Australia v England T20Is: All you need to know

Match dates, start times, team news, squads, TV and streaming information, and more for the upcoming series

What is it?

Australia are hosting England for a three-match T20I series.

Where is it?

The series will be held in Australia, with Perth Stadium, Perth, staging the first T20I and the remaining matches being played at Canberra's Manuka Oval.

When is it?

First T20I: Sunday, October 9 – Perth Stadium, Perth (4:10pm local time, 9:10am GMT)

Second T20I: Wednesday, October 12 – Manuka Oval, Canberra (7:10pm local time, 9:10am GMT)

Third T20I: Friday, October 14 – Manuka Oval, Canberra (7:10pm local time, 9:10am GMT)

^{Ben Stokes hasn't played a T20 since July 2021 [Clive Rose/Getty Images]}

What's at stake?

Both sides will use this series to prepare for the 2022 T20 World Cup which begins in Geelong on October 16.

Australia's first match is scheduled to take place on October 22, when they face New Zealand at the SCG, while England begin their campaign against Afghanistan in Perth on the same day. 

Form guide

England arrive in Australia off the back of a 4-3 victory over Pakistan, a result which ended a run of three consecutive T20I series defeats (South Africa, India, West Indies) stretching back to the 2021 T20 World Cup.

Since lifting the trophy, Australia have won seven T20Is from 12 (excluding their series against West Indies) but did suffer a 2-1 series defeat against India in September.

England and Australia have played eight T20Is on Australian soil, with the home side winning on seven occasions. England's sole victory came back in January 2011.

^{Tim David made his Australia debut this year [Pankaj Nangia/Getty Images]}

Who's involved?

Both sides are expected to field their 2022 T20 World Cup squads during the series, meaning Ben Stokes, Chris Jordan and Liam Livingstone will join up with England after missing the tour of Pakistan.

Stokes, who hasn't played a T20 since July 2021, will bat at No.4 during the World Cup, according to head coach Matthew Mott, so expect to see England's Test captain acclimatising to his new role during this series.

Jordan, returning from a finger injury, and captain Jos Buttler (calf) will likely be used sporadically alongside returning bowlers Chris Woakes and Mark Wood so as not to jeopardise their World Cup campaigns. Livingstone, however, who didn't travel to Pakistan, might not be risked, although he is expected to be fit for the start of the tournament.

Following some mixed individual performances in Pakistan, several players will be using this series to stake a claim for their spot in the XI.

Adil Rashid, for example, will be hoping for better luck in Australia after conceding 8.29 runs per over in Karachi and Lahore while David Willey (seven wickets, 8.57 economy) will also be hoping for a strong series given the current form of Reece Topley, England's standout bowler during the home summer, and the versatile Sam Curran. Harry Brook, Dawid Malan, and Moeen Ali are all but nailed into the XI but Alex Hales and Phil Salt are fighting to open the batting alongside Buttler. Hopefully, come the end of the third T20I, a clearer picture of England's World Cup XI will have emerged.

Australia, meanwhile, have their own batting conundrum on the eve of their title defence. In the first T20I against West Indies, who they are hosting for two matches ahead of the England series, they dropped Steve Smith and demoted captain Aaron Finch to No.4 (he scored a half-century). Cameron Green, currently not among their 15-strong T20 World Cup squad opened with David Warner, and the 23-year-old has scored 134 runs (two half-centuries) at a strike rate in excess of 180 in his first five T20Is.

^{Alex Hales and Phil Salt are battling for a spot in the England XI [Alex Davidson/Getty Images]}

Mitchell Marsh (ankle) and Marcus Stoinis (side) are easing themselves back into things following spells on the sidelines while Tim David (replacing Mitchell Swepson) will likely line up against England in an Australia shirt for the first time.

First-choice pacers Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins and opener David Warner will use the series to get some valuable game time under their belts after being used sporadically in T20s over the past 12 months while Glenn Maxwell will be hoping for an upturn in form after a disappointing 12 months with bat and ball.

Australia squad: Aaron Finch (c), Pat Cummins (vc), Ashton Agar, Tim David, Josh Hazlewood, Josh Inglis, Mitch Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Kane Richardson, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Adam Zampa

England squad: Jos Buttler (c), Moeen Ali (vc), Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Alex Hales, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood (Reserves: Liam Dawson, Richard Gleeson, Tymal Mills)

Where can I watch it?

Viewers in the UK can watch all three matches on BT Sport, with coverage of the 1st T20I beginning at 8:45am on BT Sport 1.

In Australia, the series will be shown on Foxtel and Kayo Sports.

ICC.tv is the place to go for viewers across mainland Europe and south-east Asia while beIN Sports will broadcast the series in the MENA region.

SportsMax and Willow TV will provide coverage in the Caribbean and the USA, respectively.

In New Zealand, the series will be shown on SkyNZ while viewers in Africa can catch all three matches on SuperSport.