Eng 40-0published at 3.2 overs

3.2 overs

Jason Roy is on one here.

Pat Cummins bangs down a short ball and Roy hooks it up and away over the fence.

Two fewer runs but a much better shot from Roy next up, flicking fine off his pads for four.

What a strike that is! Roy lofts an off-drive over the in-field and away to the fence for his third straight boundary.

Roy punches the last down the ground but picks out the fielder for no run. Cracking start from England - 14 runs from that over.

Eng 25-0published at 2.3 overs

2.3 overs

Starc bangs it down with real pace, Roy tries to hook and gets a top edge that flies over the keeper and lands over the rope.

Here's how CricViz reckoned the likelihood of the possible results were, before the start of the England innings:

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Dan Norcross
BBC Test Match Special

Had it been a direct hit, albeit from 75 metres, Roy would have been run out by about two yards.

Josh Hazlewood is being rested for this game but the other tyro that tormented England in the Ashes, Pat Cummins, will open with Starc.

Shot! Cummins bangs it in and Bairstow short-arm pulls it away through mid-wicket to the fence.

Bairstow then clips off his pads and sprints the first, enabling him to easily get back for two. Excellent running.

Same shot, same result - although a bit nervier a Roy hesitated about the second and would've been short of his ground had Starc's throw from the fence hit.

Bang! Cummins goes full and Bairstow punches him back down the ground.

James Anderson
England fast bowler on BBC Test Match Special

I have not officially retired from one-day cricket. I think I have been retired.

The fact that I am missing this form of the game gives me more of a break. I love Test cricket and want to play Test cricket as long as I can.

I had chats with Andrew Strauss and said the way I feel I could make the 2019 World Cup but it was the right thing to do from their point of view and for me to prepare for Test cricket.

I don't think this side needs a 35-year-old plodding in.

Ebony Rainford-Brent
Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

That's classic Jason Roy, he loves to get on the front foot.

Jonny Bairstow is opening with Jason Roy, after making two century stands in their first two games together against West Indies in September.

Alex Hales, who was suspended for those two matches following the Ben Stokes incident, drops to three.

A couple of singles to start, before Roy clatters a square drive away to the fence. Lovely shot, getting on top of the bounce.

And Starc sends the first ball a fair way down the leg side for a wide.

The players are back out on the field at the MCG - it will be Mitchell Starc to Jason Roy...

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England are of course a much-changed outfit since the 2015 World Cup.

They need 305 runs to win here, but haven't been fazed chasing 300+ over the last two years.

Since the World Cup they have had to chase scores of 300 or more six times and won four.

Their highest total chasing actually came in a game they lost, when England scored 366 in reply to India's 381.

James Anderson
England fast bowler on BBC Test Match Special

Did England focus too much on statistics and data under Peter Moores?

It depends what angle you come from. Yes, Peter Moores likes to use statistics and data to find out what the best way to win is. He did his research into a lot of cricket and that is his coaching style. You can't say if that is right or wrong.

James Taylor
Ex-England batsman on Test Match Special

Did England focus too much on statistics and data under coach Peter Moores?

I totally disagreed with that. If anything I thought we could have done a little more analysis. I thought it was total rubbish.

James Anderson
England fast bowler on BBC Test Match Special

There was no one more embarrassed than the 15 players who got on that plane home from Australia. We go into every tournament thinking we can at least get to the knockout stage. We should have cruised past Bangladesh but didn't.

I felt there was nervousness throughout the games that shouldn't have been there.

James Taylor
Ex-England batsman on Test Match Special

On the umpiring error which denied him a World Cup century.

It was an absolute shambles - even I knew the rules with my limited knowledge of cricket. (Australia batsman) George Bailey was the only one who was with me who knew. The Australia players were just trying to get off the pitch.

I am bit disappointed they didn't know the rules and I did. When I got off the field they came and apologised. They knew that quickly.

James Taylor
Ex-England batsman on Test Match Special

Ravi Bopara had been batting at six, but he hadn't been performing well in the build-up, and Eoin hadn't been bowling him much, so we had to make a change. So Gary Ballance had to come into the side, and he couldn't bat at six, so he went in at three and I went to six.

James Anderson
England fast bowler on BBC Test Match Special

As a senior player, what do you think when plans change just before a tournament?

It makes people a bit uneasy - you think "what's going to happen to my position". The fact that Gary Ballance came into the side, because the captain or coach wanted him there for a reason, you had to shift people around. It didn't make sense when James Taylor had been going well at three.

James Taylor
Ex-England batsman on Test Match Special

It was so bizarre. The day before the game Eoin Morgan called me into the physio room and my heart dropped. I thought he was going to drop me but he moved me from number three to six.

It is a totally different role and I had to go into the nets the day before the biggest game of my life in front of 100,000 people and just practice slogging.

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