Australia is struggling at 54-4 against England in the second men’s cricket one-day international. England started strong, taking four early wickets to put Australia in a tough spot. Matt Renshaw and Cameron Green are currently at the crease, trying to steady the innings after the team got off to a shaky start.

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12th over: Australia 54-4 (Renshaw 26, Green 12) Finally, we have a bowling change: Baker goes off, after a typically spirited 5-0-25-1, and Dawson comes on with his steady slow left-arm. His first over goes for four singles.

11th over: Australia 50-4 (Renshaw 24, Green 10) Brook again keeps Atkinson on, and again it almost works. Atkinson bowls a bouncer, the first of the innings I believe. Green plays a pull, he gets a top edge, Liam Dawson is out there… and he drops it!

10th over: Australia 45-4 (Renshaw 23, Green 6) No change at the other end either. Baker again gets his line wrong to the left-handed Renshaw, who helps himself to a glance for four.

Here endeth the powerplay, with England in dreamland. They rattled up a record score and then took four early wickets.

Updated at 03.49 EST

9th over: Australia 38-4 (Renshaw 18, Green 4) Brook gives Atkinson one more over when Archer might have been the better bet, though it nearly pays off as Renshaw gets an inside edge that could easily have hit the stumps. Green plays his first commanding shot, a crisp square drive for three.

Updated at 03.46 EST

8th over: Australia 33-4 (Renshaw 16, Green 1) It’s a different game when Matt Renshaw is facing. He off-drives Baker’s first ball for three, though Baker does keep him quiet for four deliveries after Cameron Green gets off the mark. Renshaw has now made 16-0 off 20 balls, the rest 13-3 off 26.

Meanwhile we have an email. “Like all fair-minded England supporters,” says Brian Withington, “I take absolutely no pleasure in the continuing sandpaper saga.” Of course.

”However, I was somewhat surprised to read that Cricket Australia had excused the paucity of their investigation at the time by reassuring us that all players had been ‘available’ for interview.

”Somewhat on a par with the Met explaining away accusations of another cover up by pointing out that any overlooked witness or suspect had always been welcome to drop in for a chat at their local station?”

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7th over: Australia 32-4 (Renshaw 16, Green 0) Magnificent from Gus Atkinson: 4-0-11-3. It’s all about the wickets, but as a bonus, he has conceded fewer runs in four overs than he scored in four balls.

WICKET!! Inglis c Cox b Atkinson 3 (Australia 29-4)

Inglis, looking jittery, survives an LBW appeal as Atkinson seams the ball in. The next one holds its line, and is there a nick? Umpire says no, Brook calls for a review and Snicko says there’s a faint edge!

6th over: Australia 27-3 (Inglis 2, Renshaw 12) After taking three slip catches, England have now dropped one! Inglis, facing Baker, plays a loose guide, but Root can’t hold on as he goes low to his right. He was at full stretch, with no second slip next to him, so Brook has blotted his copybook too. Baker goes too legside-ish to the left-handed Renshaw, who gets going with two handsome clips for four.

Eleven off the over: is this a counter-attack I see before me?

Updated at 03.29 EST

5th over: Australia 16-3 (Inglis 1, Renshaw 2) Josh Inglis and Matt Renshaw both shone ifor the Aussie Test side in South Africa. Now they just need to make 150 apiece.

4th over: Australia 14-3 (Inglis 0, Renshaw 1) So Sonny Baker joins Gus Atkinson in making a strong start. But a chunk of the credit goes to Harry Brook, who gambled on Baker over Jofra Archer – and put himself in at second slip to dismiss Cooper Connolly. The great thing for England is that Australia’s two danger men, Head and Marsh, are both gone.

WICKET!!! Marsh c Root b Baker 2 (Australia 13-3)

And another! This is a wonderful catch from Joe Root, taking off to his left like a goalie. And a big scalp for Sonny Baker, who looks like a small boy opening an early Christmas present.

3rd over: Australia 13-2 (Marsh 2, Inglis 0) After two overs without a big shot, Travis Head decided it was party time and flicked Atkinson’s first ball for six over midwicket. “Sees it so late,” said a commentator, “plays it so late.” I was just thinking, not sure he sees it late, when maybe he did because he nicked it. As did Connolly, and suddenly Australia are in all sorts of trouble.

