England vs Australia LIVE: T20 World Cup result and reaction as Aussies win by 36 runs

England’s World Cup woes followed them to Barbados as their T20 defence was left looking precarious after a heavy defeat at the hands of Australia.

Six months on from a dire performance in the 50-over competition in India and four days after an unconvincing bowling display in their washed out game against Scotland, Jos Buttler’s men were thrashed by 36 runs by their Ashes rivals.

An unchanged attack was sprayed around the Kensington Oval as Australia racked up their highest score of the tournament to date, reaching 201 for seven with 13 sixes and 14 fours.

England captain Jos Buttler: “I thought they came out with a lot of intent and played really well and put us under a lot of pressure straight away. It was tough to drag it back from there. They bowled really well in that middle phase, took wickets at regular times and defended really well.

“There is always hindsight and a lot of decisions you can change or do earlier. There were a couple of soft balls where we could have saved boundaries.”

England will want to address some of the key errors that crept into their performance. The decision to bowl Will Jacks second over with the batters hitting with the breeze to the very short boundary was potentially ill-judged, and Australia capitalised.

Whereas Australia stormed ahead in their batting powerplay, hitting six sixes and putting England under pressure, when it came to Jos Buttler and Phil Salt’s turn they never got going with the same threat.

The Australian bowlers did not leave them any openings and it was a dominant victory for Mitchell Marsh’s team.

Stoinis will bowl the last over of the match. The result is not in doubt, and England will be leaving with more questions than answers.

Brook does get a four, it’s a lovely shot, and he might just want to make the most of the time in the middle now, as it’s too little too late for England.

Brook edges the ball away for a boundary from the final ball of the match, and Australia win by 36 runs

The match is just heading towards it’s inevitable conclusion now, although England will want to keep the net run rate down as much as possible.

The batters just cannot get going, or get the pace-off deliveries away. Brook is getting frustrated.

Zampa almost took a stunning catch! It was a one-handed high jumping catch, and he spilled it just at the last minute.

But it doesn’t matter, Livingstone goes next ball, caught on the boundary rope.

Zampa is into his last over. Again Livingstone and Brook are just pushing the ball out to the fielders in the deep for singles.

After 21 deliveries without a boundary, Livingstone has smashed a big six, picked the googly and sent it high into the stands.

Another single for England and it’s not even close to what they need. At the end of the last over the required run rate was 18 an over.

The match is just meandering along now to what feels like a foregone conclusion. Brooks and Livingstone are just picking up singles from Hazlewood, just hitting to the field.

The last boundary feels like a very long time ago, the hosts aren’t bad, but the field placements are just perfect.

Livingstone is the next batter in, the first ball is a wide, but he does pick up a single from the final ball of the over.

Cummins is back on to bowl, can England make the most of the extra pace?

Ali has to take risks to beat the infield, and he’s not even rewarded with a boundary, it went to the fielder in the deep and he’ll just get a single.

Another slower ball punched through the gap just brings another single.

Ali has to take risks, he goes big but doesn’t get enough on it and it’s caught by Warner on the boundary.

Brook gets off the mark with a single first ball. Bairstow never really got going despite his explosive power, but he is a typical T20 opener rather than a number four.

Ali tries to create space, but Brook prods at the next one and doesn’t get anything on it.

Brook tries to carve out space for a paddle, and again misses it.

That could be the decisive over, just two runs and a wicket.