England v Australia, first ODI, Lord's, as it happened

The last pair scamper a single from the first ball when Finn's shy at the stumps misses. A couple more singles leave Lee needing to hit all three of the last six balls out of the ground, but he can only muster a two and a couple of air shots. In the end, it was comfortable for England, but it's been a fantastic game.

Some comedy fielding from Steven Finn at short fine leg gives Australia three as the ball runs between his legs. Stuart Broad not best pleased and follows up with a wide outside Doherty's off stump. Only a couple more conceded though, leaving the Aussies needing 21 from the last over.

Graeme Swann returns, number 11 Xavier Doherty edging a chance to Craig Kieswetter, but the keeper can't cling on. I doubt that will be costly and the Somerset man has had a decent day behind the stumps up to now. When the strike is rotated, Lee charges, getting the finest of sweeps to fine leg for four. Bing Lee, the man who gives you everything, has just invented the charge sweep. What a bloke.

Brett Lee really is one of my favourite cricketers, he doesn't know when he's beaten. He backs off and smashes Bresnan over cover for four. He holds the pose just so we all know what a good shot it is. 34 needed from the final three overs, I wouldn't mind seeing Lee hang around to hit the Aussies close to this.

It would be a shame if this game meandered to an end and Brett Lee looks like he doesn't want that to happen, picking Bresnan up for a one-bounce four to cow corner. There's only six from the over though, Australia need to find the fence with much more regularity, but that looks unlikely with only the tail at the crease.

Now then, this is how you bat. Steve Finn decides to let Brett Lee smell the leather, but Lee is far too clever for him. The Aussie paceman ducks, but forgets to move his bat out of the way, with the ball hitting the back of the blade and looping over the wicketkeeper for four. You can't teach that. There's six from the over, 53 needed from the final six. Surely the goose is cooked?

Wade might have got a bit excited against Swann, but he looks a good player. Remember David Warner smashing Stuart Broad for six earlier on? Wade plays a carbon copy when Anderson drops ever so slightly short, a huge hit into the stands. There's 10 from Anderson's ninth over and, with Bopara having bowled one over earlier, you'd think that's his work done for the day.

"Something is going to happen in this over," says Simon Hughes. Wade charges at Swann, trying to hit the ball to Maida Vale, but can only inside edge onto his pad. Swann really has got the ball on a string here, tremendous control. Only three from the over as the floodlights really take effect at a darkening Lord's.

James Anderson, sore thigh and all, has returned to the field and the attack. Do Australia see this as a chance to accelerate? Wade pulls, Clarke clips, Wade cuts, and there's seven from the over. Anderson really does not look happy, like a man who knows he's injured. I thought they rested him to make sure that doesn't happen?

Now then, is Matthew Wade the man to get Australia going? He arrives with the reputation of being a fast-scoring keeper-batsman, in the mould of Healy, Gilchrist and Haddin, the men who have gone before him. He sweeps Swann for four, then tries to hit him out of the ground, only for the ball for fall short of the man at long on. Three more to fine leg and this is a good over for the Aussies.

Ask and you shall receive, Shemilt. A thick edge from Clarke goes to the third-man boundary to finally get Australia moving. The skipper and the left-handed Wade then rotate the strike for the rest of Broad's over. The tourists take eight from it, but that's still behind the rate they require.

Can you remember the last time Australia found the boundary? The required rate is now up above eight an over, another tight over from Swann leaves the tourists needing 117 from 84 balls.

On this changeable day, the evening sun and some lengthy shadows greet Stuart Broad as he gets the ball thrust back into his hand. He has a slip to Wade, with England knowing the Aussie tail will be exposed if they can take one more wicket. Broad continues the good work done by the England bowlers, with just two from the over. Are the Australians being squeezed out of this one?

Graeme Swann is back on at the conclusion of the powerplay, with Clarke and wicketkeeper Wade taking the Notts off-spinner for three from the over. Both men try using their feet to Swann, Wade already looking like a man who should be disappointed to bat below Smith.

Steve Smith is the new man. I've been looking forward to his arrival just to mention his selection in the last Ashes, when he admitted he was in the side to make sure morale was high. A sort of cheerleader. He's greeted with two slips and edges Finn in their direction, only for the ball to fall short.

