Australia beat England by four runs in 2nd T20

New boy Aaron Finch struck an unbeaten fifty as Australia ended England's run of eight straight Twenty20 victories with a four-run triumph in Melbourne. The match went to the last ball but Tim Bresnan could only manage a single when a six would have snatched a win. Finch made 53 off 33 balls on a slow pitch as the hosts, batting first, recovered from 80-5 to post 147-7. Ian Bell (39) gave England a bright start, but a lack of boundaries cost the tourists as they finished on 143-6. England looked buried when they went into the final over needing 18 for victory. That had become 13 from three balls when Chris Woakes, England's debut hero in Adelaide two days earlier, smashed Brett Lee for six over long on to ignite hopes of a last-gasp turnaround. But a mistimed pull off the next delivery brought just a single run, and Bresnan could only pick out deep extra cover with his attempted heave off the final ball.

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