Gus Atkinson faced four balls and hit two of them for six. Now he’s bowled 12 balls and grabbed two wickets for seven.

Updated at 03.18 EST

WICKET!! Connolly c Brook b Atkinson 0 (Australia 13-2)

One brings two! Atkinson is too much for Cooper Connolly, pinning him back and drawing an edged steer. Catching practice for Harry Brook at second slip.

WICKET! Head c Root b Atkinson 7 (Australia 13-1)

Gus Atkinson does it again! He sends down a lifter outside off, Travis Head’s eyes light up, he only gets half a bat on it and it’s a simple catch for Joe Root at slip.

2nd over: Australia 7-0 (Marsh 2, Head 1) At the other end it’s Jof – no it’s not, it’s Sonny Baker. Maybe because of that early swing. Hmm, not sure this is the way to get the best out of Archer, but the bustling Baker does bring movement and more contrast with Atkinson. He gives Marsh an inswinger, clipped for a single, then an outswinger that beats him. In between, there are four leg byes and a single to Head.

1st over: Australia 1-0 (Marsh 1, Head 0) Atkinson starts well, going full and finding some outswing. Dot, dot … broken bat! Marsh prods at the second ball, gets it on the bottom of the bat and sends for a new weapon. After a delay, he prods again and picks up a single past gully. Head, who was out for a duck to Atkinson in Perth, plays and misses outside off. Great stuff from Atkinson, on top of his two sixes.

The players are out there. Gus Atkinson has the new ball and he will bowl to Mitch Marsh, with Travis Head, on his home ground, at the other end.

The Aussies need a record too – the highest run chase in a one-day international in Australia. The current best is 334.

That record-breaking England scorecard divides neatly into three thirds. Tom Banton, continuing his ascent: 121 off 99 balls with four sixes. Duckett, Root and Brook, 76 off 99 balls with no sixes – verging on the sedate. Cox, Jacks, Curran and Atkinson: 148 off 102 balls with five sixes. Stonking stuff from the last four, all of whom have another job as a bowler or keeper.

Thanks Jim and morning everyone. A few England fans would have been wondering if they would wake up to another collapse. Instead their team have gone straight from bust to boom. But Adelaide is a high-scoring ground …

James Wallace

Plenty happening on and off the field. I’m off for a strong coffee and a peruse over the latest abrasive developments. Tim de Lisle will be along very shortly to take you through Australia’s chase. Thanks for your company, goodbye.

England chalk up their highest ODI total in Australia

Now that’s a response. Gus Atkinson gives it the full long handle and smashes two sixes off Jack Edwards after Jacks brings up a 39 ball fifty. Edwards’ final over goes for 18 runs in total. Will Jacks finishes the innings with a muscular whack down the ground and England rack up 355 Down Under!

49th over: England 337-6 (Jacks 49, Atkinson) Gus Atkinson joins Will Jacks for the final over of the innings. Can England break 350?

WICKET! Sam Curran c Connolly b Johnson 14 (England 337-6)

Australia are punished for a slow over rate and have to bring a man inside the circle. Curran finds one of the four remaining boundary riders though, Spencer Johnson taking a smart catch at long on.

48th over: England 330-5 (Jacks 48, Curran 8) Edwards tries a slower ball but Curran spots it and smears away for SIX over the shorter leg side.

47th over: England 320-5 (Jacks 46, Curran 1) Sam Curran arrives at number seven and he gets off the mark to his first ball with a pulled single. Jacks comes on strike and nails a cover drive to the fence. He takes a single off the sixth to keep strike for the next.

WICKET! Jordan Cox c Renshaw b Bartlett 67 (England 314-5)

Cox’s fun comes to an end, Matt Renshaw enacting an Inspector Gadget catch leaning over the boundary sponge at deep square.

Updated at 02.11 EST

46th over: England 311-4 (Cox 67, Jacks 40) Cox is playing a gem of an innings. He hits his seventh boundary, a bunt down the ground off Edwards and the 100 partnership chimes off just 67 balls.

