Summary

  • Second T20, Sophia Gardens

  • England chase 194 to level three-match series at 1-1

  • Livingstone hits brilliant 87 off 47 balls & Bethell makes fine 44 off 24; Short takes 5-22

  • Australia 193-6: Fraser-McGurk 50 (31); Livingstone 2-16, Carse 2-26

  • Decider live on BBC One at Old Trafford on Sunday

  • Watch highlights at 23:05 BST on BBC Two and iPlayer

Live Reporting

by Tom Mallows & Mike Peter

  1. 6 runs

    Aus 139-4

    A first six for Inglis!

    He takes a step and crashes Rashid down the ground.

  2. Aus 133-4

    Australia take a couple of singles to close the over, but can't reach the ropes.

    Josh Inglis did so prior to the Stoinis wicket, reverse-paddling for four.

  3. wicket

    WICKET

    Stoinis c Overton b Livingstone 2 (Aus 131-4)

    Overton snaffles another one at long on!

    For the second over in a row, a batter holes out there off the bowling of Liam Livingstone - this time it's Marcus Stoinis.

  4. Henry Moeran
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Marcus Stoinis will be looking at those short straight boundaries. This will be a really interesting battle between him and Adil Rashid.

  5. Aus 126-3

    Australia pick up runs off every ball of Adil Rashid's over but can't reach the boundary.

    The closest they come sees Jordan Cox pull off an impressive bit of relay recovery on the mid-wicket boundary.

  6. Aus 119-3

    Marcus Stoinis comes in at number five and fails to score off the last two deliveries of Livingstone's over.

    He does manage to crash the first of those balls right into the non-striker's stumps, but Livingstone couldn't get a finger on it to run-out Inglis.

  7. Henry Moeran
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    England will be relieved at that as it was just starting to get a little bit dangerous.

  8. wicket

    WICKET

    Fraser-McGurk c Overton b Livingstone 50 (Aus 119-3)

    Fifty and out!

    Two balls after reaching his half century, McGurk drops a catch right into the hands of Jamie Overton at long-on.

    He thrashed at a little, looking a little off balance playing the shot.

  9. Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Former England batter on BBC 5 Live Sports Extra

    Jake Fraser-McGurk is a serious talent. He plays with a flourish, is very busy at the crease but is technically correct.

  10. Fifty for Fraser-McGurk

    A first international half-century for Jake Fraser-McGurk!

    The young number three brings up the landmark with a clipped two out to square leg.

    It comes from 29 balls.

  11. Ben Jones
    CricViz analyst

    The highest successful chase in T20Is at Cardiff is 174, which England managed against Pakistan back in 2019.

    Including domestic T20s, Somerset managed to chase 194 here back in 2003, in T20's nascent era.

  12. Aus 117-2

    Josh Inglis picks up his first boundary, pulling Topley away for a one-bounce four.

  13. 6 runs

    Aus 111-2

    Topley returns to the attack... Fraser-McGurks immediately crashes him for six over deep point.

    It's hit wrist-ily, high in the air, coming down just over the ropes to beat the diving fielder out there.

  14. Aus 103-2

    Liam Livingstone takes the ball for the first time today, replacing Brydon Carse.

    Fraser-McGurk greets him by hitting him for successive twos out to deep fielders at mid-wicket and the cover boundary, the second bringing up the Australian hundred.

  15. Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Former England batter on BBC Sounds

    At the halfway stage in the first game we thought Australia were on for 220 or 240. They are not quite up to that level here but they will still be thinking they can get close to 200 if they don't collapse like they did the other day.

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    It's only three overs in white ball cricket but Carse showing why he will be and has been very much in the plans for the Ashes next winter.

    Teddy in Bookham

  17. Aus 96-2

    Fraser-McGurk smears Carse's first ball for four through backward point, then lofts a three towards the far cover boundary - the fielder runs round and the batters run a rare T20 three.

  18. Aus 87-2

    Josh Inglis in the new Australia batter - he drives his first ball straight to point. No run.

  19. Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Former England batter on BBC 5 Live Sports Extra

    Rashid is so confident he always gives the ball a bit of flight. He will keep going even if the batters are coming at him hard.

  20. wicket

    WICKET

    Short b Rashid 28 (Aus 87-2)

    Rashid strikes!

    Matthew Short goes for the big swing over mid-wicket and is bowled through the gate by the England legspinner.

    Rashid lifts two clenched fists in celebration.