Everything you need to know: England v Australia, first T20I

Facts about matches

WHO:England v Australia, First T20I

When:Thursday, September 12. Coin toss at 03:00 AEST, first ball at 03:30 AEST (Wednesday, September 11, 18:30 local time)

Where:The Rose Bowl, Southampton

How to watch:Foxtel and You play sports

Civil servants:Alex Wharf and Russell Warren (standing), Martin Saggers (third), Mike Burns (fourth), Andy Pycroft (referee)

Live results:England v Australia match centre

Ploughing

Australia XI: To be announced at the toss.

Captain Mitch Marsh said on the eve of the match that they had not yet decided on the line-up for the first T20, but he did confirm that experienced fast player Josh Hazlewood would play after overcoming a minor calf injury.

England XI: Phil Salt (c) (wk), Will Jacks, Jordan Cox, Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethell, Sam Curran, Jamie Overton, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Saqib Mahmood, Reece Topley

England named their team for the series opener on Tuesday, handing T20 international debuts to Jordan Cox, Jacob Bethell and Jamie Overton. Phil Salt will captain the team and keep wicket in the absence of Jos Buttler, who will miss the series with a calf injury.

Ploughing

Australia: Mitchell Marsh (c), Sean Abbott, Xavier Bartlett, Cooper Connolly, Tim David, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Cameron Green, Aaron Hardie, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Riley Meredith, Matt Short, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa

Australia welcome Josh Hazlewood and Matt Short to their squad as they look to build on their 3-0 sweep over Scotland. Nathan Ellis has returned home from a hamstring injury, replaced by fellow Australian Riley Meredith, and he is one of several new faces in the tourists' 15-man squad who will be looking to impress against a stronger opposition.

England: Phil Salt (c), Jofra Archer, Jacob Bethell, Brydon Carse, Jordan Cox, Sam Curran, Josh Hull, Will Jacks, Liam Livingstone, Saqib Mahmood, Dan Mousley, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley, John Turner

England also have a new team, including captain Phil Salt, who replaces Jos Buttler after he was ruled out of the series with a calf injury. Jordan Cox, Saqib Mahmood and Jamie Overton will be familiar names to Australian fans having previously featured in the Big Bash, while 20-year-old all-rounder Jacob Bethell was drafted by Melbourne Renegades for KFC BBL|14 and left-handed seamer Josh Hull made his Test debut against Sri Lanka last weekend.

Series of luminaires

September 11: 1st T20 v England, Rose Bowl, Southampton, 03:30am 12 Sep AEST

September 13: Second T20 v England, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, 03:30am 14 Sep AEST

September 15: Third T20 vs England, Old Trafford Manchester, 11.30pm AEST

How to summarize

Everything you need can be found here on cricket.com.au and on the CA Live app.

Our match centre will feature interviews, highlights and wicket replays, while the Unplayable Podcast will keep you up to date with the latest developments from Australia's tour of the UK.

Local knowledge

Players to watch

wicket keeper Josh Engels was electric against Scotland, setting an Australian record for the fastest T20 international century from just 43 balls. The visitors have had plenty of fun on their previous visits to The Rose Bowl, the venue where Aaron Finch set his 47-ball record in 2013, only to be bettered as a men's team record by Inglis on Friday.

Although overlooked in the Big Bash draft, the English pace ace Jofra Sagittarius has been in terrific form since returning from the T20 World Cup. He took 2-20 last Wednesday to help Sussex reach the T20 Blast semi-finals, and he went wicketless just once in eight games for Southern Brave in this year’s Hundred.

Recent form

Last 10 T20 matches, most recent first. W: win, L: lose, N: no result

Australia: WWWLLWWWWW

Australia's only two defeats in their last 13 games cost them a place in the World Cup semi-finals in June. An eight-game winning streak prior to those Super Eight defeats included a 36-run win over England, and they enter this series in top form after demolishing Scotland 3-0 last week.

England: LWLWWWLNWW

The home side have not played since their World Cup semi-final defeat to India in June and they too have a new line-up, with Jos Buttler, Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Ben Duckett, Tom Hartley, Chris Jordan and Mark Wood all missing from the squad.

The last time they met

Australia comfortably defeated their Ashes rivals when they met in the shortest format, with their 36-run win in Barbados putting England on the brink of elimination from the T20 World Cup. Fortunately, the Aussies also defeated Scotland a few days later, sending England through to the Super Eight stage. Adam Zampa (2-28) was influential in that match, while Travis Head, Mitch Marsh and Marcus Stoinis all came into form.

