Australia v England: third men’s T20 cricket international – live

Morning everyone and welcome to a collector’s item. Yes, it’s a dead rubber, in Australia, because the Poms have already wrapped up the series. It could easily have gone the other way, after two close-run things, but … look, it didn’t.

So Jos Buttler’s new-look England are 2-0 up with one to play. After winning the Dettol Trophy, they’re eyeing a particularly clean sweep. The only worry for their supporters is that the Australians will be hell-bent on revenge when the two sides meet again in the World Cup, a fortnight from today.

Actually, that’s not the only worry. There’s the faint fretful feeling that Mark Wood may get injured again, that Adil Rashid could remain strangely out of sorts, that Ben Stokes may carry on contributing less with the bat than with his boundary acrobatics. The true sports lover knows how to whistle up a cloud on the sunniest day. But if you’re an England fan, perhaps you can at least try to inhale the sweet smell of success.

And if you’re an Aussie supporter, well, your boys only lost by eight runs each time, and in the first game that was despite resting all their big-gun bowlers. The revenge mission could well begin right here. The dish might not be cold enough, but the air looks as if it will be: the forecast for Canberra says 12-13 degrees, sunny spells and showers. Is it London in disguise?

All being well, play starts at 7.10pm local time, which is 9.10am in the UK. I’ll be back with the toss and teams about 25 minutes before that.