Australia captain Mitchell Marsh thinks the powerplay makes the difference in the match which gives them the victory against England in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024.

Australia beat England by 36 runs on Sunday (9th June) at Kensington Oval, Bridgetwon, Barbados. Handy contributions from all the batters ensured them post 201 on the board. In reply, Adam Zampa provided crucial breakthroughs and the pacers stood tall to help Australia overcome the England's challenge.

Being sent to bat first, Australia had a superb powerplay, with Warner - Head took on the off spinner Will Jacks and the pace on from England backfired them horribly. Australia raced their way to 74 inside the powerplay, with Warner contributing with 39 off 16 balls and Head scored 34 off 18 deliveries.

Marsh praises the performance and says that they learnt the conditions from the first game against Oman and will keep learning in the next matches also.

“Very pleased, allround game was outstanding, great game. The powerplay was the difference in the game, we learnt lessons from the first game, to trust our games. We'll keep learning in these conditions, keep improving and keep progressing through the tournament,” Cummins said.

Australia bowled really well in the chase. Marsh praises the bowlers specially Pat Cummins. Cummins took 2 wickets for just 23 runs in 4 overs. England were able to score just 165 runs in 20 overs and lost the match by 36 runs.

“The bowlers did their thing, we have an experienced group. Patty was outstanding, tough end to bowl with the wind going across. Needed hard overs from the big guns,” Cummins added.

Australia have won both the matches they played till now against Oman and England.