Twenty Balls of Twenty20

by Nazly on Tuesday, 14th June 2005 01:16:14

It was the twenty balls of the first one off Twenty20 match between England and Australia did the trick when Darren Gough and Jon Lewis fired with all cylinders to capture 7 wickets of a strong Aussie batting line up for just 8 runs.

England scored 179 for 8 in 20 overs. Trescothik scored 41 off 31 balls though the firing came from Pietersen[34 off 18] and Collingwood[46 off 26]. Aussie top order had no answer against Gough and Lewis as they were bowled out for 79 runs giving a 100 run victory for the Englishmen.

This will definitely be a confidence boost for England for the rest of the tour as they are concentrating hard to regain the Ashes.

Darren Gough celebrates as another Aussie wicket falls