Head completed his half-century off just 19 balls in a whirlwind knock of 59, which included eight fours and four sixes, to get the Australians off to a rapid start. Australia hammer England despite collapse Australia's more-established team had too much for the hosts, with the 86-run opening partnership between Matthew Short (41 off 26 balls) and Head building an excellent platform. When it looked all downhill for England's revamped T20I side, Head top-edged one off Saqib Mahmood to give England the first breakthrough. Then the arrival of spinners Adil Rashid and Liam Livingstone slowed the run-rate, and Australia started to quickly lose wickets - with the last eight departing for 61. After being 86/1 in the powerplay and 118/2 after 10 overs, Australia were restricted to a below-par 179. England, with a batting lineup missing injured captain Jos Buttler and including uncapped Jordan Cox and Jacob Bethell, stumbled to 52-4. After Liam Livingstone (37) and Sam Curran (18) threatened a fightback with a 54-run partnership for the fifth wicket, England lost three wickets in 10 balls to plunge to 113-7 and was eventually all out for 151 with four balls left. Australia's fielding was brilliant, with Tim David's catch - on the dive after turning round and running into the leg side - to remove Cox particularly standing out. "Heady came out swinging in the powerplay and gave them a head start but we dragged it back quite nicely in the middle," Salt said. "He can do that," he added about Head. "He's done that all over the place for a couple of years now ... every ball is an event in its own right." The other matches in the T20 series are in Cardiff on Friday and Manchester on Sunday. Then comes a five-match ODI series between the teams, where Buttler - England's white-ball talisman - may return from his right calf injury that will cause him to miss the T20s.