Australia and England safely navigated their opening contests of the Women's T20 World Cup 2024 but the path ahead shimmered into perspective in the Sharjah heat with neither side fully exerting their dominance and both left with some work to do.

England annihilated Australia by 186 runs in a rain-shortened ODI at Lord's with Harry Brook and Liam Livingstone laying waste to the visitors attack before Matthew Potts took four wickets as the hosts tied the series at 2-2 on Friday.

Australia seal victory in their three-Test series against England after winning the decider 69-56 in Bendigo, Victoria.

The rain arrived too late for England as Australia won the deciding fifth one-day international to clinch the series 3-2 on Sunday. Australia finished on 165-2 in 20.4 overs, appearing to be comfortably on track to reaching the original winning target of 310 before rain stopped play at Bristol's County Ground.

England show their firepower with bat and ball as they level the one-day international series with a 186-run thrashing of Australia.

Bell 2-29 England 129 (19.4 overs): Capsey 40 (34); McGrath 3-18 Australia won by 33 runs Scorecard (external) England were convincingly beaten by defending champions Australia in their first T20 World Cup warm-up in Dubai.

BRISTOL, England (Reuters) -Travis Head took 4-28 as Australia strangled England with spin before launching a rapid pursuit of their target with rain in the air to clinch the One-Day International series 3-2 following a 49-run win via Duckworth–Lewis–Stern in Bristol on Sunday.

The rain arrived too late for England as Australia won the fifth one-day international cricket match to clinch the series 3-2 on Sunday.

The rain arrived too late for England as Australia won the fifth ODI to clinch the series 3-2 on Monday morning.

England set Australia a total of 310 runs to win their deciding fifth match of the one-day international series on Sunday.