Interesting move by Australia to take the batting powerplay, perhaps they feel they need to get ahead of the rate in case they cannot accelerate at the end of the innings in the same way England did. It's still Bresnan, but he gives no chance for the batsmen to pierce the field that has been brought up inside the ring. Just one from the over.

Cook finally does pull the trigger and introduce Swann to the attack. Clarke greets him with a mow across the line, but the Aussies can only manage two from the over. Tight bowling from England slowly cranks up the tension. You get the feeling something has to arrive soon - runs or wickets?

Australia finally get some relief, Hussey chopping Bresnan fine to third man for four. Was that an edge? I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. From there though, Bresnan is on the mark, forcing Hussey to defend on the off stump.

"Cook is holding Swann back from these two good players of spin," notes Phil Tufnell on TMS. At the moment, he's right as Finn continues on his home ground. Hussey takes a tight single to mid on, but Cook's throw is wide of the stumps. Only two from the over.

With Anderson off the field, Tim Bresnan comes back into the attack as the skies around Lord's darken further. More tight bowling, more watchful batting and only two come from it. We're into some middle-over sparring here.

Anderson looks to have left the field there, while Steven Finn has replaced Stuart Broad with the ball. Finn has a slip to Clarke, while England might feel his extra pace could trouble the Aussie skipper, who sometimes gets in a tangle with the short ball. Finn manages to go past the edges of both Clark and Hussey, the lanky Middlesex man finding some seam movement.

Anderson, who may or may not be carrying an injury in his left thigh, continues, keeping this Aussie pair honest around off stump. He's slightly down on pace, though, "like a racehorse that doesn't want to run", says Simon Hughes. Five from the over, Aussies rebuilding.

Broad continues to his Notts team-mate Hussey, whose brother Mike is not on this tour because of the premature birth of his fourth child. Tight stuff from Broad, just a two to deep midwicket from the over.

David Hussey joins Clarke, leaving Australia with their most experienced batsmen at the crease when they need to rebuild. Clarke gets off the mark with a beautiful straight drive, a shot befitting the arrival of the sunshine at Lord's. From the next ball, Anderson gets too straight and Clarke takes four more to long leg.

As Ed Smith tells us, Michael Clarke, the Aussie skipper, is the new man. He leaves one that nips back to him, the ball brushing his pad. Muted appeal from England, brave leave from Clarke. Tight over from the Notts man. Is It's A Wonderful Life a good film then? Am I missing out?

"The battle between these two is engrossing at the moment," says Jim Maxwell of Swann's duel with Warner. TV pictures show Andy Flower sitting on a bench on the boundary's edge chatting with Jade Dernbach. Can't think that Jade is advising him on tattoos and haircuts. Three singles from the over.

Have some of that Stuart. Broad drops fractionally, inches, short and Warner pounces. He swivels, pulling into the Mound Stand for six, easily the shot of the day so far. A text commentator shouldn't be lost for words, but I'm struggling to describe how good a shot that was.

Thanks Justin, fine work from my Mancunian hombre. Warner smears Swann towards Cook at short cover. The skipper makes the stop but rolls around as if he's been snipered. Just one from the over.

Broad's spell lasted precisely one over as Cook turns (no pun intended) to Graeme Swann at the Pavilion End. A promising start from the offie, who finds noticeable turn from around the wicket to Warner with one delivery. Both sides, you suspect, will be content with four singles from the over.

Warner is fed a leg-side long hop by Bresnan, which he treats with the disdain it deserves and thuds into the boundary boards at long-leg. A "fairly indifferent over" (Simon Hughes's words, not mine) from the all-rounder.

A double bowling change for England as Broad, the final member of the pace-bowling quartet, is thrown the ball. He too tests Bailey with some short stuff - this is clearly a plan from the hosts - and just one run from the over will please the hosts.

Thanks Sam, or should we call you Michael Fish? (I was always a John Kettley man myself - there was something about that moustache and full head of hair. Anyone else with a worrying penchant for TV weather presenters?) Bresnan comes into the attack for England and a rather uneventful over ends with Warner's agricultural mow over mid-on for four - off the back foot no less. That stroke relied on power over timing is the nicest way I can describe it.

