Former Australia batter Stuart Law has described England 's eight-wicket win over their arch rivals at the T20 World Cup as a case of "men against boys".
England restricted Australia to just 125 in their innings, with Chris Woakes and Chris Jordan the pick of the bowlers, taking 2-23 and 3-17 respectively.
In response, Jos Buttler butchered 71 off just 32 balls, striking the joint-fastest fifty in tournament history as England completed their win with 50 balls remaining.
Speaking on BBC Test Match Special, Law delivered a scathing verdict on Australia's performance, saying: "It's been men against boys.
"It has been a horrible evening for Australia. England have shown their class in this format. They are full of confidence and know their roles. And when you do that the game becomes very easy."
Speaking after the game, Australia captain Aaron Finch conceded that his side had simply been outplayed.
"They all bowled well, they put us on the back foot early and that’s why they’ve been the best in the world for a while," he said.
"When we lost a few wickets in the powerplay we had to hang in there, give ourselves a chance and get to around 150, a total we thought would be defendable if a few things went our way.
"We had to bowl them out, we knew that. But Jos Buttler played a hell of an innings and put the pressure on. We got off to a poor start and ended up compounding it, unfortunately.
"We’ll dust ourselves off and take on Bangladesh next."
England captain Eoin Morgan, meanwhile, was delighted with another dominant performance from his side, saying: "We held our nerve with the ball, creating opportunities and the bowlers again came up trumps.
"The openers looked in really good form – they’re two really imposing players. Jason Roy against Bangladesh and then coming out again with intent and Jos Buttler following suit and kicking on from there.
"We treat everybody with the same respect, it’s a really tough competition and we go to Sharjah next against Sri Lanka, it’s one we’re looking forward to."
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