England vs Australia, 1st T20I - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

England tried to field their next gen players today and some of them fared decently. England's bowling was good apart from the initial onslaught from Head and Short. They got off the blocks a bit too quickly and England players didn't know what hit them. They wrestled back the momentum but England didn't bat well and the batters were reliant on Livingstone to carry the fight forward. But he fell and England's chances were over. Our chances are bright of coming back early and entertaining you again. Bye bye for now...

Mitch Marsh: Pretty exciting. Head is a special talent. The par score was about 200. Very lucky to have some of the guys. We applied pressure. Was a great wicket. I thought we made good use of the powerplay.

Phil Salt: They played well. They got a start. We dragged it back towards the end. When the ball starts flying like that, we could have done better. Maybe some clarity in the next game. Teams get good starts but you try and drag them back. They did bowl well. We could have taken partnerships deeper later.

Head: Nice start. Nice to get away quickly. I just tried to score. The wickets against Scotland were very different. We were trying to use the pace on the ball. Guys have been playing together for the last couple of years. The coach and captain want me to bat freely. I try to whack it every time.

22:13 Local Time, 21:13 GMT, 02:43 IST: At the half-way mark, it seemed England were complete control. But they lost three wickets inside the powerplay. Liam and Curran tried to build a partnership but once that was broken, it was Australia all the way. Abbott starred with a three-wicket haul and Zampa as usual did his business with a couple of wickets. The visitors go 1-0 up in the 5-match series.

Abbott to Saqib Mahmood, out Bowled!! Australia win by 28 runs. The bowler bowled it fuller and Saqib Mahmood missed the scoop to be clean bowled. Abbott finishes with a three-wicket haul. The batter walked across too much and another batter was bowled. 9th batter to be bowled today. Saqib Mahmood b Abbott 12(15) [6s-1]

Abbott to Saqib Mahmood, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!

Abbott to Saqib Mahmood, SIX, short ball, Saqib Mahmood went after that and smoked it over deep mid. That was hit hard and well over

Stoinis to Saqib Mahmood, 1 run, three fielders converge and England live to fight another day. 35 needed now...

Stoinis to Saqib Mahmood, wide, short, wide, Saqib Mahmood looks to slash it

Stoinis to Saqib Mahmood, no run, last pair in and how the batsman batters just back away and slice it. Dot ball here

Stoinis to Topley, 1 run, fuller length delivery, angled in, dragged back to the mid-wicket area for a single

Reece Topley, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Stoinis to Adil Rashid, out Caught by Green!! One wicket stands now. The batter backed away to thwack it down the grund and the man at mid-off tumbled down and England are 9 down. That was a back of a length spot. Adil Rashid c Green b Stoinis 7(10) [4s-1]

Stoinis to Adil Rashid, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Stoinis to Adil Rashid, no run, very full, very wide, well outside off and has been wided

Stoinis to Saqib Mahmood, 1 run, angled in, slower short of the length delivery and tucked down to deep mid for a single

Marcus Stoinis [2.0-0-26-0] is back into the attack

Abbott to Saqib Mahmood, 1 run, the batter slips and falls down as he tried to carve it though the off-side. 39 needed now...

Abbott to Saqib Mahmood, no ball, too short, too wide, has been wided