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Morgan leads England to dramatic T20 win over Australia

CARDIFF, England: England held their nerve to beat Australia by five runs in their one-off Twenty20 International on Monday.Captain Eoin Morgan smashed 74 off 39 deliveries to lift the team to 182 for five. Despite a brilliant 90 by Australia skipper Steve Smith, the touring side fell just short of

By our correspondents
September 01, 2015
CARDIFF, England: England held their nerve to beat Australia by five runs in their one-off Twenty20 International on Monday.
Captain Eoin Morgan smashed 74 off 39 deliveries to lift the team to 182 for five. Despite a brilliant 90 by Australia skipper Steve Smith, the touring side fell just short of their target.
Morgan added 135 with Moeen Ali (72 not out) after Smith had won the toss and England openers Alex Hales and Jason Roy had fallen cheaply.
Morgan struck seven sixes and three fours and Moeen hit three sixes and six fours.
Australia openers David Warner and Shane Watson failed but Smith and Glenn Maxwell put together a fluent partnership.
Maxwell was brilliantly caught by Ben Stokes off Man-of-the-Match Moeen for 44, ending a third-wicket stand of 112.
Smith made his 90 off 53 balls, including four sixes, but he was caught by Sam Billings off David Willey in the 19th over. Stokes conceded just six runs off the last six balls to leave Australia stranded on 177 for eight.
Score Board
Australia won toss
England
J J Roy c Coulter-Nile b Cummins 11
A D Hales b Cummins 3
M M Ali not out 72
*E J G Morgan c Watson b Coulter-Nile 74
†J C Buttler c Cummins b Starc 11
S W Billings run out 2
B A Stokes not out 1
Extras (lb 3, w 5) 8
Total (5 wickets; 20 overs) 182
Did not bat: A U Rashid, D J Willey, S T Finn, R J W Topley
Fall: 1-17, 2-18, 3-153, 4-168, 5-180
Bowling: Starc 4-0-32-1 (4w); Coulter-Nile 4-0-24-1; Cummins 4-0-25-2; Marsh 2-0-21-0; Maxwell 2-0-12-0; Stoinis 1-0-13-0; Watson 2-0-33-0 (1w); Boyce 1-0-19-0
Australia
D A Warner c Finn b Willey 4
S R Watson b Finn 8
*S P D Smith c Billings b Willey 90
G J Maxwell c Stokes b Ali 44
M R Marsh b Topley 13
M P Stoinis not out 10
†M S Wade run out 2
N M Coulter-Nile c Rashid b Stokes 0
P J Cummins run out 0
M A Starc not out 0
Extras (lb 5, w 1) 6
Total (8 wickets; 20 overs) 177
Did not bat: C J Boyce
Fall: 1-4, 2-12, 3-124, 4-161, 5-165, 6-172, 7-174, 8-175
Bowling: Willey 4-0-34-2; Finn 4-0-39-1; Topley 4-0-35-1; Rashid 3-0-32-0; Stokes 4-0-29-1 (1w); Ali 1-0-3-1
Result: England won by 5 runs
Series: England won the one-off match
T20I debuts: M P Stoinis (Australia); R J W Topley (England)
Man of the Match: M M Ali (England)
Umpires: M A Gough and R T Robinson. TV umpire: R J Bailey. Match referee: J J Crowe (New Zealand)