After Ali (3-43) and Rashid (2-36) helped shoot Australia out for 214, Root (50), Morgan (69) and David Willey (35*) took England to victory with six overs in hand after they had started badly to slide to 38-3.

Morgan, the England captain, expressed pleasure at the performance of his bowlers, after they had conceded 371 against Scotland the other day before going down by six runs.

“The Scotland game kicked us into touch and helped us hone our skills,” he said. “Very pleased, particularly with the bowlers, thought they did amazingly well. The spinners turned the momentum in our favour.”

While Paine blamed the top five for giving their wickets away cheaply, he was happy with Glenn Maxwell (62) and Agar (40) for reviving the innings.

“We gave a few wickets away. Our top four or five didn’t get the job done,” he said. “Maxi has been hitting the ball well in the nets and nice to see him translate that to the middle. Thought it was simple today, our top order didn’t get the job done.”