 34 runs in 18 balls with the help of two fours and three sixes.Australia's score was 74/2 in 5.4 overs.

Australia were 74/2 at the end of the powerplay in six overs, with Glenn Maxwell and captain Mitchell Marsh still to score.

Australia's run flow remained slow in the next four overs, although Marsh hit some excellent fours. Australia crossed 100 runs in 9.3 overs. Maxwell, who was struggling with poor form, took time to recover. At the end of 10 overs, Australia's score was 102/2, Marsh (18*) and Maxwell (10*) were unbeaten.

Australia's run rate increased somewhat after two less productive overs as Chris Jordan scored 18 runs in the 13th over, which included two fours and a six.The pair of Marsh and Maxwell reached a partnership of 50 runs in 41 balls. Liam Livingstone's part-time spin was successful in ending this 65-run partnership as captain Marsh was stumped out after scoring 35 runs in 25 balls with the help of two fours and two sixes. Have become. Australia's score was 139/3 in 13.5 overs.

In the next over, spinner Adil Rashid dismissed Maxwell, who could not find the required height in his shot and was caught by Phil Salt at deep midwicket. Maxwell was out after scoring 28 runs in 25 balls with the help of three fours and a six. Australia's score was 141/4 in 14.2 overs.

At the end of 15 overs, Australia's score was 149/4, with Marcus Stoinis (8*) and Tim David (1*) unbeaten.Australia crossed 150 runs in 15.1 overs. Tim's brief innings of 11 runs from eight balls was ended by Jordan, who was assisted by Livingstone at deep extra cover. Australia's score was 168/5 in 16.5 overs.

Matthew Wade was next at the crease and he kept the run pace good with Stoinis doing some clean hitting.

Australia crossed 200 runs in 19.3 overs. Jordan ended Stoinis's quick innings of 30 runs with the help of two fours and two sixes in 17 balls, in which Harry Brook took an excellent catch. Australia's score was 200/5 in 19.4 overs.Pat Cummins was run out on zero on the very next ball. Australia's score was 200/6 in 19.5 overs.

Australia's innings ended at 201/7 with Matthew Wade (16*) and Mitchell Starc (1*) remaining unbeaten.

Jordan (2/44) was the best bowler for England. Rashid, Livingstone, Ali and Archer got one wicket each.