47th over: England 320-5 (Jacks 46, Curran 1) Sam Curran arrives at number seven and he gets off the mark to his first ball with a pulled single. Jacks comes on strike and nails a cover drive to the fence. He takes a single off the sixth to keep strike for the next.

Cox's fun comes to an end, Matt Renshaw enacting an Inspector Gadget catch leaning over the boundary sponge at deep square.

46th over: England 311-4 (Cox 67, Jacks 40) Cox is playing a gem of an innings. He hits his seventh boundary, a bunt down the ground off Edwards and the 100 partnership chimes off just 67 balls.

45th over: England 301-4 (Cox 62, Jacks 34) Cox and Jacks getting England a sniff of 350. The former finds the fence with a deft reverse and the latter with a meaty cut. 300 up, five overs to go.

44th over: England 288-4 (Cox 57, Jacks 28) Cox and Jacks combining nicely. Zampa is taken for eleven runs off his penultimate over, a Cox lofted drive for four the highlight.

43rd over: England 277-4 (Cox 50, Jacks 24) Some shot to go to fifty from Jordan Cox! He takes one hand off the bat to a delivery from Jack Edwards that stuck in the pitch but middled it so sweetly that it flew over the boundary for SIX anyway. 39 balls for his half ton, England will put the pedal to the metal now.

42nd over: England 268-4 (Cox 43, Jacks 22) Adam Zampa has three overs up his sleeve. Marsh gives his him the nod. A drag down lets Will Jacks sit back and slam for SIX over the leg side. Ten off the over and the fifty partnership between Cox and Jacks.

41st over: England 258-4 (Cox 41, Jacks 14) Cox does the one-two punch on Johnson, driving for four through cover and then scooping the full response for four more next ball. Clever Jordan.

40th over: England 245-4 (Cox 28, Jacks 14) Right then, into the last ten overs. England need to find the boundaries but Australia have got five men out patrolling. Connolly has bowled three very handy overs and has 1-11. Spencer Johnson coming back for his seventh.

39th over: England 239-4 (Cox 24, Jacks 13) Velvet touch from Will Jacks, he gives himself room and late cuts Bartlett for four. Four singles takes it to four off the over. Sam Curran and Liam Dawson are the next men in for England.

38th over: England 231-4 (Cox 22, Jacks 7) Australia doing well to peg England back here, Meredith finishes with 1-75 off his ten overs.

37th over: England 224-4 (Cox 19, Jacks 2) Decent over from Bartlett who sends down some nice leg cutters, six off it and we approach a crucial final ten overs.

36th over: England 218-4 (Cox 15, Jacks 1) Cox pulls to deep midwicket and there's a lesser spotted all run four! You don't get those at Taunton.

35th over: England 212-4 (Cox 10, Jacks 0) Will Jacks joins Jordan Cox. Still plenty to do for England in the final third of their innings.

Yikes. Banton slams two sixes in a row off Bartlett but the bowler has the last laugh as he gets the dangerman in the end. Short ball once more, Banton pulls hard but is snaffled in the deep. That's a big moment.

34th over: England 198-3 (Banton 109, Cox 9) Zampa gets in and out for just four runs.

I've just been reading former England Captain Alastair Cook over in The Times. He was famously non sweaty and thus England's ball polisher in chief. He's got a decent grip on the stirring spoon too:

For batsmen the tool of their trade is their bat, for bowlers it is the ball. It's their pride and joy. I was studying the ball closely after every delivery. You'd notice the tiniest mark on it that hadn't been there before. And if there was anything even slightly unusual you'd be thinking, 'What's happened here?' And then I'd throw it back to the bowler, who would study it before deciding what they were going to bowl and what side they wanted the rough side on. They would have a memory of what that ball looked like and if something was different."

33rd over: England 194-3 (Banton 107, Cox 7) Cox drives nicely for four down the ground. England must have an eye on 330-350 here. The pitch looks a belter.

There it is! A scampered two into the off side brings up Tom Banton's second ODI ton. A fine innings this one, I don't recall a chance being offered and he's ticked along merrily, reaching three figures off just 86 deliveries. He's the big wicket, if he bats through England will post a sizeable total.

32nd over: England 184-3 (Banton 102, Cox 3)

31st over: England 179-3 (Banton 98, Cox 2) Jordan Cox joins Banton with Australia hauling England back with those two quick wickets. Cox off the mark with a pull for one. Two more pulled singles see Banton to the cusp of a ton.

