Jos Buttler (68) and Alex Hales (84) stitched a scintillating opening stand while Mark Wood produced heat with the ball as England beat Australia in a hard-fought T20I at the Perth stadium by eight runs. Despite a quickfire 73 from David Warner, Australia could muster 200 for 9 in a tall chase of 209.
In the 17th over bowled by Wood, a controversial moment transpired as Matthew Wade top-edged a pull, with the quick attempting a return catch. At that juncture, Wade outstreched his left-arm and Wood couldn’t complete the catch, but England, amusingly, didn’t appeal for obstructing the field and the southpaw got away.
Matthew Wade has surely got away with one here? 🤨
Crazy scenes as he seems to deny Mark Wood a catch…#AUSvENG pic.twitter.com/UTvzBmwXjc
— Cricket on BT Sport (@btsportcricket) October 9, 2022
