Trans-Tasman Trophy, 2nd T20I: Australia vs England - Things which went wrong for the visitors

Following an opening victory over New Zealand in Sydney on Saturday, Australia beat England by 5 wickets to record their second win in the Twenty20 triangular series at Bellerive Oval in Hobart on Wednesday.

Chasing 156 to win, the hosts fell to 4 for 2 in the first over as David Willey removed David Warner and Chris Lynn.

D'Arcy Short (30) and Glenn Maxwell (103*) rebuilt the innings with a crucial stand of 78 as Australia won the match, with nine balls to spare.

The third T20I will be played between England and Australia in Melbourne on Saturday, February 10.

Now, let us have a look at things which went wrong for the visitors.

#5 Losing wickets at regular intervals

Australia's stand-in skipper David Warner won the toss and invited England to bat first. The visitors could not carry on the momentum from their recent ODI series win and kept losing wickets at regular intervals.

After the fall of Jason Roy (9), Alex Hales (22) and Dawid Malan (50) laid a solid foundation for a huge score but Eoin Morgan's men kept losing wickets and could not capitalise on a good start.

The middle and lower order failed to show any resistance as England lost last 5 wickets for just 18 runs and ended up posting 155/9 in 20 overs.

Glenn Maxwell was the wrecker-in-chief as he claimed 3 English wickets in 2 overs while giving away just 10 runs.

#4 Posting an inadequate total

England looked set for a total beyond 180 but they threw it away with the bat in the middle order and eventually ended up posting 155/9 in their quota of 20 overs.

The tourists were held to a below-par total by a superb Australian bowling performance after the home side opted to send the visitors in.

England lost 5 for 18 through their middle and lower order and that can be extended to 6 for 33 if we include the fall of England captain Eoin Morgan.

Australia did not face any problem while chasing down England's total as riding on Glenn Maxwell's blistering ton, they reached home with 9 balls to spare.

#3 Bowlers being too expensive

When you are defending a below-par score, it is very important for your bowlers to step up and make amends for the mistakes made by the batsmen.

England posted just 155 and their bowlers could not emulate their Australian counterparts as the hosts chased down the total with no fuss.

Although David Willey claimed 3 crucial Australian wickets in as many overs, he was looted for 28 runs.

Mark Wood and Adil Rashid also chipped in with one wicket each but both of them also conceded more than 7 runs an over.

Chris Jordan and Tom Curran bowled 4 overs each, remained wicketless and conceded 34 and 39 runs respectively.

#2 Dropping Glenn Maxwell's catch

Glenn Maxwell became the latest batsman to survive a controversial fingertip catch decision on Wednesday.

Alex Hales dropped a crucial catch when Maxwell was on 40 and his match-winning innings would have ended on 59 had third umpire Chris Brown not declared Jason Roy's catch unfair.

Maxwell survived an attempted catch from Roy despite Michael Clarke being adamant it should have been given out.

Playing on 59, Maxwell played a lofted drive and found a fielder on long-off in the form of Roy, who hung back before diving forward in his attempt to complete the dismissal.

How can that be no out @JasonRoy20 has got his finger underneath the ball!! Don’t people realise that grass is longer than the depth of your finger being squeezed into the turf but he’s caught the ball!! @ICC need to look at this #AusVsEng

— Paul Collingwood (@Colly622) February 7, 2018

#1 Not being able to contain Glenn Maxwell

Glenn Maxwell, the quintessential T20 player, who struggles to find his place in the national side, played one of the most exciting innings in the shortest format of the game at Blundstone Arena on Wednesday.

Following an unbeaten 40 against New Zealand in the opening game, the 29-year-old hit a sublime unbeaten 103 off 58 balls as Australia chased down 155 with 9 balls to spare.

Returning to the strike on 97 with one needed for victory, he smashed Mark Wood over mid-wicket to reach his 2nd T20I century, containing 10 fours and four sixes.

Earlier, Maxwell tore the heart out of the visiting side with the ball as he claimed an incredible 3/10 from his two overs.