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"There was no way England should have won (or Australia lost) the opening match of the series: 39 off 36 balls with nine wickets in hand and two batsmen set is a cakewalk."
Smith run out for 10. The only surprise is that it wasn't Smith's batting partner run out. Like S. Waugh, Smith is involved in countless run outs, but usually manages to arrange things so it's his partner who is sacrificed.
These are just warm up games for Australia. They haven't raised a bat in anger for months. Meanwhile, England has played two Test series and a T20 series against Pakistan before this. You'd expect Australia to get belted first couple of matches back, in that environment. They should certainly have won the first game - and would have but the encrustation of rust on the middle order.
Australia still number 1 t20 ranking a lose last night would have gone to second but still 1 even though they lost the series 2-1 I got the Aussies to bounce back and win the odi series 2-1 they will win the first match
As I said previously, these are just warm up games for guys who haven't raised a bat in anger for months.
England should be really, really concerned about how they could have been so close to losing this series on home soil, when they've been playing cricket consistently through their summer.
That's the problem with all T20s and ODIs. They feel like they don't matter at all. They are all just a warm-up for the WC, which is kind of a problem when an ODI WC is once every four years and there are about a thousand ODIs in between.
