Summary

  • England win first T20 by two runs

  • Australia slip from 124-1 to 148-6

  • Warner 58 (47); Finch 46 (32)

  • Rashid 2-29, Archer 2-32

  • Eng: Malan 66 (43), Buttler 44 (29)

  • Richardson 2-13, Maxwell 2-14

  • Three-match series at Ageas Bowl

Live Reporting

Matthew Henry and Stephan Shemilt

  1. Eng 48-1

    The runs keep on coming. Dawid Malan, facing his first ball, flicks a poor ball from Richardson to the wide fine leg boundary.

  2. Want to see Jos Buttler pumping Ashton Agar for two sixes? Big!

  3. Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Ex-England women's batter on BBC Test Match Special

    Malan will want to do it against Australia, keep making scores against top teams.

  4. Dawid Malan is the new batsman at number three. Fast bowler Kane Richardson is into the attack.

  5. Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Ex-England women's batter on BBC Test Match Special

    That was a weird shot. It was back of a length and it hit high on the bat. It wasn't clear what he was trying to do. It's good carry.

  6. wicket

    WICKET

    Bairstow c Starc b Cummins 8 (Eng 43-1)

    Australia needed this but it's not the wicket they were after. Cummins gets one to leap to Bairstow. The ball takes the shoulder of the bat and goes to Mitchell Starc, who is fielding in a strange position at a deep third slip.

  7. Eng 40-0

    At what point do Australia start to really worry? Buttler punts Cummins over extra cover sensationally. It's Buttler's sixth boundary already.

  8. Agar is off. The majestic Pat Cummins is on.

  9. How's stat?!

    Andy Zaltzman
    Test Match Special statistician

    There had been a strong advantage to teams batting first in T20s here until the past two years. In the past two years it's been eight wins and nine defeats.

  10. Eng 35-0

    Four more!

    Mitchell Starc bowls a nice wide yorker and Buttler still gets it to the rope.

    Buttler has 29 from 14 balls. Bairstow has hardly had a look in.

  11. Eng 31-0

    Buttler times the pants off one from Starc now. A lovely back-foot punch that runs away and into the boundary sponge.

    He likes it here at the Ageas.

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    #bbccricket

    jambarrell: What were people saying about Jos not opening???

    Chris Podd: Jos Buttler opening is a no brainer - you want your most destructive batsman facing as many balls as possible.

  13. Eng 27-0

    Ashton Agar could at least see the funny side of that start. He got a cuddle from Glenn Maxwell at the end of the over.

    Jonny Bairstow clobbers one into Marcus Stoinis' flesh. That'll bruise. A decent, but painful, stop.

  14. Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Ex-England women's batter on BBC Test Match Special

    That is dismissive, isn't it? This is a perfect start. Agar will be out of the attack.

  15. 6 runs

    Eng 24-0

    Buttler 19, Bairstow 4

    Massive!

    Jos Buttler welcomes Ashton Agar back to professional cricket in emphatic style.

  16. Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Ex-England women's batter on BBC Test Match Special

    I think Buttler likes the idea of Agar.

  17. Eng 18-0

    Buttler isn't going to have a look! He rocks back and clubs Agar for four more.

  18. Alison Mitchell
    BBC Test Match Special

    That's almost taken out a photographer. He was brave to not dive for cover.

  19. 6 runs

    Eng 14-0

    Speak of the devil.

    Buttler pumps left-arm spinner Ashton Agar's second ball for a mighty six back down the ground.

  20. I think when that "big name" is Jos Buttler it's alright, no?