Top 10 highest match aggregates in Twenty20

2. England vs Australia (Southampton – August 2013, The Ageas Bowl) – 457 runs

Having lost the preceding Ashes series, Australia desperately needed a win to have something to cheer about after spending 200 days in misery. They got the victory in grand style in the first T20 game against a new-look English side.

Australia batted first after rival skipper Stuart Broad won the toss and elected to field. David Warner was out to a freakish dismissal, losing his bat after a wild swing at Broad, top-edging the delivery to Jos Buttler at short fine-leg for just 1. It was just as well that no one foresaw what was to happen next.

Aaron Finch, opening the innings, let loose a plethora of strokes as he tore the bowling into pieces. He smashed a six off his first ball, and that set the tone for the rest of his knock. Uniquely, he reached each of his landmarks – 50, 100 and 150 – through those huge hits.

Finch and Shaun Marsh added 114 runs for the second wicket, and the former increased the tempo in the company of Shane Watson, forging a 101-run alliance with the blond all-rounder. None of the bowlers, except Jade Dernbach, had an answer to his brutality. Dernbach removed both batsmen to finish with 3/34, and wicket-keeper Matthew Wade’s seven-ball 15 pushed Australia’s total to 248.

Left-arm seamer Mitchell Johnson, opening the bowling, was initially wayward – England opener Michael Lumb slammed him for three boundaries as 17 runs came in the first over. But having hit a six off Josh Hazlewood, Lumb was trapped LBW by Johnson, curtailing his innings at 22. Fellow opener Alex Hales fell soon after, and T20 specialists Luke Wright and Eoin Morgan also failed with the bat, leaving England reeling at 42/4.

Joe Root then took the attack to the Aussies, adding 95 with all-rounder Ravi Bopara (45) before Watson dismissed the latter with the total on 137. Jos Buttler smashed a couple of sixes, but Australia were unstoppable, and Faulkner castled Buttler with the third ball of the final over, effectively ending the game with Root stranded on 90 and England short by 39 runs.