Finally, the late collapse didn’t price Australia as there have been no fireworks from England.
Salt was reprieved by being caught off a no-ball first up however there was no such luck for Will Jacks as he picked out Brief at fantastic leg within the subsequent over.
Debutant Jordan Cox and Salt each fell earlier than the top of the powerplay and when Zampa bowled Jacob Bethell, additionally making his worldwide debut, England have been struggling at 52-4.
Livingstone and Curran have been comfortable to bide their time and attempt to rebuild however simply as they began to speed up, Sean Abbott had Curran caught at brief fantastic leg.
Josh Hazlewood bowled Livingstone, who performed nicely for his 37 from 27 balls, three deliveries later and from there England seemed overwhelmed.
The wily Zampa bowled Jamie Overton, on his T20I debut, leaving the England bowlers to try to rescue the state of affairs for the second time within the match.
They took the sport into the final over with out ever threatening to overtake Australia’s whole.
England should hope a high seven, which included all three debutants and is lacking skipper Jos Buttler, study rapidly in opposition to a top-class opponent to show the collection round.
Australia’s important concern can be over the health of quick bowler Xavier Bartlett, who pulled up with two balls left of his remaining over and should now be a doubt for the matches in Cardiff and Manchester.
