Summary

  • First T20, Utilita Bowl, Southampton

  • Australia win by 28 runs to take 1-0 lead in three-match series

  • England 151 (19.2 overs): Livingstone 37 (27); Abbott 3-28

  • Australia fall from 132-3 to be bowled out for 179

  • Head smashes 59 off 23 and Livingstone claims 3-22

  • Watch highlights from 23:05 BST on BBC Two and iPlayer

Live Reporting

by Tom Mallows & Timothy Abraham

  1. Aus 89-1

    Adil Rashid into the attack. He concedes just three runs off his opening three balls.

    Australia have hit six sixes so far. Here's two of them from Matthew Short off Reece Topley from a few moments ago

  2. How's stat?!

    Andy Zaltzman
    Statistician on Test Match Special

    Travis Head's 19-ball half-century is not only the the fastest by an Australian in T20s but it also the fastest fifty scored against England in this format.

  3. wicket

    WICKET

    Head c Cox b Mahmood 59 (Aus 86-1)

    Travis Head's blistering knock is brought to an end after he skies a short ball from Saqib Mahmood and debutante Jordan Cox pouches the catch at deep square leg.

  4. Aus 86-0

    Another ironic cheer as Travis Head finds backward point off Saqib Mahmood and is denied a single.

    A fortunate flash of Head's blade sees a bottom edge fly past Salt for four. Australia getting all the breaks.

  5. Sam Drury
    BBC Sport at Utilita Bowl

    I'm not saying the England fans have given up hope already but there was just an ironic cheer when, after 30 from the previous over, the ball didn't fly to the boundary.

    The next two did, of course...

  6. Geoff Lemon
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC 5 Live

    All of the build-up to this series has been about new-look teams, but Australia's is not nearly as new look as it could have been.

    Cooper Connolly is not there. Jake Fraser-McGurk isn't playing either. I know he struggled against Scotland but there has been so much hype about him it seems deflating to leave him out.

    So aside from Matt Short you have pretty much all the players who were involved in the T20 World Cup. It seems a bit uninventive. Why not give the youngsters a go?

  7. 50 runs

    Fifty for Head

    Forlorn faces on the England balcony as Travis Head brings up his half-century off just 19 balls with a six round the corner off Saqib Mahmood.

  8. How's stat?!

    Andy Zaltzman
    Statistician on Test Match Special

    Travis Head has hit one out of three deliveries in the powerplay to the boundary over the last five years.

  9. 6 runs

    Aus 71-0

    Three sixes in a row from Travis Head and 30 off the over.

    Sam Curran is fuller with his fourth ball, but Head gets under it and smashes it over cow corner for six.

    He then square drives the England left-arm seamer for another six before finishing with another four.

  10. Ben Jones
    CricViz analyst

    Interesting change of conditions for England's bowlers. The Hundred - with its slightly controversial batch of balls - had an average of 1.1 degrees of new ball swing. Tonight? Just 0.3 degrees of swing so far.

  11. 6 runs

    Aus 50-1

    Travis Head elegantly swivels on his heels and pummels Sam Curran into the stands for six.

  12. Aus 40-1

    Well, Paul. Sam Curran into the attack and starts with a back-of-the hand slower ball.

    Travis Head simply waits for it and pulls the left-armer to the fence for four.

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    Have England bowlers ever heard of mixing the over up to keep the batter guessing ? No yorkers, no bouncers , just the usual boring line and length….

    Paul , Blunsdon

  14. Head survives

    Travis Head knew immediately he wasn't out and the review backed up his call. That hit his shirt. Not out.

  15. Alison Mitchell
    Commentator on BBC Test Match Special

    I think it might have taken Travis Head's shirt on the way through.

    The England players are walking back to their fielding positions.

  16. Australia review

    Saqib Mahmood has Travis Head out caught behind after the Aussie left-hander appears to clip a pull.

    Given out on field, but Head has immediately reviewed it.

    There definitely was a noise.

  17. Michael Carberry
    Former England batter on BBC 5 Live

    That was a heck of shot from Travis Head. It wasn't really that bad a ball from Jofra Archer. The shot looks a bit awkward but Head has great wrists and was able to whip it through mid-wicket.

  18. Aus 35-0

    A curse word from Travis Head is caught on the stump microphone after he misses out on a short freebie from the penultimate ball of Jofra Archer's over.

    The Aussie left-hander makes amends with the final ball of the over, though, as Head whips him through mid-wicket for four.

  19. Sam Drury
    BBC Sport at Utilita Bowl

    After the rain earlier, there are now sunglasses on in the press box to deal with the glare of the low sun coming in.

    Those of us who were not so well prepared are having to squint but even squinting I can tell you that the first of those two sixes from Matthew Short was enormous!

  20. Aus 27-0

    Wooooosh. Jofra Archer has Travis Head deep in his crease with some quick bowling. England have two slips in place.

    Head throws his hands at one a little fuller from Archer and smears it uppishly through the covers for four.