Highlights, England vs Australia, T20 World Cup 2021: Buttler helps England win with 50 balls to spare

That brings us to the end of our coverage of the clash between England and Australia. The English sit pretty on top of Group 1 with another resounding victory while Australia are now third in the standings. We will be back tomorrow with our live coverage of Aghanistan versus Namibia and the big one: India vs New Zealand. 

Eoin Morgan: "The challenge for us is adapting to conditions away from home, we did that really well in the first two games then a big test against a really strong Australia. We were relentless with our lengths, and our plans. The bowlers came up trumps. Depending on how the wicket plays, you have to get one or two guys to go to, and they came up trumps. The openers look in really good form, Roy was Man of Match against Bangladesh and today Buttler followed suit (with a good performance). They are all hard ones, we treat everyone with the same respect, it's a tough competition, we go from here to Sharjah for two games in five days."

Aaron Finch: "We lost a few wickets in the Powerplay. We had to hang in there, get to a total we thought would be defendable. Woakes is a brilliant exponent when there's seam early. We had to bowl them out, but Buttler played a hell of an innings. We got off to a poor start, but a couple of days off to recharge, but we'll dust ourselves off and come back for Bangladesh."

Buttler propels England towards target

England lost the wickets of Jason Roy and Dawid Malan, but the blitzkrieg of Jos Buttler has ensured that England are still firmly in the driver's seat. He got to his fifty off just 25 balls, the joint-fastest in the T20 World Cup.  

After 6 overs, England are 66/0

Jos Buttler and Jason Roy have gotten England off to a flyer as they chase a paltry target of 126 runs. Their chase has so far gone perfectly from ball one! The six Powerplay overs have fetched 66 runs. That last over from Mitchell Starc brought them 18 runs! England's 66 runs is the highest score in the Powerplay by a team at the T20 World Cup.

Australia all out for 125 

Australia have set England a target of 126. Barring a fighting 44-run knock from Aaron Finch and handy contributions from Matthew Wade (18) and Ashton Agar (20), the Aussies really struggled. A tall order for Australian bowlers to defend the paltry total.

After 15 overs, Australia are 67/5

34 runs out of that total have come from the bat of Aaron Finch, who has patiently built his innings while the rest of the top order has collapsed like bicycles. The Aussies desperately need some runs in the last five overs if they have to give their bowlers something to defend.  

After 10 overs, Australia 41/4

The Australians have really struggled in the first half of their innings. At one point, they were staring down the barrel with the score at 21/4. After losing David Warner, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis early on, Aaron Finch and Matthew Wade have done well to stabilise the innings. But with just 10 overs left, they now need to slam their foot on the accelerator pedal. 

Australia in trouble

After three overs, England have sent back David Warner and Steve Smith with some incredible bowling from Chris Woakes and Chris Jordan, some incredible fielding from Chris Woakes and some incredible captaincy from Eoin Morgan, who gave Jordan the third over rather than persist with Adil Rashid.

Australia are 11/2 after three overs! 

Rashid to get the proceedings underway

Adil Rashid rarely bowls in the Powerplay, but here he is with the ball as Australia start their innings. David Warner taking strike with Aaron Finch standing in the non-striker's end.