By Jonathan Agnew BBC cricket correspondent

How ironic that the first match involving substitutes and 'power plays' - designed to make one-day cricket more exciting - should produce such a one-sided game as this.

Clearly, it is not fair to judge any innovation so quickly, but the fact is that the flow of the game was not affected or improved by either.

Simon Jones became the first international cricketer to be substituted the moment he had completed his 10 overs.

Andrew Flintoff certainly did not need to be substituted

Vikram Solanki replaced him to high fives all round and, presumably, Jones headed straight for the showers.

Australia's substitution was more complicated, and suggested how much homework John Buchanan had done before the game.

Shane Watson left the field with a thigh injury having bowled three overs and Brad Hogg took his place on the field.

But, to great confusion, Watson was not officially substituted despite being injured. That honour fell to Matthew Hayden who then remained on the field as cover for Watson.

This meant that Hogg was able to bowl a full 10 overs (Hayden's) rather than only seven, had he officially replaced Watson. It is complicated, and the question for the authorities is whether it is unnecessarily complicated.

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It could be argued that both teams got their line-ups wrong in the first place. On a cold, cloudy, drizzly morning, England named Ashley Giles in their original XI.

It was most unlikely that he would bowl a ball, and so it proved. Australia, meanwhile, chose Hogg's left-arm wrist spin as substitute, which was also ineffective in the conditions.

As we expected, the 'power plays' (please can we have a proper cricketing term for this) were all used consecutively, which meant that the field restrictions were in place for the first 20 overs.

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Rather than adding intrigue to the middle overs, this was thoroughly predictable.

Again, it would be wrong to rush to judgements, and the fact that the ball was seaming around all day would have had an influence in this.

The overwhelming England victory highlighted the problems that Australia have in their bowling department.

Jason Gillespie looks horribly out of sorts and was treated with total disdain by Michael Vaughan, who grew noticeably in confidence.

The tourists will have to get Michael Kasprowicz back on the field and, hopefully, into form at Lord's on Sunday to give them more options for the first Test.