Gah. Brook gets funky and pays the price. He steps across and attempts a scoop but ends up dumping the ball into his own stumps. Meredith can't believe his luck.

30th over: England 175-2 (Banton 96, Brook 5) Zampa puts the breaks on momentarily, just three singles off his fifth over. Marsh is persisting with the leaky Meredith…

29th over: England 172-2 (Banton 95, Brook 3) Banton tucks into Meredith again and sails into the 90s! Sixteen runs off the over – two pulls for four and a tickle off the legs make it three boundaries off the over. Brook is off the mark with a pull of his own for two but is happy to reside in the Banton slipstream… for now.

28th over: England 156-2 (Banton 82, Brook 0) Here's Harry Brook. Do not adjust your set. Oh, Brook plays out three dots to start with and that's the end of Connolly's partnership busting over.

Out of nowhere! Root mistimes a pull shot and splices a simple catch to cover. He looks disgusted with himself and trudges off, ugly dismissal to end a pristine innings.

27th over: England 155-1 (Banton 81, Root 62) It's an expensive return for Johnson, Banton bunts for four down the ground and both batters are busy, picking the gaps for ones and twos. Ten off the over.

26th over: England 145-1 (Banton 75, Root 58) Marsh continues to rotate his bowlers, Riley Meredith is back. He polishes up his figures with just three off the over. Spencer Johnson is coming back too, Marsh really trying to engineer the breakthrough Australia depserately need.

25th over: England 142-1 (Banton 74, Root 58) Banton heaves into the leg side for… SIX. Edwards dropped a smidge too short and the Somerset man was onto it in a flash, he's been very strong in that area today.

24th over: England 136-1 (Banton 68, Root 58) I'm not distracted, distracted.

On the pitch, Marsh shuffles his pack again. Matt Renshaw turns his arm over, Banton licks his lips and smears four through cover. Seven off the over.

23rd over: England 129-1 (Banton 63, Root 55) We enter the nurdling hour? Josh Inglis is up to the stumps to Edwards but England are content to pick off the runs. Five off the over.

Meanwhile: Chadd Sayers has only gone and blown the bloody doors off:

The former Australia bowler Chadd Sayers says he is confident "everyone" in the Australian Test side knew of the sandpaper ball-tampering plan, backing Usman Khawaja's version of what happened in South Africa.

Sayers, a member of the touring party for the 2018 series, also rejected Pat Cummins' claim that there was no team meeting to discuss collective responsibility and took aim at the Australian captain for getting "personal" with Khawaja in his press conference on the scandal.

I'm comfortable sitting here … that I believe that everyone in that side knew what was going on and what was being used," Sayers told SEN radio on Sunday. "I'm not taking sides. I'm neutral in all this,. I'm just trying to tell my side of the story and what I believe happened."

22nd over: England 124-1 (Banton 62, Root 51) Cooper Connolly into the attack for the first time. Root leans on a drive and takes a single down to long on to bring up his fifty. Over to Phil Withall who emails with Root-esque timing:

"Joe Root really isn't normal, he can't be. Just off 200 ODI's with an average of over 50 is not the consistency of a normal person. I truly love him. Long may he continue..."

21st over: England 119-1 (Banton 60, Root 49) Root moves to the cusp of a run a ball fifty with a delicious caress through the leg side. Marsh opened up the gap and Root spotted it, walking across his stumps and timing it sweetly for four.

20th over: England 113-1 (Banton 59, Root 44) Zampa into his groove. Five singles. Right, Riley Meredith has been hoicked by his skipper and Jack Edwards is coming back. England eyeing a big total to get themselves back into this series, the engine of Brook, Cox, Curran and Jacks currently purring in the sheds.

19th over: England 108-1 (Banton 57, Root 41) Banton has taken a liking to Riley Meredith, another bristling pull shot to a short of a length ball peppers the midwicket fence. The bowler responds with a decent yorker that has to be dug out but Banton is up to the challenge.

18th over: England 102-1 (Banton 52, Root 40) Zampa is worked around for four single, that's the 100 up for England. Australia need to break this partnership. Well, .

17th over: England 98-1 (Banton 50, Root 38) I'm back with Kenco in hand in time to see Tom Banton notch up a 45 ball half century. Can he go on and post a big one? Root is lucky to get away with some jiggery pokery ramp stuff that sees him somehow top edge to fine leg and pinch a couple more.

16th over: England 94-1 (Banton 43, Root 35) Shot! Banton scorches a cover drive off Zampa, he's looking dangerous and laying a decent platform. Zampa responds with a faster fuller ball that almost bowls the Somerset man as he misses a reverse sweep but it is England who reach the first drinks break the happier of the two sides.

