England's opening match of the Twenty20 Tri Series has seen a return to England batting collapses, as the score went from 94/2 to 137/9. The innings eventually finished on 155/9 with a mere 52 runs scored from the last 9 overs.
Australia went on to win the match in 18.3 overs. They scored 161-5.
Australia have beaten England with the match winning innings being an unbeaten century by Maxwell, although in a moment of controversy he was reprieved by television replays after he appeared to have been caught on the boundary when 53 were still required.
An early start tomorrow morning as England take on New Zealand from Wellington.
But don't expect a high scoring game as the drop in pitch looks terrible
As there's an injury worry about Eion Morgan
England need a better performance after 2 defeats to Australia, although New Zealand lost to Australia also.
In T20 both England and New Zealand come into this one with 3 defeats in a row.
Off their 20 overs New Zealand score 196 for 5
Terrible bowling
Last game in Hamilton this morning. NZ win toss and put England in.
Roy and Hales go in first 4 overs as usual; Highlights Malan 53 off 36, Morgan 80 n.o. off 46, Dawson and Jordan hit sixes off their first balls faced. Total 194-7.
NZ blaze 77-0 in the first 6-over powerplay compared to England's 41-2! Spinners Rashid and Dawson pull it back and we eventually win by 2 runs.
Guptill 62 (47)
Munro 57 (21) inc. 7 sixes and 3 fours. Sensational!
^New Zealand only needed to score 175 to qualify for the final along with Australia.