Watch the highlights of Aaron Finch 156 - Joe Root 90* - England vs Australia 1st T20I 2013 - Australia tour of England 2-match Twenty20 international series of the 1st T20I match played between Australia and England at The Rose Bowl, Southampton in 29th August 2013.
Aaron Finch's world record 156 sets up to Australia comprehensive 39-run victory over England, despite a fighting knock from Joe Root's 49-ball 90* and take a 1-0 lead in a high-scoring historic game of the first T20I.
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Match Stats :
- Australia's 39-run win was their ninth largest victory by terms of runs in T20 international and It is their second biggest win against England in T20Is.
- Australia secured their first victory in any format after 200 days.
- Aaron Finch plundered 156 - the highest individual score in T20 international cricket history, surpassing the previous record of 123 held by Brendon McCullum against Bangladesh at Pallekelle in 2012.
- Aaron Finch is the only batsman to score 150 plus in T20 international cricket history, his 156 is the highest score in T20Is, while his strike-rate of 247.61 is the best among the ten hundreds.
- Aaron Finch became the first Australian batsman to score a hundred in T20 international cricket history.
- Aaron Finch hammered a 47-ball second fastest-century in T20 internationals after Richard Levi's 45-ball hundred.
- Australia's 248 was the second highest-score ever in T20 international cricket history.
- England's 209 was their second highest total in T20 internationals.
- 14 : Aaron Finch hit the most sixes in an innings in T20 Internationals cricket history, surpassing the previous record of 13-sixes hit by Richard Levi against New Zealand at Hamilton in 2012.
- 457 : This was the highest aggregates match in T20 international cricket history, surpassing 428 between New Zealand and Australia at Christchurch in 2010.
- 51 : Danny Briggs became the fifth most runs conceded by a England bowler in T20 internationals.
- 27-runs : Number of runs that were scored in the 10th over from Joe Root, which is the third most productive over for Australia and the joint ninth most productive-over in T20 internationals cricket history. Aaron Finch scored 26 of those runs, which are also the joint ninth most run in a single over.
- 18 : Australia registered the most sixes in an innings in T20 international cricket history, surpassing the previous record of 17-sixes hit by South Africa against England at Centurion in 2009.
- 114 : Aaron Finch and Shaun Marsh set up the record second-wicket partnership for Australia in T20 international, previously held by the 108-run stand between Shane Watson and Michael Hussey against West Indies at Gros Islet in the last year, It is also the Australia's record any-wicket stand against England in T20Is and Australia's second highest any-wicket stand in T20Is.
- 101 : Aaron Finch and Shane Watson set up the record third-wicket partnership for Australia T20 international, previously held by the 98-run stand between Shane Watson and David Hussey against Pakistan at Gros Islet in the 2010 World Twenty20, It is the seventh highest third-wicket stand in T20Is, It is the Australia's second highest any-wicket stand against England in T20Is and Australia's joint eighth highest any-wicket partnership in T20Is, jointly 101-run stand for the sixth-wicket held by between Cameron White and Michael Hussey against Sri Lanka at Bridgetown in the 2010 World Twenty20.
- 95 : Joe Root and Ravi Bopara set up the record fifth-wicket partnership for England against Australia in T20 international, previously held by the 24-run stand between Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff at Cape Town in the 2007, It is the England's second highest fifth-wicket stand in T20Is and the third highest fifth-wicket partnership in T20Is.
- 66 : Joe Root and Jos Buttler set up the record sixth-wicket partnership for England against Australia in T20 international,previously held by the 49-run stand between Paul Collingwood and Andrew Strauss at same venue in 2005 and England's third highest sixth-wicket stand in T20Is.
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Australia scored imposing total of 248-6 in 20 overs with top scorer by
Aaron Finch 156 - which was his 1st T20I hundred.
Shane Watson blasted a 37 off 16-balls including 4-fours and 2-sixes with strike rate of 231.25, Shaun Marsh 28 and Matthew Wade 15 not out.
England best bowler by Jade Dernbach picked up 3-wickets, Steven Finn, Stuart Broad and Danny Briggs each took one-wickets.
England scored 209-6 in 20 overs with top scorer by Joe Root blasted a unbeaten 90 off 49-balls including 13-fours and a six with strike rate of 183.67.
Ravi Bopara struck 45 off 29-balls included 4-fours and a six with strike-rate of 155.17.
Jos Buttler hit 27 off 17-balls including 2-sixes and a four with strike rate of 158.82 and Michael Lumb cracked a 22 off 11-balls included 3-fours and a six with strike-rate of 200.
Aaron Finch named Player of the match for record-breaking 156-runs knocked off facing 63-balls including 14-sixes and 11-fours with strike rate of 247.61.