45th over: England 301-4 (Cox 62, Jacks 34) Cox and Jacks getting England a sniff of 350. The former finds the fence with a deft reverse and the latter with a meaty cut. 300 up, five overs to go.

44th over: England 288-4 (Cox 57, Jacks 28) Cox and Jacks combining nicely. Zampa is taken for eleven runs off his penultimate over, a Cox lofted drive for four the highlight.

43rd over: England 277-4 (Cox 50, Jacks 24) Some shot to go to fifty from Jordan Cox! He takes one hand off the bat to a delivery from Jack Edwards that stuck in the pitch but middled it so sweetly that it flew over the boundary for SIX anyway. 39 balls for his half ton, England will put the pedal to the metal now.

42nd over: England 268-4 (Cox 43, Jacks 22) Adam Zampa has three overs up his sleeve. Marsh gives his him the nod. A drag down lets Will Jacks sit back and slam for SIX over the leg side. Ten off the over and the fifty partnership between Cox and Jacks.

41st over: England 258-4 (Cox 41, Jacks 14) Cox does the one-two punch on Johnson, driving for four through cover and then scooping the full response for four more next ball. Clever Jordan.

40th over: England 245-4 (Cox 28, Jacks 14) Right then, into the last ten overs. England need to find the boundaries but Australia have got five men out patrolling. Connolly has bowled three very handy overs and has 1-11. Spencer Johnson coming back for his seventh.

Updated at 01.44 EST

39th over: England 239-4 (Cox 24, Jacks 13) Velvet touch from Will Jacks, he gives himself room and late cuts Bartlett for four. Four singles takes it to four off the over. Sam Curran and Liam Dawson are the next men in for England.

38th over: England 231-4 (Cox 22, Jacks 7) Australia doing well to peg England back here, Meredith finishes with 1-75 off his ten overs.

37th over: England 224-4 (Cox 19, Jacks 2) Decent over from Bartlett who sends down some nice leg cutters, six off it and we approach a crucial final ten overs.

36th over: England 218-4 (Cox 15, Jacks 1) Cox pulls to deep midwicket and there’s a lesser spotted all run four! You don’t get those at Taunton.

35th over: England 212-4 (Cox 10, Jacks 0) Will Jacks joins Jordan Cox. Still plenty to do for England in the final third of their innings.

WICKET! Tom Banton c Green b Bartlett 121 (England 212-4)

Yikes. Banton slams two sixes in a row off Bartlett but the bowler has the last laugh as he gets the dangerman in the end. Short ball once more, Banton pulls hard but is snaffled in the deep. That’s a big moment.

Updated at 01.39 EST

34th over: England 198-3 (Banton 109, Cox 9) Zampa gets in and out for just four runs.

I’ve just been reading former England Captain Alastair Cook over in The Times. He was famously non sweaty and thus England’s ball polisher in chief. He’s got a decent grip on the stirring spoon too:

double quotation markFor batsmen the tool of their trade is their bat, for bowlers it is the ball. It’s their pride and joy. I was studying the ball closely after every delivery. You’d notice the tiniest mark on it that hadn’t been there before. And if there was anything even slightly unusual you’d be thinking, ‘What’s happened here?’ And then I’d throw it back to the bowler, who would study it before deciding what they were going to bowl and what side they wanted the rough side on. They would have a memory of what that ball looked like and if something was different.”

33rd over: England 194-3 (Banton 107, Cox 7) Cox drives nicely for four down the ground. England must have an eye on 330-350 here. The pitch looks a belter.

Updated at 01.09 EST

Banton hits his second ODI century

There it is! A scampered two into the off side brings up Tom Banton’s second ODI ton. A fine innings this one, I don’t recall a chance being offered and he’s ticked along merrily, reaching three figures off just 86 deliveries. He’s the big wicket, if he bats through England will post a sizeable total.

32nd over: England 184-3 (Banton 102, Cox 3)

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31st over: England 179-3 (Banton 98, Cox 2) Jordan Cox joins Banton with Australia hauling England back with those two quick wickets. Cox off the mark with a pull for one. Two more pulled singles see Banton to the cusp of a ton.

