Australia vs England, 1st ODI at Melbourne, , Jan 12 2014 - Match Result

Okay, folks, that's yer lot for today. Brydon Coverdale's report should be your next stop and then Plays of the Day, why not? If you're in England, Sunday is your oyster; those in the Antipodes should slug a green grenade and then get to bed - remember you've got work tomorrow. To each and everyone in between, thanks for your comments, we'll be back again next week. Cheerio!

10.05pm: Another day, another win for Australia, the taste of defeat growing wearyingly familiar for England. Defending a middling target, they had to take early wickets but practically threw away the game along with several chances in the first 15 overs. Aaron Finch cruised to a century and that was plenty for Australia... and he is duly named Man of the Match.

"It's always nice to get a good start to the series, especially at your home ground," Finch says. "It was a good feeling. The way the wicket was, it swung around a bit early, a game of one-day cricket, you do need a bit of luck early, it was nice that it went our way and to contribute to a big partnership with Davey Warner. When you're batting with him it gives you confidence to give it a bit of a belt. He takes a lot of pressure off, the confidence he brings in from Test cricket, I've known him for about 15 years and it never gets boring."

England's captain, Alastair Cook: "I'm disappointed, we were probably about 20 short but we didn't bowl well enough. We wanted to keep it tight, hit the top of off, but we needed to take those chances. The batsmen wanted to get in - Finch and Warner did that - you can't just go off and running straight away but whenever we managed to build a partnership we had a setback. We've got to [manage the squad] this way, we've got a lot of one-day cricket to come and it was pleasing to see Chris Jordan come off. If things come together on the day we can be competitive at the Gabba."

Australia captain, Michael Clarke: "We were a bit sloppy in the field but did enough. I think the momentum has come from putting in the hard work, we played well in the UK and things are coming together. We've got a lot of guys who can bat and bowl, which makes my job a lot easier, in one-day cricket you need to do two things these days. We're just looking from series to series at the moment but we know the World Cup is coming along."

"Time to bring out the Undertaker," murmurs Matt

Here's Tim: "Doink the clown in the crowd, Big Show at the crease, anymore pro wrestling references anyone? I doubt even Stone Cold Steve Austin could save England now." They've been Bushwhacked again