Steve Smith returns with big runs in Australia's World Cup warmups
Cricket | May 10, 2019 16:01 ISTAustralia won the unofficial practice series 2-1, clinching the third game on the Duckworth-Lewis method when bad light stopped play on Friday.
Australia won the unofficial practice series 2-1, clinching the third game on the Duckworth-Lewis method when bad light stopped play on Friday.
Captain Aaron Finch and Usman Khawaja opened the innings for Australia XI despite Steve Smith and David Warner returning to the side after serving their bans.
In doing so Australia posted their fifth straight T20 victory to take over the No. 1 world ranking in the format after starting the season ranked seventh.
Not only did Guptill break McCullum's record of being the fastest to score a ton, he also zoomed past his record of scoring the most runs in the shortest format of the game.
A rain delay reduced Australia's target under the Duckworth-Lewis method to 95 runs in 15 overs, and the hosts scored 96-3 in 11.3 overs for an easy victory.
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