WICKET! Harry Brook b Meredith 5 (England 175-3)

Gah. Brook gets funky and pays the price. He steps across and attempts a scoop but ends up dumping the ball into his own stumps. Meredith can’t believe his luck.

Updated at 01.09 EST

30th over: England 175-2 (Banton 96, Brook 5) Zampa puts the breaks on momentarily, just three singles off his fifth over. Marsh is persisting with the leaky Meredith…

29th over: England 172-2 (Banton 95, Brook 3) Banton tucks into Meredith again and sails into the 90s! Sixteen runs off the over – two pulls for four and a tickle off the legs make it three boundaries off the over. Brook is off the mark with a pull of his own for two but is happy to reside in the Banton slipstream… for now.

28th over: England 156-2 (Banton 82, Brook 0) Here’s Harry Brook. Do not adjust your set. Oh, Brook plays out three dots to start with and that’s the end of Connolly’s partnership busting over.

WICKET! Joe Root c sub (L Scott) b Connolly 62 (England 156-2)

Out of nowhere! Root mistimes a pull shot and splices a simple catch to cover. He looks disgusted with himself and trudges off, ugly dismissal to end a pristine innings.

Updated at 01.20 EST

27th over: England 155-1 (Banton 81, Root 62) It’s an expensive return for Johnson, Banton bunts for four down the ground and both batters are busy, picking the gaps for ones and twos. Ten off the over.

26th over: England 145-1 (Banton 75, Root 58) Marsh continues to rotate his bowlers, Riley Meredith is back. He polishes up his figures with just three off the over. Spencer Johnson is coming back too, Marsh really trying to engineer the breakthrough Australia depserately need.

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25th over: England 142-1 (Banton 74, Root 58) Banton heaves into the leg side for… SIX. Edwards dropped a smidge too short and the Somerset man was onto it in a flash, he’s been very strong in that area today.

Updated at 00.32 EST

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10th over: Australia 45-4 (Renshaw 23, Green 6) No change at the other end either. Baker again gets his line wrong to the left-handed Renshaw, who helps himself to a glance for four.

Here endeth the powerplay, with England in dreamland. They rattled up a record score and then took four early wickets.

Updated at 03.49 EST

Updated at 03.46 EST

Meanwhile we have an email. “Like all fair-minded England supporters,” says Brian Withington, “I take absolutely no pleasure in the continuing sandpaper saga.” Of course.

Updated at 03.42 EST

WICKET!! Inglis c Cox b Atkinson 3 (Australia 29-4)

Eleven off the over: is this a counter-attack I see before me?

Updated at 03.29 EST

5th over: Australia 16-3 (Inglis 1, Renshaw 2) Josh Inglis and Matt Renshaw both shone ifor the Aussie Test side in South Africa. Now they just need to make 150 apiece.

WICKET!!! Marsh c Root b Baker 2 (Australia 13-3)

And another! This is a wonderful catch from Joe Root, taking off to his left like a goalie. And a big scalp for Sonny Baker, who looks like a small boy opening an early Christmas present.

Gus Atkinson faced four balls and hit two of them for six. Now he’s bowled 12 balls and grabbed two wickets for seven.

Updated at 03.18 EST

WICKET!! Connolly c Brook b Atkinson 0 (Australia 13-2)

One brings two! Atkinson is too much for Cooper Connolly, pinning him back and drawing an edged steer. Catching practice for Harry Brook at second slip.

WICKET! Head c Root b Atkinson 7 (Australia 13-1)

Gus Atkinson does it again! He sends down a lifter outside off, Travis Head’s eyes light up, he only gets half a bat on it and it’s a simple catch for Joe Root at slip.

The players are out there. Gus Atkinson has the new ball and he will bowl to Mitch Marsh, with Travis Head, on his home ground, at the other end.

The Aussies need a record too – the highest run chase in a one-day international in Australia. The current best is 334.

James Wallace

England chalk up their highest ODI total in Australia

49th over: England 337-6 (Jacks 49, Atkinson) Gus Atkinson joins Will Jacks for the final over of the innings. Can England break 350?

WICKET! Sam Curran c Connolly b Johnson 14 (England 337-6)

Australia are punished for a slow over rate and have to bring a man inside the circle. Curran finds one of the four remaining boundary riders though, Spencer Johnson taking a smart catch at long on.

