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Australia v England, 1st T20I: England 61%

Australia 39%. England 61%.

Australia v England T20I series 2026, 1st T20I

Saturday 21 November 2026, 8:15am GMT (7:15pm local)Day/nightMelbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Prediction locks on Saturday 21 November, 7:45am GMTWhen we've said 60–65%, the favourite won 70 of 110

Australia, last 5

WWWWL

  • 21 Jun 2026 Australia won by 7 wickets v Bangladesh
  • 19 Jun 2026 Australia won by 7 runs v Bangladesh
  • 17 Jun 2026 Australia won by 4 wickets v Bangladesh
  • 20 Feb 2026 Australia won by 9 wickets v Oman
  • 16 Feb 2026 Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets v Sri Lanka

England, last 5

WWWWW

  • 19 Sept 2026 England won by 8 wickets v Sri Lanka
  • 17 Sept 2026 England won by 6 wickets v Sri Lanka
  • 15 Sept 2026 England won by 119 runs v Sri Lanka
  • 11 Jul 2026 England won by 56 runs v India
  • 9 Jul 2026 England won by 9 wickets v India

Head to head

12Australia wins since 2005
12England wins since 2005
  • 13 Sept 2024 England won by 3 wickets at Sophia Gardens
  • 11 Sept 2024 Australia won by 28 runs at The Rose Bowl
  • 8 Jun 2024 Australia won by 36 runs at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
  • 14 Oct 2022 No result at Manuka Oval

Australia predicted XI

Batting positionPlayer and last 10Exp. runsBatBowl
1Mitchell MarshMitchell Marsh (c)271 runs27+7.9–
2Sam HarperSam Harper †No T20Is yet19+4.5–
3Tim DavidTim David172 runs24+6.1–
4Mitch OwenMitch Owen54 runs13+5.8−1.1
5Nikhil ChaudharyNikhil Chaudhary26 runs, 2 wkts in 3 matches13+2.50.0
6Joel DaviesJoel Davies20 runs, 4 wkts in 3 matches12+1.9+0.8
7Xavier BartlettXavier Bartlett62 runs, 9 wkts6+1.4+0.1
8Jack EdwardsJack Edwards5 runs in 1 match6+0.4+0.2
9Nathan EllisNathan Ellis9 runs, 14 wkts20.0+3.6
10Adam ZampaAdam Zampa11 runs, 19 wkts1−0.8+2.9
11Spencer JohnsonSpencer Johnson0 runs, 15 wkts2−0.1+1.4

Team record and squad

England predicted XI

Batting positionPlayer and last 10Exp. runsBatBowl
1Phil SaltPhil Salt232 runs27+3.9–
2Harry BrookHarry Brook (c)432 runs28+9.6–
3Jacob BethellJacob Bethell249 runs22+3.4–
4Jordan CoxJordan Cox †45 runs in 8 matches13+3.3–
5Tom BantonTom Banton151 runs16+3.7–
6Sam CurranSam Curran142 runs, 10 wkts12+3.7−0.4
7Will JacksWill Jacks121 runs, 10 wkts11+4.8+0.9
8Jamie OvertonJamie Overton34 runs, 14 wkts4+1.7+0.6
9Liam DawsonLiam Dawson1 runs, 12 wkts3+1.2+2.6
10Luke WoodLuke Wood1 runs, 11 wkts2−0.5−0.4
11Adil RashidAdil Rashid0 runs, 12 wkts1+0.4+4.3

Team record and squad

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