engodiThe final T20 international between England and Australia takes place at Southampton on Tuesday with England looking for a 3-0 clean sweep

 

 

 

This series started at this venue on Friday of last week and England edged the opener by 2 runs. They posted 162/7 (Malan 66, Buttler 44) and Australia collapsed from 124/1 to 160/6 (Warner 58, Finch 46).

 

The second contest took place at the same venue on Sunday and England wrapped up the series with a 6 wicket win. Australia made 157/7 (Finch 40) but Buttler (77 not out) and Malan (42) were largely responsible for getting England home with 7 balls to spare.

 

The teams remain in Southampton with England on the verge of a clean sweep whilst Australia will want to get themselves on the board ahead of the ODI's to follow.

 

This was how the teams lined up on Sunday.

 

England: Jos Buttler (wk), Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Tom Banton, Eoin Morgan (c), Moeen Ali, Tom Curran, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood

 

Australia: Aaron Finch (c), David Warner, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey (wk), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa

 

Head to Head

 

Overall the teams have met 18 times with England winning 8, Australia have won 9 and there has been 1 no result.

 

 

The Betting, 3rd T20 Match Result

 

England 8/10

Australia even money

 

Note, odds quoted are available at the time of writing but are subject to change

 

The Verdict:

 

Buttler and Malan have been terrific for England whilst Australia must still be wondering how they lost the series opener from such a dominant position.

We look to the Man of the Match market for a speculative play to wrap up the series with Steve Smith due a big knock for the Aussies whilst Buttler is a more obvious choice for the homer side.

 

Bets: Man of the Match Jos Buttler at 7/1

Man of the Match Steve Smith 9/1

 

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