Right, time for me to creep to the kitchen and make a strong coffee without waking the rest of the Wallace household. Imagine Catherine Zeta Jones in Entrapment. Less lasers, more creaky floorboards.

15th over: England 85-1 (Banton 43, Root 32) Meredith is leaking runs at the minute, Root glides for four past point and Banton collects three with a firm punch out to the deep on the offside.

14th over: England 77-1 (Banton 40, Root 27) Zampa mixes up his first over well, flighting some and spearing the rest. Just three runs off it.

13th over: England 74-1 (Banton 38, Root 25) Edwards blots his copybook off the last ball of a frugal over, dropping short and pulled away by Banton for four. England ticking along at a run a ball at the moment, here comes Adam Zampa.

12th over: England 67-1 (Banton 34, Root 23) Eleven runs off Riley Meredith's first over as he commits the cardinal sin of straying on to Root's pads where he is duly dispatched for two boundaries through the leg side.

11th over: England 56-1 (Banton 33, Root 13) Jack Edwards and his medium pacers are introduced by Mitch Marsh. It's a decent first over, just two runs off it and Joe Root plays and misses at a full ball with a nice arc of shape away on it.

10th over: England 54-1 (Banton 32, Root 12) Ahhhh liquid Rooooot. Johnson is full on off stump and Root gets on the front foot and cover drives for four. First Powerplay done and dusted.

Good morning to Darryl Accone.

"Morning, James. Funny you should mention the S word."

I don't know what possessed me, Darryl.

"As a South African, it seems to me that although David Warner and Steve Smith were forgiven for Sandpapergate (Enough! -- Ed.) and rehabilitated by the establishment, Cameron Bancroft has been scapegoated -- not for "applying" sandpaper to the ball but for being discovered doing so. It's a cowardly revenge by cricket in Australia/ Cricket Australia on someone who seemingly was coerced into cheating.

The failure of Australia's subsequent search for a reliable opening pair can be ascribed to that "original sin". Surely it's time the Australian selectors put aside their animus towards Bancroft and pick him. He had an excellent Shield season in 2024/5 but was passed over, including for Sam Konstas, who proved essentially a one-trick pony, his debut knock of 60 or so. Bancroft has gone off the boil but is as good as any of the other candidates for the job.

Justice and selection common sense should prevail. Free Cameron Bancroft!"

9th over: England 46-1 (Banton 32, Root 6) Another slice of luck for Banton as top edge flies over the keeper for four more. Decent start this for England despite the early loss of Duckett.

8th over: England 41-1 (Banton 26, Root 5) Banton takes ten runs off the over thanks to a flat pull off his hip for four and then a top edged pull a few balls later that flies over the short square boundary for SIX. Tom is ticking.

7th over: England 31-1 (Banton 16, Root 5) Root works another single fine and Banton shows he isn't shaken up by the blow to the head with a crisply driven four down the ground. A fair few empty seats at Adelaide Oval but apparently there are 20,000 fans in.

6th over: England 25-1 (Banton 11, Root 4) Dramatic scenes as Banton is clobbered on the lid by a Bartlett bouncer and his stem guards go flying into the air like two surprised eyebrows. He's checked over and is good to continue. Root is off the mark with a flick to fine leg and follows up with a firmer clip off his pads through midwicket for three. Six off the over in all.

5th over: England 19-1 (Banton 9, Root 0) Joe Root arrives at first drop for England. Two slips back in place now, a solid punch to mid off from England's greatest with the bat in hand (no emails please) sees out the over.

Duckett survives a huge LBW shout early in the over from Bartlett, surviving a bail trimmer on Umpire's call but then rather gives his wicket away with a slash straight to Cooper Connolly at backward point. Decent low catch and Australia have their first scalp.

4th over: England 17-0 (Banton 8, Duckett 9) Apologies my tv cut off at a crucial moment… four runs came off Johnson's second over but England have also lost their first wicket… (ellipsis of doom for Ben Duckett)

3rd over: England 13-0 (Banton 5, Duckett 8) An early victory for England as Marsh does a way with one slip. Runs could be the order of the day on first glance at this pitch and outfield. *Cue another historic batting collapse*. Duckett clubs a four through the off side and is then squared up slightly to a ball that angles across him.

Off the pitch meanwhile. It's been a quiet morning with nothing further said about the S word… NOT! More on that soon.

