England’s best form remains in T20 cricket as they beat Australia in the second consecutive T20 match to take an unbeaten 0-2 lead.
In the second match of the three-match series in Southampton, England easily defeated Australia by 6 wickets.
Australia won the toss and elected to bat first, but did not take advantage of the decision.
After the wickets of David Warner and Alex Carey fell early, the responsible batting of Aaron Finch (40) and Marcus Stevens (35) helped the team.
Later, Maxwell’s 26 and Ashton Eger’s 23 helped Australia give the home team a target of 158 runs.
For England, Chris Jordan got two wickets while Joffra Archer, Mark Wood and Adil Rashid got one wicket each.
In pursuit of this goal, England also lost an important wicket in the form of Johnny Bairstow.
David Millan’s 42 and Jose Butler’s unbeaten 77 helped England win by six wickets.
Australia’s Ashton Eger 2 while Adam Zampa and Mitchell Starc took one wicket each.
With this victory, England has gained an unbeaten lead of 0-2 in the series, the last match of the series will be played on September 8 in Southampton.
It should be noted that in the first T20 of the series played a few days ago, England had defeated Australia by 2 runs after a thrilling contest.