So there it is, the first day of action done and dusted.

We've seen two high-scoring matches and right at the end, a bit of controversy with the Laws.

Plenty of talking points from New Zealand's 98-run win against Sri Lanka to a comprehensive 111-run win for Australia against England, which you can now read more about in Stephan Shemilt's full report from the MCG.

And that's just the start of it all for the next six weeks. Later today, we'll bring you two more games as Pool B begins.

First up, South Africa face Zimbabwe in Hamilton and then it's India v Pakistan in Adelaide.

Join us from around 21:30 GMT on Saturday.

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We've done some digging and it appears James Anderson shouldn't have been given out:

3.6 Dead ball

a) If following a Player Review request, an original decision of 'Out' is changed to 'Not Out', then the ball is still deemed to have become dead when the original decision was made (as per Law 23.1(a)(iii)). The batting side, while benefiting from the reversal of the dismissal, will not benefit from any runs that may subsequently have accrued from the delivery had the on-field umpire originally made a 'Not Out' decision, other than any No Balls penalty that could arise under 3.3 (g) above.

The ICC rules are here., external

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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

"England have been preparing for the World Cup for the last few months and then they switch things around in the first World Cup game. Gary Ballance came in, Ravi Bopara went out, James Taylor went from three to six and Stuart Broad took the new ball over Chris Woakes. They wait for the biggest match they've had to make these changes. Surely they had plans in place before today."

England captain Eoin Morgan, speaking to Sky Sports: "Throughout the tri-series I felt that Ravi Bopara's bowling would be useful, but that wasn't happening, so it was a straight shootout as a batsman and it was a good opportunity to get Gary Ballance in as part of our best top seven.

"The most frustrating part of the day was dropping catches. It's an area we pride ourselves on but we were caught quite cold at the start and made big errors.

"We'll have a chat before the New Zealand game. This result doesn't make or break our tour. Our aim is to first reach the quarter-finals but our first two games are the toughest. I'll be looking for our senior players to lead from the front in that one."

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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

"It was a splendid, sensible and organised innings from Aaron Finch. I couldn't fault him. Chris Woakes's catch was a straight-forward one at head height. It was regulation. The one from David Warner to Moeen Ali, it would have been a good catch because he hit it like a tracer bullet. England just didn't seem to have the aggression and the intensity."

Australia captain George Bailey: "We were very happy to bat first. There was a lot of anticipation, a big build-up, but we felt like we have a strong batting line-up and it was nice to get out there and use that track first.

"It's Aaron Finch on his home ground and he rose to the occasion. That's what we're after from our top order. We want great innings and to turn them into match-winning knocks and that's definitely what we got today.

"Mitchell Marsh was outstanding, he broke the game open for us. It was a good toss to lose but the same result would have happened if we'd won it."

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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

"When England won the toss and decided to put them in, I was thinking that with all the rain in the morning there might have been moisture and movement for the seamers. It did a little bit for four overs - that's not enough for putting people in. Eoin Morgan got it wrong, but it's not all his fault - he will have spoken to other people like James Anderson and Peter Moores. If you get the chance to bat first on a sunny day, you take it."

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"James Taylor is the form guy at the moment and England should build around him at number three. England have better balance when Ravi Bopara is in the team."

Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

"Diplomatically speaking, it was disappointing. But if you want it in straight Yorkshire, it was rubbish. England had a moment when Australia were 70-3. The Aussies had to play with common sense and patience. Aaron Finch played sensible cricket and got his team into a position where he could attack the bowling."

England captain Eoin Morgan: "I think the score was probably above par even though the wicket was very good.

"Probably 310 was par, but we needed all three guns firing and the top order to come off for us to chase that.

"Our fielding was poor and our death bowling not on target at times. We started a bit slow and a bit cold, which is obviously a bit disappointing.

"James Taylor was very unlucky at the end not to get 100 and he struck the ball cleanly. New Zealand will be a tough test next up for us and we need to stand up and put in a strong performance."

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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

On Twitter:, external "Message to Jimmy Anderson: maybe England aren't as good as you think they are."

I can only assume Boycott is referring to Anderson's riposte after Geoffrey had criticised Eoin Morgan.

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"It doesn't get any better for Aaron Finch. He was dropped on nought and then scored a hundred in his debut World Cup game on his home ground. If he had been caught by Chris Woakes, you never know. But you can't take anything away from Finch. Coming into this game, I didn't rate him against spin but I was wrong. Fair play to him."

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Man of the match Aaron Finch on his century: "It was nice and a little bit surreal. It hasn't quite sunk it yet, but it's great to get a win first up.

"It's nice to get the first game out of the way and get under way here. After being dropped first ball, I just tried to put it out of my mind and play my natural game.

"It's great feeling to get this first win out of the way and hopefully we can take that momentum forward for the rest of the tournament."

Australia beat England by 111 runs

Australia 342-9 (50): Finch 135, Maxwell 66; Finn 5-71

England 231 all out (41.4): Taylor 98*; Marsh 5-33

Fall of wickets: 25-1 (Moeen 10), 49-2 (Ballance 10), 66-3 (Bell 36), 66-4 (Root 5), 73-5 (Morgan 0), 92-6 (Buttler 12), 184-7 (Woakes 37), 194-8 (Broad 0), 195-9 (Finn 1), 231 all out (Anderson 8)

Bowling figures: Starc 9-1-47-2, Hazlewood 6.4-0-45-0, Johnson 8-0-36-2, Marsh 9-0-33-5, Watson 3-0-13-0, Maxwell 4-0-35-0, Smith 2-0-19-0

Full scorecard

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Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"Thankfully, Taylor is 98 not out and not 98 and out. The letter of the law, as I understand it, is that the ball is only dead after he has reviewed it so James Anderson was right to be run out. Taylor batted beautifully and it was the only silver lining on a pretty grey day for England."

Allan Border
Ex-Australia captain on BBC Test Match Special

"What a way for Australia to start, they have battered England. It was anti-climatic and confusing at the end but it was emphatic from Australia. They got a reasonable start, wobbled a bit but one of their top three got a big score and the momentum swung."

Confused by this? I certainly am. What I can tell you is that's the end of the game and Australia have won by 111 runs. After that lbw review against James Taylor was given not out, replays showed Anderson was out of his ground at the non-striker's end from a direct hit and it's he who is the last man out. Taylor is left stranded two short of a century on 98 not out.

The leg before is given not out on review, but we could have a run out here. So now we taking a look at that replay against James Anderson at the non-striker's end.

Is this it? Has Taylor been denied 100? Full ball from Hazlewood hits him on the pads and Aleem Dar gives him out for leg before. Taylor wants a review immediately.

Darryl: If I were a selector I would drop Morgan for Hales, and promote Taylor to number three and make him skipper. He does a pretty good job for Notts.