Australia v England: Hosts canter to six-wicket win in first ODI in Adelaide

Travis Head (left) and David Warner (right) were reunited astatine the apical of the bid aft Aaron Finch's status from 50-over cricket

Australia cantered to a six-wicket triumph implicit England successful the opening one-day planetary successful Adelaide.

England made 287-9 successful their 50 overs, with Dawid Malan's 134 disconnected 128 balls anchoring the innings, arsenic they recovered from 31-3 and 118-5.

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Three of England's T20 World Cup-winning broadside - skipper Jos Buttler, Phil Salt and Chris Jordan - played, portion Moeen Ali, who said having to play this crippled 4 days aft Sunday's triumph was "horrible", Sam Curran, Adil Rashid and Chris Woakes sat out.

It presented opportunities for others, with opener Jason Roy returning to the fold aft being near of the World Cup squad, but helium was bowled by Mitchell Starc for six.

David Willey (2-51) impressed by dismissing Warner and Marnus Labuschagne successful the mediate overs, to spell with his unbeaten 34, portion left-arm spinner Liam Dawson bowled with small reward, successful taking 1-65.

Malan drags England to score

England volition beryllium acrophobic astir their top-order struggles - they person lone passed 100 for the nonaccomplishment of 3 wickets erstwhile successful six games present - particularly with their 50-over World Cup defence successful India present little than 12 months away.

This was their highest people since Jos Buttler took implicit the captaincy, aft a bid decision by India and gully against South Africa successful the location summer, but it was thing but perfect.

They mislaid regular wickets, with a basal of 60 betwixt Malan and David Willey for the eighth wicket the highest successful the innings.

Malan's innings was masterful. He was backmost successful the broadside aft Buttler and caput manager Matthew Mott opted to "rest" him for Sunday's T20 World Cup last arsenic helium recovered from a groin wounded suffered successful England's last Super 12 game.

He was diligent until helium reached his century, which came up disconnected 107 balls.

The 35-year-old was typically beardown disconnected his legs and hip, regularly nudging and flicking into the limb side, portion helium slog-swept spinners Adam Zampa and Ashton Agar for six.

It takes his ODI mean to 64.71, but with the likes of Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Harry Brook, Ben Duckett inactive to perchance travel backmost into the squad, determination is nary warrant Malan volition adjacent beryllium connected the level to the World Cup adjacent October, fto unsocial successful the team.

Australia pursuit ne'er successful doubt

At the halfway point, it felt similar England were somewhat beneath par, and that proved to beryllium the case, adjacent without Australia being assisted by the shot skidding onto the bat nether the lights.

An opening basal of 147 betwixt Head and Warner - who were reunited astatine the apical of the bid aft Aaron Finch's status successful September - got the hosts good up successful the pursuit and they ne'er looked back.

Head, who steered a Jordan transportation retired to heavy quadrate leg, and Warner, who was superbly caught by Sam Billings, were some frustrated with their dismissals, with a period waiting for both.

England were beauteous lacklustre, a substance of inexperience and lone having 5 bowling options proving costly.

Their onslaught had conscionable 101 ODI appearances betwixt them, with Lancashire's left-arm seamer Luke Wood (0-59) making his debut, Jordan (1-49) playing successful conscionable his 4th planetary successful this format since 2016, Dawson his archetypal since 2018 and Olly Stone (0-50) conscionable his fifth.

The bowlers toiled hard, restricting Australia to conscionable 15 runs successful a 29-ball play aft Willey's 2 speedy wickets, but the full they had to support was insufficient aft the accelerated commencement Australia got disconnected to.

With Curran, Moeen, Woakes and Rashid apt to instrumentality during this bid and the injured Reece Topley, Jofra Archer and Saqib Mahmood inactive to travel back, England volition not panic, but individuals did miss retired connected the accidental to springiness Buttler and Mott a headache.

'The 100 was highly satisfying' - reaction

Player of the match, England's Dawid Malan: "To get to the T20 World Cup last and beryllium ruled retired was gutting, truthful to travel here, beryllium my fittingness and people a 100 was highly satisfying.

"We were astir apt 30 oregon 40 runs short, if we're being honest.

"50 overs is astir apt my strongest format but it's hard to get into the squad with however guys person performed the past mates of years. But if I support doing what I'm doing, I mightiness beryllium portion of that squad."

Australia skipper Pat Cummins connected Test Match Special: "It was a magnificent innings from Dawid Malan, helium conscionable kept ticking implicit and targeted the abbreviated boundary, helium was class.

"They did good to get to that people from their presumption but we bowled truly well. It was a bully wicket each the mode done really, though determination was a spot of seam question aboriginal on.

"England are ever a beardown squad and it's bully for america to get backmost retired determination and marque amends, punctual ourselves we are inactive a precise bully squad contempt being disappointed successful the T20 World Cup."