DAWID MALAN’S brilliant, mood-lifting century was not sufficient to prevent England hurtling to a heavy defeat in a match not many people wanted.
Malan was shattered that injury forced him to miss the latter stages of the Twenty20 World Cup – including the win over Pakistan in the final on Sunday.
But, four days later, he had recovered from his groin strain and produced a fabulous innings of 134 from 128 balls.
It gave the left-hander something to smile about after the misery of missing the T20 glory match.
Malan allowed England to reach 287-9 from their 50 overs but the Aussies rushed to victory by six wickets with 19 balls to spare.