Peak scored a century despite struggling with hamstring

Captain Oliver Peak was out as the last wicket for Australia. Due to hamstring problem, he was not able to even walk properly in the end. But even then Peak continued the fight. In the last 6 overs, Australia needed 65 runs to win and 8 wickets had fallen. Peak was playing after scoring 68 runs on 73 balls. He hit two fours in the 45th over. In the 46th over, Peak hit a six on the first ball and then four consecutive fours. During this time, Peak was seen in a lot of pain. Charles Lachmund was out on the first ball of the 47th over. In this over, Peak completed his century in 85 balls. He was not able to even run a single and was out in the 48th over. With his wicket the England team reached the final.

Australia got a good start by opener Nitish Samuel by scoring 47 runs but he faced 83 balls. Steven Hogan, who came at number three, scored 3 runs in 23 balls. However, after his dismissal, Peak took charge. Aryan Sharma provided good support to Peak by scoring 34 runs on 23 balls. Apart from this, no one from the other end supported the captain. For England, Sebastian Morgan, James Minto, Mallie Lumsden and Ralphie Albert took 2-2 wickets.

England captain also scored a century

England’s captain and opener Ben Dawkins, who came to bat first, was out after scoring just one run. Joseph Moores and Ben Mayes added 54 runs for the second wicket. After this, captain Thomas Rave, who came to the crease, took charge. He made a partnership of 135 runs with Caleb Faulkner for the fourth wicket. Faulkner scored 40 runs on 53 balls. Rave was out as the sixth batsman after playing an innings of 110 runs in 107 balls. In the end, Farhan Ahmed scored unbeaten 28 runs on 26 balls and took the team to 277 runs.