Twitter Reactions: Morgan and Ali power England to a big total

Twitter Reactions: Morgan and Ali power England to a big total: The arch rivals England and Australia once again locked horns at Cardiff but this time around it was not an Ashes Test rather the commencement of the limited overs leg of the Australia’s tour of England. Today, in the 1st inning of the only T20I match, the English batsmen swayed away the Aussie bowlers with some high-class and demolishing repertoire of strokes. The pair of Moeen Ali and Eoin Morgan struck a breath-taking partnership of 135 runs for the 3^rd wicket after the hosts lost their openers cheaply. Captain Morgan smashed a 39 ball 74 run knock which included as many as 3 fours and 7 sixes.

Moeen Ali who scored 72 runs complemented the English skipper brilliantly and kept clearing the boundaries every now and then. The Australian bowlers seemed clueless as the English batters looked to pile up further misery on the tourists after they had earlier lost the Ashes series. England has set up a stiff target of 183 runs for the Aussie side.

Here are the Twitter Reactions: Morgan and Ali power England to a big total:

Good day at the cricket today in #Cardiff #EngvAus pic.twitter.com/0de4RTGUE4

— Call of the Wild (@callwildleader) August 31, 2015

Blistering batting by Morgan and Moeen Ali, 183 is Good target #ENGvAUS pic.twitter.com/zwsU64K123

— Fawad Saqib Ranjha (@fawad_ranjha) August 31, 2015

Cummins pushing 94mph?? #EngvAUS

— nick (@Nick_Cook123) August 31, 2015

Don't be surprised if Australia chase down any target today #EngvAus @ESPNcricinfo @ICCLive

— Nikhil Wadekar (@Nikhil_says) August 31, 2015

So you've got stokes and Willey to come yet we send in billings ? #goodidea #EngvAUS

— Mark Sutton (@m_sutts) August 31, 2015

I remember, 10 years ago in 2005, @englandcricket got to 179 and beat Australia by 100 runs. It could happen again! #EngvAus

— Stacey Harris (@LilMissAshes) August 31, 2015

7 sixes by Morgan, was he playing Stick Cricket… #ENGvAUS

— Junaid Zafar (@JunaidZaf) August 31, 2015

Do not rate Sam Billings as an international batsman at all #average #EngvAUS

— Gareth Rees (@garethrees9) August 31, 2015

#cricket This is first time in T20I match #Australia used 8 bowlers. #ENGvAUS pic.twitter.com/oJZOTizYrA

— Arslan Naseem (@ArsalSometimes) August 31, 2015

15 – the most sixes that England hit in a t20i match (vs NZ at Auckland Feb 2013)
11 – today, equals their 2nd best. #ENGvAUS

— Amir Sohail (@ItsAmirSohail) August 31, 2015

Lovely to watch the batting of @MoeenAli and @Eoin16 – Class performances! #T20 #EngvAUS

— Melanie Hamilton (@melleeclare) August 31, 2015

https://twitter.com/Stuart_Rowles/status/638373505822781442

Extremely well bowled by Australia in the last 3 overs! #EngvAUS #T20

— Ashfi Afiyat (@a_ashfi) August 31, 2015

A good comeback by the Australians in the last 4 overs as England at one stage looked set for 200+ how Moeen and Morgan were going #EngvAUS

— Cricistan.com (@Cricistan) August 31, 2015

Eoin Morgan – 79(34) with 3 Fours & 7 Sixes pic.twitter.com/puhYy3wIqJ

— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) August 31, 2015