ENG VS AUS - 1st ODI, Australia tour of England, 2018

Neither team can quite certainly claim that they've had a great day. Australia more so than England. Nevertheless, both teams will draw plenty of positives and expect them to put in a bigger and better show with the bat come Saturday; the 16th of June. Do remember to tune in for that. Thanks for keeping us entertained with your witty, informative comments. Keep 'em coming. Until next time, this is Raju Peethala wishing goodbye on behalf of Vineet Anantharaman, Nikhil Jadhav and our scorer Shashikant Singh.

Moeen Ali, Man of the Match: Always great. The most important thing is that we won the game. You need to understand the mindset of the batters a little bit. To be consistent and try and mix the pace and the length is the key. It's always difficult when you bowl against some top class players, but you need to stick to your strengths. Obviously we won the game and that is the most important thing. One format to concentrate at the moment and happy with the way things are going.

Eoin Morgan, captain of England: Very pleased. The two spinners turned the game in our favour. They have done it many times in the past and it is no different today. He (Moeen Ali) always gives you an option. He is a bit like Ben Stokes, you throw him in any situation and he will come out trumps. The Scotland game kicked us into touch and helped us hone our skills. The big positive from today is that we were way off the mark with our batting but managed to win the game. Nice to bat with Joe today and get some momentum going. It's more important that we won. He's (Root) a genius and I see him and there's nothing unachievable with him in the side. We would have liked to press on a bit more with the ball but really happy with the way things have gone.

Tim Paine, captain of Australia: Certainly difficult. They bat very deep and I thought our bowlers bowled well. All the guys have played a bit of Big Bash and they've got good white ball skills. We couldn't time well against their spinners and I thought our pacers bowled well. Our top four didn't quite do the job for us. Maxi has been hitting the ball well in the nets and it is nice to see him translate that in this game. Our top 4-5 didn't get the job done and when you're defending such a total you won't win many games.

19:55 local: Not enough runs in the bank to cause any late jitters. After losing three wickets inside 8 overs, England's Test and ODI captain got together to engineer a game-sealing 115-run stand which eventually put paid to hopes of an Aussie comeback. Morgan, who had been copping a lot of flak of late, should be credited for the way he paced the chase and his innings. Never wasted a single opportunity to stamp his authority and to his delight, he found great ally in Joe Root who steadied the ship before causing a bit of a stumble towards the end. Willey, Moeen Ali and Plunkett did their bit to put the finishing touches. Stanlake, by far, has been the best Aussie bowler on show. The rest....um, not quite!!

Neser to Willey, SIX, stands still, clears his front leg and parcels Neser into the stands. Sealed! England win by 3 wickets and lead the 5-match series 1-0

Neser to Willey, 2 runs, drives to mid-off and takes on the fielder's arm. Stoinis hits direct at the bowler's end and to worsen matters he concedes an overthrow

Neser to Willey, no run, slight leading edge on the flick and it drops well short of the bowler

Ankit: No matter the result today, but this Aussie attack is sending a message to the world in days to come!!

Neser to Plunkett, 1 run, sends an educated edge past the diving backward point and down to third man

Neser to Willey, 1 run, glances this off his pads and claims his highest score in ODI cricket. Not sure the crowd knows it, but they cheer for the single after a raft of dots

Naymar: David Willey seems to have learnt from Dhoni - to take it deep, very deep and stay calm.

Neser to Willey, no run, 12th dot ball in a row! Willey jumps and tucks this length ball to short mid-wicket

Michael Neser [7.0-1-36-2] is back into the attack

Kane Richardson to Plunkett, no run, yorker shaping in towards middle, jammed back to KR

Kane Richardson to Plunkett, no run, make that three in a row, ladies and gents

Kane Richardson to Plunkett, no run, on a length around off, Plunkett is in no mood to play his shots, pushed back to the bowler

Kane Richardson to Plunkett, no run, shuffles a tad and plays the full ball back to the bowler

Kane Richardson to Plunkett, no run, gently driven to the man at mid-off, yes gently

Kane Richardson to Plunkett, no run, good length on middle and off, Plunkett's shadow-practicing his County block dance shots

Kane Richardson [8.0-0-49-1] is back into the attack

Andrew Tye to Willey, no run, slower ball dips in front of middle, driven straight to mid-on