Jos Buttler and Alex Hales guided England to a brilliant eight run win over Australia after sharing a mammoth opening partnership, with Mark Wood also starring with the ball in a tense first T20I in Perth.
After England got off to an absolute flier thanks to a statement opening partnership between Buttler and Hales worth 132 runs, Australia did well to peg them back to 208-6 in the second half of the innings with Nathan Ellis picking up excellent figures of 3-20 from his four overs.
David Warner then led the way in Australia's chase with an excellent 73 off just 44 balls, sharing crucial partnerships with Mitchell Marsh and Marcus Stoinis, before Wood's heroics at the death helped England emerge victorious.