One-on-one

General:England (11 wins), Australia (11 wins), no result (2)

At The Rose Bowl:England (3 wins), Australia (2 wins)

Most runs:Aaron Finch (619), Jos Buttler (584), Glenn Maxwell (343), David Warner (334), Alex Hales (311)

Most wickets:Chris Jordan (13), Adil Rashid (13), Mitchell Johnson (11), Josh Hazlewood (9)

Quick statistics

• Australia have won 13 of the 16 men's T20Is in 2024 (three losses), the most wins they have recorded in a calendar year in the format's history (12 won in 2022).
• Australia and England have played 24 times in the T20 format with both teams having 11 wins (including two nil).
• Australia won the last men's T20I against England by 36 runs at the 2024 T20 World Cup, snapping a three-match losing streak and aiming for a back-to-back win in the format for the first time since February 2018.
• England defeated Pakistan 2-0 in their most recent bilateral men’s T20I series in England (May 2024), having failed to record a win in their previous three home series in the format (one draw, two losses). They are aiming for consecutive wins in such series for the first time since July 2021.
• Australia have won 11 of the last 13 men's T20Is away from home, including each of the last three. During that period, they have won all five of their matches in which they batted first.

• England have lost three of the last four men's T20Is at The Rose Bowl, including each of the last two. A third successive defeat in this match would be the longest losing streak at the venue in the history of the format.
• Australia have scored 65 per cent of their runs from boundaries in men's T20Is in 2024, the highest percentage of any team this year. In fact, they have scored a boundary more times than any other team in every 4.6 balls they face. They are one of only two teams to average fewer than five runs in this category (West Indies have scored once every 4.8 balls they face).
• Mitchell Marsh (15) surpassed George Bailey (14) to record the second-highest number of wins as Australia captain in men's T20Is in Saturday's victory over Scotland; only Aaron Finch (40) has recorded more in the history of the format.
• Tim David (Australia) has hit a boundary once every 3.7 balls in men's T20Is in 2024, making him the second most frequent player (having faced at least 100 balls) this year. Yashasvi Jaiswal (India) is ranked first with a boundary once every 3.5 balls, while team-mate Travis Head (having faced once every 3.9 balls) is ranked fifth in this category.

• Australia have a combined batting average of 32.7 in men's T20Is in 2024, the best of any Test team this year. They have also hit 141 sixes, the second-highest of any team (West Indies 171).
• Tim David (Australia) has a batting average of 186.1 in men's T20Is in 2024, the best of any player from a Test nation this year (minimum 100 balls faced); he has scored 42 runs at a batting average of 200 in his last two T20I innings (from 21 balls faced).
• Phil Salt is on course to become the 11th player to captain England in the men's T20Is. Since the start of 2023, he has scored 24.5 per cent of England's runs in the format, the best percentage of any player for a Test nation in that time (minimum four innings).
• Australia's Travis Head has registered a strong connection on 29.1 per cent of the 265 balls he has faced in men's T20Is in 2024, the second-best percentage of any player (at least 60 balls faced) from a Test-bound nation this year (Yashasvi Jaiswal 29.4 per cent of the 170 balls faced for India).
• Adil Rashid (England) has taken 27 wickets in men's T20Is since the start of 2023, 10 more than any other England player in that time. In each of his three T20I innings against Australia at The Rose Bowl, he has taken six wickets at a strike rate of 12.

Where to now?

The two teams travel to Wales on Saturday for the second T20 in Cardiff, where Australia last played in a one-day international in 2018.

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Australia T20 selection: Mitchell Marsh (c), Sean Abbott, Xavier Bartlett, Cooper Connolly, Tim David, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Cameron Green, Aaron Hardie, Josh Hazlewood (England matches only), Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Riley Meredith, Matt Short (England matches only), Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa

September 4: Australia defeated Scotland by seven wickets

September 6: Australia beat Scotland by 70 runs

September 7: Australia defeated Scotland by six wickets

September 11: 1st T20 v England, Rose Bowl, Southampton, 03:30am 12 Sep AEST

September 13: Second T20 v England, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, 03:30am 14 Sep AEST

September 15: Third T20 vs England, Old Trafford Manchester, 11.30pm AEST

Australian ODI squad: Mitch Marsh (c), Sean Abbott, Alex Carey, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Cameron Green, Aaron Hardie, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Short, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa

September 19: First ODI vs England, Trent Bridge, Nottingham, 10pm AEST

September 21: Second ODI vs England, Headingley, Leeds, 10pm AEST

September 24: Third ODI vs England, Riverside, Chester-le-Street, 10pm AEST

September 27: Fourth ODI vs England, Lord's, London, 10pm AEST

September 29: Fifth ODI vs England, County Ground, Bristol, 8pm AEST