Finn may be the quickest bowler on show, but that means nothing to Warner, who twice latches on to balls offering only a hint of width to pierce the off side. Little point in chasing either of those.

A rather nice selection of primary colours on display today - England's royal blue, Australia's boy-racer yellow and even the umpires' snazzy red jackets. Bailey pinning his own colours to the mast with that shot, a pull off Anderson that fizzed through midwicket for four. Very early on to that one - impressive so early in his innings.

Just reward for Finn, who already boasts the quickest ball of the match. And we get our first look at George Bailey, Australia's Twenty20 captain and the man charged with filling the not inconsiderable shoes of a certain Ricky Ponting at number three. He survives the two remaining balls in the over.

There's no shortage of upper-body strength on show in Aussie colours at the moment - I wonder who could bench press more - Warner or Watson? The latter pulls Anderson forcefully, but the man is perfectly stationed at deep midwicket to keep him to a single. That's not a position you see often at this stage of a one-day innings. England, like Australia in the field, have clearly done their homework.

As Mr Vaughan says, Finn is generating no little pace here - and he's clearly enjoying bowling on a pitch that offers the bowlers some assistance. A half-hearted lbw shout is followed by Ravi Bopara's fluffed attempt to collect the ball as Watson pinches a single off the last ball. If he'd picked that up, I think Watson would have been struggling...

A tidy over from Anderson, who concedes a single to Watson off the first ball but keeps Warner shackled for the next five.

Warner, the left-hander with a reputation for brutal strokeplay, favours orthodoxy as Finn starts his spell, a forcing shot off the back foot through extra cover testment to a high front elbow. Finn responds with one that nips back to rap him in the, ahem, nether regions.

Top of the afternoon to you all - and what a pleasant afternoon it has become. Under skies significantly clearer than those which greeted the England openers, Australia begin their pursuit in circumspect fashion. James Anderson bowls the first over but his radar is slightly awry and David Warner and Shane Watson are both off the mark.

Given the barrage he's facing from this England pair, Lee does well in the first part of his final over. Only two singles comes from the first three balls. Kieswetter gets a single from a slower ball, then Morgan only gets fresh air when driving at a full toss, but the Irishman finally finds the boundary from the final ball - giving a wide one some humpty and finding the point boundary.

Kieswetter is in on the act now, pummelling Shane Watson down the track for a one-bounce four. A single gets Morgan on strike, and the Irishman is at it again! When Watson drops short, he fetches it from outside off stump off the front foot for another six. This is awesome hitting by Morgan, he's so dangerous at this time of the innings. To illustrate the point, he hammers a straight drive down the ground, beating the despairing dive of Steve Smith at long off. England are on course for 275 now, and the Lord's crowd are right behind them. It's great entertainment too. 33 from the last two overs.

Brett Lee has two overs left, and he returns to presumably see out his allocation. He outfoxes Morgan with a slower-ball bouncer, but the left-hander is having no nonsense when Lee sends down a low full toss, swinging it over midwicket for six. How can Lee respond? Not well, a half-volley is short-armed into the same area by Morgan for six more. The amount of power he gets from a short backswing is unbelievable. Like Popeye on ultra-spinach.

McKay is still manfully steaming into the breeze. He could possibly do with some more streamlined ears to help him out. The big Victorian does his job though, conceding only six from the over.

We have brilliant sunshine at Lord's but the floodlights remain on because, once on, they cannot be turned off. Light is something Eoin Morgan is not struggling with as he pulls Cummins for a one-bounce four over square leg. A single takes him to 50 on his home ground, a boost for him and England after a lean spell for the Irishman - a good chanceless, knock. England ticking along nicely now, they'll be thinking of reaching a total of around 260.

Morgan looks to break the shackles, shimmying down the track to McKay and smearing through the covers for four. McKay, grimacing as he runs into the wind, responds well though, conceding only five single from the rest of the over. Nine from it, better from England.

England have stalled a little here - just six singles from Doherty, who did his job by removing Trott. His bowling is done for the day now, 1-50 off his 10.

