Summary

  • Buttler hits 77 off 54 balls to steer England to series win

  • Finch (40) & Stoinis (35) top score in Australia's stuttering 157-7

  • Australia fall to 30-3 after winning toss

  • Archer & Wood impress in fiery opening spell

  • Watch on BBC One and at the top of this page

Live Reporting

Amy Lofthouse

  1. James Anderson
    England bowler on BBC One

    Dawid Malan has been extremely good with every chance he's been given.

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  2. Isa Guha
    Ex-England bowler on BBC One

    Dawid Malan is effectively keeping Joe Root out of this team at the moment.

  3. Eng 86-1

    Need 72 from 54 balls

    Singles, singles and more singles, before Jos Buttler times the backside off a wristy punch through the off side for four.

  4. Kane Richardson is back.

  5. Isa Guha
    Ex-England bowler on BBC One

    England are starting to push away in this chase now.

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  6. At the halfway stage, Australia were 60-3.

    England need another 84 runs from the remaining 60 balls.

  7. Eng 74-1

    A smattering of dots ends the over.

  8. Eng 72-1

    And now Dawid Malan goes down the ground to bring up the 50 partnership!

    Really clever batting, Malan reading the line and length so quickly, and he can easily hoist the ball over the fielders.

  9. Eng 68-1

    A bit too full from Adam Zampa, and Dawid Malan goes reverse-sweeping for four once again.

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    G. Pirlo FI: Must be the strangest rule in cricket where a batsman deserves to be out by accidentally hitting his own wicket. Gift to the bowler. Just stick em back on and carry on.

  11. Eng 64-1

    Target 158

    Turn for Glenn Maxwell, finding the outside edge of Dawid Malan's bat, but it's played down well enough for England to nab a single.

  12. Eng 61-1

    Let's make that four more, as Glenn Mawell feeds Dawid Malan's cut shot and the England man is more than happy to thrash it away through backward point.

  13. Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC One

    Malan likes to give himself time to get in and then he explodes.

  14. Eng 57-1

    Target 158

    Shot!

    Dawid Malan whirls his wrists and reverse-sweeps Glenn Maxwell away for four.

  15. Here's how Jonny Bairstow fell a little earlier. He might not appreciaate seeing this one again.

  16. Isa Guha
    Ex-England bowler on BBC One

    When you're in Australia, they talk a lot about the quirky characters in the team - Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne and Adam Zampa. It's good to be quirky.

  17. Eng 53-1

    Target 158

    Earlier this week, Isa spoke to Steve Smith and asked him to describe Adam Zampa. He went with "strange... and I know people say I'm strange!" Which is, frankly, excellent.

    Jos Buttler wants to get after Zampa's leggies but the ball is just not coming on to the bat as freely as England want.

  18. Tymal Mills
    Ex-England bowler on BBC One

    I'm not sure Jos Buttler would have batted for the whole powerplay before and only scored 21 off 19 balls. Sometimes you just have to grit your teeth and battle through.

  19. Here comes Adam Zampa and his... mullet? Are we going with mullet?

  20. Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC One

    Glenn Maxwell is a clever cricketer - he varies his pace, firing the odd one in quickly and the next nice and slow. He did a job on Eoin Morgan and Moeen Ali the other night.