As widely expected, 36-year-old wicket-keeper Paul Nixon makes his international debut for England in Sydney

Michael Vaughan returns from injury to lead England but loses his first toss as Australia choose to bat first

Matthew Hayden opens with Adam Gilchrist and attacks from the off - Australia score 20 off the first two overs

Hayden is out for 20; he is almost joined in the pavilion an over later by Ricky Ponting but Jon Lewis drops him

With the score about to pass the 100 mark, Gilchrist's entertaining innings of 48 is ended by Monty Panesar

Australia's captain makes the most of his second chance and plays some big shots as he races towards a half century

Panesar strikes again in the 11th over - Michael Hussey attempts a swipe, misses and Nixon stumps him

Two further wickets fall within deliveries of each other - Ponting is finally caught by Lewis and Michael Clarke is run out

Cameron White, accompanied by Andrew Symonds, continues to smash the runs as Australia post a record total of 221-5

In reply, England get off to an horrendous start losing Ed Joyce and Andrew Flintoff for only five runs

The visitors are reduced to 32-3 in the fifth over when Kevin Pietersen is run out for a disappointing score of 11

Compared to his team-mates, Vaughan's knock of 27 marks a reasonable return to international duty as England struggle

Ian Bell offers some resistance but by the time he and Paul Collingwood depart, England still need 144 runs to win

The tourists almost threaten to get going when Jamie Dalrymple and Nixon build a partnership of 49

However, with the former out for 32, what remains of the tail fails to wag and Australia romp to a comfortable 77-run win