Australian cricket team in England in 2020
The Australia cricket team toured England to play three One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches in September 2020. The ODI matches formed part of the inaugural 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League. Originally, the matches were scheduled to take place in July 2020, but were moved back to September 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 14 August 2020, Cricket Australia named a touring squad of 21 players, after gaining government exemptions to travel to the United Kingdom. The T20Is were played at the Rose Bowl in Southampton, the ODIs were played at Old Trafford in Manchester, with all the fixtures played behind closed doors.
| Australian cricket team in England in 2020 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| England | Australia | ||
| Dates | 4 – 16 September 2020 | ||
| Captains | Eoin Morgan | Aaron Finch | |
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | Australia won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Jonny Bairstow (196) | Glenn Maxwell (186) | |
| Most wickets | Jofra Archer (7) | Adam Zampa (10) | |
| Player of the series | Glenn Maxwell (Aus) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | England won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Dawid Malan (129) | Aaron Finch (125) | |
| Most wickets | Adil Rashid (6) | Ashton Agar (5) | |
| Player of the series | Jos Buttler (Eng) | ||
England won the first two T20I matches, winning the series with an unassailable lead. For the third T20I fixture, Moeen Ali captained England for the first time in an international match, after Eoin Morgan suffered a hand injury in the second T20I. Australia went on to win the match by five wickets, with England winning the series 2–1. With their win in the third T20I, Australia finished at the top of the ICC T20I Championship rankings. Australia won the ODI series 2–1. It was the first time in five years that England had lost an ODI series at home, after Australia beat them 3–2 in September 2015.