Hobart, Australia: Australia has won the toss and decided to bat first Wednesday in the first of three Twenty20 matches to conclude England's tour of Australia.
Australia won the Ashes 5-0 and the one-day international series 4-1.
The teams will play the second T20 match Friday in Melbourne and the final game Sunday in Sydney.
Teams
Australia: 1 Aaron Finch, 2 Cameron White, 3 Glenn Maxwell, 4 George Bailey (capt), 5 Chris Lynn, 6 Daniel Christian, 7 Moises Henriques, 8 Matthew Wade (wk), 9 Nathan Coulter-Nile, 10 Josh Hazlewood, 11 James Muirhead
England: 1 Michael Lumb, 2 Alex Hales, 3 Luke Wright, 4 Joe Root, 5 Eoin Morgan, 6 Jos Buttler (wk), 7 Ravi Bopara, 8 Tim Bresnan, 9 Stuart Broad, 10 Jade Dernbach, 11 Danny Briggs