2nd over: England 7-0 (Banton 5, Duckett 2) Spencer Johnson shares the new nut with two slips in position for the edge. He beats Duckett with one that nips away and the wee man can't help but have a flirt at it outside off. The pint sized puncher then settles into his work with a cut for another single. Shot! Banton times the undercrackers off a clip off his pads that whistles away for England's first boundary.

1st over: England 2-0 (Banton 1, Duckett 1) Can England make a better first of things with the bat in this second match? Both openers get off the mark with singles off the first over, Bartlett is full and finding a little shape. Decent crowd in and they'll be hoping for a tighter contest than Perth. I think.

Righto, here we go. The players are out in the middle, England's opening pair of Duckett and Banton scritch scratch their guards and Xavier Bartlett is going to start with the new Kooka for Australia. PLAY!

Ali also reveals he had a decent flight companion on the trip to Adelaide:

In other news, a shame to see Mahli Beardman miss out for the Aussies after his starring role two days ago. But understandable, too, given the tight turnaround and his recent return from a back stress fracture. Sat next to him on the flight to Adelaide, as it happens. A sparky, chatty lad with clear Test ambitions (he is keen to play some county cricket at some point also). Still to make his first-class debut but then Pat Cummins had only played a handful before he got his Baggy Green."

Ali Martin is in situ at Adelaide Oval and sends the following missive across the continents about the MIA Adil Rashid:

Morning Jimbo, away from sandpaper redux it's another day looking on from the sidelines for Adil Rashid. Harry Brook said conditions the reason behind him missing out in Pakistan and then Perth ... but to miss out in Adelaide suggests a bit more to it. England could argue that with Sonny Baker coming in for Craig Overton, Dawson's lower order batting required (even after a duck in the first ODI). But it's becoming a bit of a curio."

The coin is flipped at the Adelaide Oval and it comes down on the side of the home team. Mitch Marsh sticks England in with the Perth schmozzle still fresh in their memory.

It's no secret we like to chase. We know the wicket stays really good here in Adelaide. Hopefully we can get the most out of it early and then chase it down under lights."

He then confirms that the star from Perth is rested today:

Mahli Beardman, young kid, tough to back up on 48 hours turnaround, he rests today and Riley Meredith comes in."

Hear that? Is that a collective sigh of relief from England's batting card?

Sonny Baker comes in for England, in place of Jamie Overton. Brook admits he would have had a bowl first too.

: 1 Travis Head, 2 Mitchell Marsh (c), 3 Cooper Connolly, 4 Josh Inglis (wk), 5 Matt Renshaw, 6 Cameron Green, 7 Jack Edwards, 8 Xavier Bartlett, 9 Adam Zampa, 10 Spencer Johnson, 11 Riley Meredith

: 1 Ben Duckett, 2 Tom Banton, 3 Joe Root, 4 Harry Brook (c), 5 Jordan Cox (wk), 6 Sam Curran, 7 Will Jacks, 8 Liam Dawson, 9 Gus Atkinson, 10 Sonny Baker, 11 Jofra Archer

Nothing to see here. Nothing at all. It's been a quiet week in the cricket world all told. Sand…what? Oh, well, yes. There was something…

Apart from that though, quite sleepy really. Oh and Australia walloped England in Perth, again.

Ali Martin was our man at the Optus and witnessed Mahli Beardman's international arrival another stinker from England exactly twelve months on from the last one:

A week of watching Australian cricket descend into civil war ended with smiles being wiped from English faces after a stunning debut from the fast bowler Mahli Beardman consigned the tourists to an all-too-familiar hammering in Perth.

Victory in a low-key one-day international was never going to atone for the galling start to that failed Ashes campaign here 12 months ago. Nevertheless, England appeared better prepared this time, while the hosts were missing their big three quicks and fighting sandpaper-related bushfires off the field.

And yet by 4.38pm local time – nine hours after Pat Cummins had finished his marathon takedown of Usman Khawaja's autobiography in Sydney – Harry Brook's side were 1-0 down once again. Rolled for 131 all out in just 33.4 overs, having been 68 for eight at one stage, a seven-wicket loss was the upshot.

There was more than a touch of Cummins about their tormentor on the day, too, with Beardman claiming figures of six for 24 from 7.4 overs in his first ODI – a national record, no less. Just 21 years old, but already touching 90mph on the speed gun, the Western Australian looks a considerable prospect."

The whiteball sideshow to to the main circus off the field rolls into Adelaide for the second ODI between Australia and England. Nope, no idea what we'll talk about.

Play starts at 2pm ACDT/2.30pm AEDT/3.30am GMT