How much will the loss of Trott affect England? I can't imagine that Kieswetter will waste much time in playing his shots, and the Somerset keeper doesn't disappoint. He strides down the track, looks to swing Clint McKay over the leg side, but only connects with fresh air. If he'd have hit that, they would have needed a taxi to fetch the ball back.

Xavier's Revenge sounds a bit like the third part of a sci-fi trilogy. Not sure what the first two bits would be though. Craig Kieswetter is the new man, and England are restricted to two from the over.

Shane Watson really does look like he has the weight of the world on his shoulders, it seems like it takes him all his effort to run up and bowl. Quieter over this one, England running well to take seven from it, concluding the batting powerplay. Average first-innings score in the last five ODI's at Lord's is 258, I fancy that England are now in better shape to go past that.

It is indeed Lee, now back on the field, with ball in hand, but he's greeted with a glorious on-drive by Morgan that gives England their first boundary in living memory. Lee then slips Trott a full bunger at waist height, that could have been nasty if it was straight, but Trott is able to guide it to third man. "The white-ball full toss can be quite handy from this end," according to Dirk Nannes on TMS. Surely bowlers don't bowl them on purpose?

Pat Cummins is recalled to the attack for the powerplay, he has a slip for Morgan, who plays and misses outside off stump. I suspect Brett Lee may bowl from the other end, but he's currently off the field and pictures show him stretching his right leg. Only two come from the first powerplay over, this is tight stuff from the Aussies.

More tight stuff from the Aussies, more watchful batting from England. Just three from Watson's over - England haven't found the boundary since the 28th over. That might soon change, though, here comes the batting powerplay.

How important will Eoin Morgan be if he sticks around until the end of the innings? He milks Doherty for a couple, leaving Trott to take a single from the final ball of the over. 33 from 53 balls for Trott. Some calm has come to the game, as if both sides are recharging for the chaos of the final 10 overs.

It's the 31st over of an ODI and Australia sense blood. Michael Clarke posts two slips to Morgan, who is now without the exaggerated up-and-down movement he had before being dropped form the Test side. The left-hander gets two through the covers when Clint McKay drops short, and England manage five from the over.

It really does look very windy out there at Lord's - left-arm spinner Doherty is bowling into the stiff breeze. With the field up, he concedes only three runs. England are into another period of consolidation, but we're into the last 20 overs.

Eoin Morgan is the new man. England will be looking to him to fire with what is arguably a long lower order - Bresnan at seven - to come. Just two more singles from the rest of McKay's over.

Bopara looks unruffled by that blow to the bonce he got from Cummins, freeing his arms to lift Doherty through the covers for four. England again building nicely.

As good as that shot from Trott was, his running in the next over is very, very bad. He pushes to the off side and sets off. Cummins, the bowler, is on it in a flash and throws at the non-striker's end. If he'd hit, Trott was gone by half the pitch, but the England man is in luck. When Bopara is on strike, there's more imagination from Clarke, posting a short mid on with his foot almost on the track.

If Ashley Giles was the King of Spain, what would that make Doherty? Whatever royalty he is, Trott cares not. The Warwickshire man skips down the track, lofting the left-armer for a one-bounce four down the ground. A shot so good it draws a gasp from this text commentator.

Bopara and Trott do well to work Cummins for five of the over, the young paceman bluffing Trott by dropping a man back on the square-leg boundary for a short ball that doesn't come. Test skipper Andrew Strauss appears in the England dressing room - does that man ever have a day off?

Clarke turns back to Doherty - a moment I've been waiting for. This is the man who took three wickets for 306 runs in the 2010-11 Ashes, averaging 102. Nathan Hauritz was so angry, he sold his kit in the front yard. Three off the over.

More good bowling from Cummins, bowling a good line with Michael Clarke's imaginative 7-2 off-side field. A second slip comes in for Bopara, but Cummins digs it in short, the ball nipping back down the Lord's slope and smashing into the Essex man's helmet. Bullseye. Ravi doesn't flinch though, and is solidly forward when the next ball is pitched up.

You have to say that was a rare loose shot from Cook, giving Australia a huge bonus. Remember how sick the Aussies were of watching Cook bat 18 months ago? The momentum has shifted at Lord's and England will be looking to do some consolidation, with Ravi Bopara joining Trott. Only three from Shane Watson's over.

