At this point in the T20 World Cup tournament, every ball counts, and last night, Australia were denied of one. 7NEWS
The score was eventually corrected, but Australia’s innings remained one ball short, having only faced 119 legal deliveries at the end of their innings.
As well as Australia’s title defence, if England beat Sri Lanka on Saturday night, captain Aaron Finch’s international career will likely come to an end too. Australia’s batting replacements Cameron Green and Steve Smith failed to fire, making three and four respectively and facing just six balls between them.
Marcus Stoinis failed to hit top gear and stand-in skipper Matthew Wade made six as Australia lost their last four wickets in a 20-run span.The Australians needed to bowl the Afghans out for 106 or less to overtake England on net run rate.“We just tried to stick to our game plan as much as we possibly could.
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