Summary

  • England win by eight runs to seal series win with one to play

  • Curran stars with key wickets at key moments, taking 3-23

  • Marsh leads Australia run-chase but can't kick on (45)

  • Australia fall to 22-2 as both Warner & Finch fail

  • Malan anchors England (178-7) with classy 82 off 49 balls

  • Moeen puts on 92 with Malan after England slip to 54-4

  • Stokes struggles again - making 7 off 11

  1. Postpublished at 11:59 British Summer Time 12 October 2022

    Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    RashidImage source, Getty Images

    Rashid has been slog-swept a couple of times tonight. It is a tactic the Aussies are clearly using against him.

  2. Postpublished at 11:59 British Summer Time 12 October 2022

    Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    That's huge!

  3. 6 runs

    Aus 85-3published at 10.3 overs

    Target 179

    That is a huge hit from Mitch Marsh! Both he and Stoinis just want to sweep Rashid and Marsh really gets hold of this one.

    A top-spinner from Rashid and that bit of extra bounce perhaps helps Marsh to get the elevation that nearly carries the ball onto the roof!

  4. Postpublished at 11:55 British Summer Time 12 October 2022

    Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Australia have done well to keep the run-rate rate around 10. That's manageable, they don't want it to get over 12.

  5. Postpublished at 11:55 British Summer Time 12 October 2022

    Andrew Moore
    BBC Test Match Special

    That was a shocking over from Chris Jordan.

  6. Aus 77-3published at 10 overs

    Target 179

    Not the comeback over that Chris Jordan would have wanted after injury. He was all over the place, to be honest.

    A couple of leg-side wides and then the over ends with another short wide one that is cut away again by Stoinis.

    Time for drinks. Which way do you think this one is going? Thumbs up for England, thumbs down for Australia.

  7. Aus 69-3published at 9.3 overs

    Target 179

    Far too much width from Jordan as he gets his off-cutter all wrong. Stoinis grateful accepts the gift and cuts it away behind square for four.

  8. Aus 62-3published at 9 overs

    Target 179

    StoinisImage source, Getty Images

    The over ends with a googly from Rashid and Stoinis is bamboozled by it. Fortunately for the Australian, the ball bounces over the top of the stumps.

    Decent over for the home side, though, with 11 runs from it.

  9. 6 runs

    Aus 58-3published at 8.3 overs

    Target 179

    Slog-sweep from Stoinis and he has absolutely nailed it. Flat over deep mid-wicket for six.

    He has struggled to pick Rashid over the years and in this series he appears to have given up trying, he's just trying to whack the leggie out of the park at every opportunity.

  10. Aus 51-3published at 8 overs

    Target 179

    Marcus Stoinis, after a good showing with the ball, is out to join Marsh.

    Marsh seems to have cottoned on to what worked so well for Malan. He's not tried to overhit anything, just played proper cricket shots and gone for timing over power.

  11. Postpublished at 11:44 British Summer Time 12 October 2022

    Andrew Moore
    BBC Test Match Special

    You don't often see Glenn Maxwell go eight deliveries without hitting a boundary in white-ball cricket. He was well contained by England.

  12. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 7.5 overs

    Maxwell c Hales b Curran 8 (Aus 51-3)

    Short ball from Sam Curran and Maxwell picks out the man in the deep.

    The bouncer was well-directed, Maxwell couldn't resist going after it and a top-edge means Alex Hales can come a few paces in from the boundary cushion to take the catch.

    Curran is a short man but his bumper has done for many a batter in recent years.

  13. Postpublished at 11:42 British Summer Time 12 October 2022

    Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Mitchell MarshImage source, Getty Images

    A freebie for Marsh. A full toss wide outside off stump. Easy pickings.

    Sam Curran was going for the yorker but got his length completely wrong.

  14. 50 runs

    Aus 50-2published at 7.2 overs

    Target 179

    MarshImage source, Getty Images

    Marsh takes Australia to 50 as he crunches a full toss from Sam Curran through the covers for four.

    He's timed the ball superbly and he was not going to miss out on a low, wide full toss.

  15. Postpublished at 11:40 British Summer Time 12 October 2022

    Stuart Clark
    Former Australia fast bowler on Test Match Special

    With the exception of Mitchell Marsh, the Australian batters have struggled to time the ball. Marsh looks like he is playing a different game at the moment.

  16. Aus 45-2published at 7 overs

    Maxwell 7, Marsh 16

    Time for some spin as Adil Rashid comes into the attack.

    It's a very steady start from the leggie with only four singles coming from the over.

    Glenn Maxwell has got after Rashid in the past and attempts a couple of sweeps - one reverse, one conventional but no real damage done as yet.

  17. Postpublished at 11:38 British Summer Time 12 October 2022

    Aaron Finch knew the moment he hit this he was out.

    FinchImage source, Getty Images
  18. Aus 41-2published at 6 overs

    Target 179

    Solid over from Willey to end the powerplay, only six from it.

    Maxwell isn't quite timing the ball as yet but gets just enough on one delivery to clear mid-on. A risky shot.

    The teams are level-pegging after the powerplay. England were also 41-2.

  19. Aus 35-2published at 5 overs

    Target 179

    Marsh follows up that six by unfurling a gorgeous extra cover drive, into the gap for four. It was a half-volley from Topley but put away brilliantly by the batter.

    A dot ball ends the over but 13 runs comes from it. It did include the wicket of Warner, though.

  20. 6 runs

    Aus 31-2published at 4.4 overs

    Target 179

    Nailed! On the pads from Topley and Marsh picks up and deposits the ball over deep mid-wicket for the first six of the innings.