India vs England LIVE: T20 World Cup result after Jos Buttler and Alex Hales inspire record chase
England marched into the final with a 10-wicket win in Adelaide
England are into the T20 World Cup final after producing a staggering performance to beat India in the semi-final in Adelaide.
The absences of injured duo Mark Wood and Dawid Malan - replaced by Chris Jordan and Phil Salt - might have unsettled England but they were able to restrict India to 168 after opting to field first, despite a half-century for Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya’s exceptional 63 off 33 deliveries.
But it proved to be nowhere near enough as captain Jos Buttler (80*) and partner Alex Hales (86*) put on a fireworks show with the bat in a remarkable unbeaten opening stand as England marched into the final with a 10-wicket win over the pre-tournament favourites.
They will now face Pakistan in Sunday’s showpiece in Melbourne.
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England thrash India to reach T20 World Cup final thanks to Alex Hales and Jos Buttler fireworks
England hammered India by 10 wickets thanks to a brilliant display of batting by Alex Hales and Jos Buttler to reach the T20 World Cup final.
The opening duo put together the highest partnership by any England pair at a T20 World Cup with an unbeaten stand of 170 that made a mockery of a challenging-looking target of 169 in Adelaide.
Hales - only in the squad as a replacement for Jonny Bairstow after he broke his leg playing golf - made 86 and captain Buttler scored 80 as England chased down the total with four overs to spare and the skipper fittingly crushed the winning blow with a six straight down the ground.
England - who will now face Pakistan in the final on Sunday - had won the toss and opted to field, with their bowlers doing a good job of restricting India’s powerful batting line-up.
England thrash India to reach T20 World Cup final thanks to Hales and Buttler
England (170-0) beat India (168-6) by 10 wickets: Hales and Buttler’s record opening partnership clubbed England to glory
Reaction from Chris Jordan
Chris Jordan was brought into the side today to cover for the injured Mark Wood. He performed well at the end of India’s batting innings and spoke to Test Match Special following the game saying:
“I am speechless really. We won the toss and put them in and we knew we’d have to restrict them. We’d been looking at the pitch for the last couple of days and we thought it wouldn’t change too much and with the dimensions of the ground we’ve been big on trying to assess conditions on the day of the game and not have too many preconceived ideas.
“They worked today. We couldn’t imagine it would be with four overs to spare today, it was unbelievable hitting and they were ice cool.
“We were pretty happy with their total. As the game developed the ball started to skip on pretty nicely. The new ball did a little bit and the seam stuck in the wicket a little bit but after that the wicket played pretty well.
“I thought we bowled really well in the middle, but we would have liked to close it out a little bit better at the death but when you’re bowling at two set batters and quality of those two that can happen from time to time. We bowled a lot of good balls that still went to the boundary. I thought out execution was pretty good.”
England win by 10 wickets!
Reaction from Adil Rashid
Adil Rashid spoke to Sky Sports about his own performance and how it feels to reach the T20 World Cup final saying: “This feels lovely! We’ve still got one game to go of course, but the atmosphere was electric, the boys were amazing so one more push.
“We didn’t really speak about silencing the crowd or anything like that, but we knew that if we stuck to our strengths then naturally they wouldn’t be as loud and that’s what happened.
“When you’re in the zone out there you can block them out a bit but it was definitely very loud, but thanks to them for all coming out to watch.
“Yeah, very pleased [with how I bowled], but everyone in the first 10-12 overs was fantastic. We were really happy with what we restricted them to.
“The ground has long straight boundaries and short square, so you did have to mix it up, but there was a bit of turn as well. We bowled exceptionally well as a unit.
“Jos [Buttler] and Alex [Hales] were magnificent. When they’re batting like that, no one can stop them. Everything they tried was going to the boundary!
“There was no chat between the innings, we all knew our jobs and our roles. We just went out there and did our thing. It was good viewing from the dugout!”
Alex Hales awarded Player of the Match
Alex Hales was given the Player of the Match award for his 86* after getting England off to a rapid start to set the platform for the run chase.
He spoke to Sky Sports after the match saying: “This would be right up there for me as my perfect innings. India in the semi-final, big occasion, I’m so happy with how I played, it’s special.
“This is one of the best grounds to bat at in the world, it’s such a good surface and you get such good value for your shots with the shorter square boundaries. It’s a ground I really enjoy playing at.
“I never thought I’d play in a World Cup again so this is so special, and to do it in a country where I love playing. It’s one of the best nights of my career.”
England thrash India to reach T20 World Cup final thanks to Alex Hales and Jos Buttler fireworks
England hammered India by 10 wickets thanks to a brilliant display of batting by Alex Hales and Jos Buttler to reach the T20 World Cup final.
The opening duo put together the highest partnership by any England pair at the T20 World Cup with an unbeaten stand of 170 that made a mockery of a challenging-looking target of 169 in Adelaide.
Hales - only in the squad as a replacement for Jonny Bairstow after he broke his leg playing golf - made 86 and captain Buttler scored 80 as England chased down the total with four overs to spare and the skipper fittingly crushed the winning blow with six straight down the ground.
England - who will now face Pakistan in the final on Sunday - had won the toss and opted to field, with their bowlers doing a good job of restricting India’s powerful batting line-up.
England thrash India to reach T20 World Cup final
England (170-0) beat India (168-6) by 10 wickets: Hales and Buttler’s record opening partnership clubbed England to glory
England win by 10 wickets!
England win by 10 wickets!
That was a spanking.
England have completely destroyed India at Adelaide. Their bowlers were restrictive and kept things tight. Hardik Pandya’s blistering innings seemingly gave India a total to defend but that wasn’t the case.
Jos Buttler and Alex Hales teed off from ball one. Buttler (80*) and Hales (86*) batted throughout the innings and never let the Indian bowlers settle.
The recorded England’s highest ever T20 opening partnership against India, and England’s highest ever T20 partnership to finish 170- with four overs left in the innings.
Buttler’s side will face Pakistan in the final.
England 170-0, Buttler 80, Hales 86, Shami 0-39 (3) England need 169 runs to win
Runs! Shami digs one into the deck and Hales cuts him away over point for four! Just six needed for England now.
Hales gets off strike by turning the ball to fine leg to bring Buttler on strike.
Six! Buttler takes Shami down the ground and hits the ball over Virat Kohli to end the match in style!
England win by 10 wickets!
England 159-0, Buttler 74, Hales 81, Shami 0-28 (2.3) England need 169 runs to win
Buttler wants to finish this off. He tries to take Shami over cover but doesn’t connect properly. The ball scoops over the infield though and the batters sprint back for two runs.
A swing and miss follows before Buttler carves Shami through the offside for one.
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