48th over: England 330-5 (Jacks 48, Curran 8) Edwards tries a slower ball but Curran spots it and smears away for SIX over the shorter leg side.

WICKET! Jordan Cox c Renshaw b Bartlett 67 (England 314-5)

Cox’s fun comes to an end, Matt Renshaw enacting an Inspector Gadget catch leaning over the boundary sponge at deep square.

Updated at 02.11 EST

46th over: England 311-4 (Cox 67, Jacks 40) Cox is playing a gem of an innings. He hits his seventh boundary, a bunt down the ground off Edwards and the 100 partnership chimes off just 67 balls.

45th over: England 301-4 (Cox 62, Jacks 34) Cox and Jacks getting England a sniff of 350. The former finds the fence with a deft reverse and the latter with a meaty cut. 300 up, five overs to go.

44th over: England 288-4 (Cox 57, Jacks 28) Cox and Jacks combining nicely. Zampa is taken for eleven runs off his penultimate over, a Cox lofted drive for four the highlight.

41st over: England 258-4 (Cox 41, Jacks 14) Cox does the one-two punch on Johnson, driving for four through cover and then scooping the full response for four more next ball. Clever Jordan.

Updated at 01.44 EST

38th over: England 231-4 (Cox 22, Jacks 7) Australia doing well to peg England back here, Meredith finishes with 1-75 off his ten overs.

37th over: England 224-4 (Cox 19, Jacks 2) Decent over from Bartlett who sends down some nice leg cutters, six off it and we approach a crucial final ten overs.

36th over: England 218-4 (Cox 15, Jacks 1) Cox pulls to deep midwicket and there’s a lesser spotted all run four! You don’t get those at Taunton.

35th over: England 212-4 (Cox 10, Jacks 0) Will Jacks joins Jordan Cox. Still plenty to do for England in the final third of their innings.

WICKET! Tom Banton c Green b Bartlett 121 (England 212-4)

Updated at 01.39 EST

34th over: England 198-3 (Banton 109, Cox 9) Zampa gets in and out for just four runs.

33rd over: England 194-3 (Banton 107, Cox 7) Cox drives nicely for four down the ground. England must have an eye on 330-350 here. The pitch looks a belter.

Updated at 01.09 EST

Banton hits his second ODI century

32nd over: England 184-3 (Banton 102, Cox 3)

Updated at 01.07 EST

WICKET! Harry Brook b Meredith 5 (England 175-3)

Gah. Brook gets funky and pays the price. He steps across and attempts a scoop but ends up dumping the ball into his own stumps. Meredith can’t believe his luck.

Updated at 01.09 EST

30th over: England 175-2 (Banton 96, Brook 5) Zampa puts the breaks on momentarily, just three singles off his fifth over. Marsh is persisting with the leaky Meredith…

28th over: England 156-2 (Banton 82, Brook 0) Here’s Harry Brook. Do not adjust your set. Oh, Brook plays out three dots to start with and that’s the end of Connolly’s partnership busting over.

WICKET! Joe Root c sub (L Scott) b Connolly 62 (England 156-2)

Out of nowhere! Root mistimes a pull shot and splices a simple catch to cover. He looks disgusted with himself and trudges off, ugly dismissal to end a pristine innings.

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WICKET!! Inglis c Cox b Atkinson 3 (Australia 29-4)

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WICKET!!! Marsh c Root b Baker 2 (Australia 13-3)

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WICKET!! Connolly c Brook b Atkinson 0 (Australia 13-2)

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WICKET! Head c Root b Atkinson 7 (Australia 13-1)

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WICKET! Sam Curran c Connolly b Johnson 14 (England 337-6)

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WICKET! Jordan Cox c Renshaw b Bartlett 67 (England 314-5)

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WICKET! Tom Banton c Green b Bartlett 121 (England 212-4)

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Banton hits his second ODI century

32nd over: England 184-3 (Banton 102, Cox 3)

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WICKET! Harry Brook b Meredith 5 (England 175-3)

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WICKET! Joe Root c sub (L Scott) b Connolly 62 (England 156-2)

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