Livingstone downs Australia as England level T20 series

Second T20, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

Australia 193-6 (20 overs): Fraser-McGurk 50 (31), Inglis 42 (26); Livingstone 2-16

England 194-7 (19 overs): Livingstone 87 (47), Bethell 44 (24); Short 5-22

England triumph by 3 wickets; bid level astatine 1-1

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Liam Livingstone smashed a superb 87 from 47 balls to lead England to a series-levelling three-wicket triumph complete Australia successful nan 2nd T20.

The big-hitting all-rounder marked his 50th T20 world quality successful style arsenic he took 2-16 pinch nan shot earlier bludgeoning six fours and 5 sixes successful making conscionable his 2nd T20I half-century.

Livingstone put connected 90 pinch Jacob Bethell, successful conscionable his 2nd world game, arsenic England chased down 194 pinch six balls to spare successful Cardiff.

Bethell played second-fiddle to Livingstone early connected but exploded into life arsenic he took talismanic Australia leg-spinner Adam Zampa for 20 successful an complete during an eye-catching sound of 44 from 24 balls.

There was a flimsy wobble aft Bethell was dismissed but Livingstone settled it down, falling only erstwhile nan scores were level, arsenic part-time spinner Matthew Short took a singular 5-22.

Jake Fraser-McGurk was nan standout for Australia pinch nan bat, hitting his maiden world fifty, pinch Josh Inglis adding 42 arsenic nan visitors posted a challenging 193-6.

But England were up to nan task, equalling nan highest successful T20 pursuit astatine Sophia Gardens and mounting a caller T20 world grounds to group up a decider astatine Old Trafford connected Sunday.

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