Jonathan Trott is the new man. Obviously Australia are delighted to see England's run machine stroll to the crease. He's off the mark with an inside edge off Lee that goes for a single. Cook, seemingly picking up where Bell left off, pivots on a pull shot to a short ball that races away for four. "That was a lolly from Lee," says Jim Maxwell. He's right too.

Is Xavier Doherty's misery against England set to continue? He's hauled out of the attack, with Shane Watson swapping ends. The blonde all-rounder can do little to stem England's progress, Bell and Cook helping themselves to five from the set. The Aussies could do with re-grouping here, so will be glad to see drinks coming on.

Clarke obviously senses that he needs a wicket, so he turns to Brett Lee. Bing Lee, ever reliable, is on the mark, stemming the flow of runs that England have enjoyed in the past few overs. Just two from it. It looks like that rain is holding off.

Ian Bell looks full of confidence here, having what seems like an age to get on one knee and reverse paddle Doherty for four to third man. When the strike is rotated, Doherty gives Cook too much width and is cut for four more. There's a hint or more rain about....

At the risk of mockers, Ian Bell is really starting to look good here, easing new bowler Shane Watson through midwicket for four. Watson never looks too happy about having to bowl - he walks around as if his knees are held together by string - but he still manages to nibble one past Cook's outside edge.

Michael Clarke responds to this England flurry by turning to some spin. Xavier Doherty, remember him? He's the left-armer that was whacked around Adelaide by Kevin Pietersen in the last Ashes. He starts well, though - just three from the over.

England are starting to step it up a gear here, Cook lacing a drive through the covers for four off Cummins. Effortless stuff from the skip, with all the timing of Dave Grohl on the drums.

We've lost an hour so far today, but the game stays at 50 overs each. Any further disruptions will see us lose overs. When McKay overpitches, Bell gets down on one knee and drives over cover then, from the next ball, plays the most beautiful drive down the ground for four more. Lovely stuff.

Clint McKay continues, sending down an off-side wide then being taken for two to third man by Bell. There's patches of sawdust where McKay is landing, so it must be a bit greasy out there. The 29-year-old Victorian finds some movement, getting one to seam past the outside edge. It's cautious stuff in tricky conditions from England.

The resumption brings a change and our first look at Pat Cummins, the 19-year-old pacer who was named man of the match on his Test debut against South Africa. From a short run he gets good pace, causing Bell to top-edge a pull over the slips for four. Next ball, the Warwickshire man drives down the ground for three, that's a better shot.

More mizzly rain at Lord's. The MCC members have their egg and bacon umbrellas up. Brett Lee pitches up and Cook only finds fresh air with a drive, then the skip is denied four by a fantastic diving stop by David Warner at point. Three singles off the over, the Aussies have started well. Tough for the batsmen.

I think Australia are unique in world cricket, in that they play in different colours home and away. Mostly green at home, today it's all canary yellow (gold if you're deluded). Bell takes a risky single to mid on, but Pat Cummins' throw is off target when a hit might have had the Warwickshire man in trouble. There's some movement out there, and Clint McKay is finding it.

The break hasn't disrupted Brett Lee's rhythm, he's still on his uppers, causing Cook to nibble at one as it seams scross the left-hander. Skipper lucky not to get an edge. Either side of that rain break, Bing notches a maiden.

It's Clint McKay with the other new ball, we'll have to wait for a look at Pat Cummins. His first ball cannons into Ian Bell's thigh pad and runs away fine for four leg byes, but he's on the money after that, going past the outside edge with a jaffa from the last ball of the over.

He's provided England with plenty of misery in the past, but Brett Lee running in to bowl is still an awesome sight. The 35-year-old (can't believe he's reached that age) generates some good pace from his first over, with England on the way with a couple of singles.

England: Alastair Cook (capt), Ian Bell, Jonathan Trott, Ravi Bopara, Eoin Morgan, Craig Kieswetter, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, James Anderson, Steve Finn.

Australia: Shane Watson, David Warner, George Bailey, Michael Clarke, David Hussey, Steven Smith, Matthew Wade (wk), Brett Lee, Clint McKay, Pat Cummins, Xavier Doherty.