By Jonathan Agnew BBC cricket correspondent at the Rose Bowl

The sheer pace of Twenty20 cricket kept the crowd entertained

It was fast, furious and will not have any bearing on the Ashes whatsoever - but England's first international Twenty20 was pulsatingly exciting!

The Rose Bowl was a beautiful setting for the occasion. The sun shone, and Australia collapsed in the most humiliating fashion so, in short, it was everything the organisers could have hoped for.

John Buchanan, the Australian coach, questioned the future of Twenty20 at international level and, inevitably, coaches with already packed schedules will oppose anything that places more demands on their players.

But the fact is that the public love it and, in the end, that is what matters.

It needs to be placed in its own context, and most cricket pundits would agree that a 50- or 60-over one-day match delivers a more interesting game, simply because a team on the back foot has time to get back into a match.

Twenty20 moves at such a rate that you are swept away on the crest of a wave, and Australia's dramatic collapse was the perfect illustration of that.

To see England defeat Australia so convincingly was a rare privilege

Another advantage of this short form of the game is that you do not get dreadfully dragged-out, tedious finishes.

Australia had lost the game in only the fourth over, and although there was no way back for them, there was not time for the crowd to become bored.

Mind you, to see England defeat Australia so convincingly was a rare privilege, indeed.

I would move that the Champions Trophy - which is only a meaningless, money-making exercise on behalf of the ICC - would be the perfect vehicle for a proper Twenty20 international tournamant.

Just imagine it - three matches per day producing a real festival for the supporters, and a competition that could be done and dusted over a long weekend.

Teams would choose Twenty20 specialists, and there is little question that it would be a roaring success.

Test cricket, it is not - but no one is pretending that it is. There is little doubt, though, that it is here to stay.