England and Australia draw T20 series after washout

Third T20, Old Trafford, Manchester

Match abandoned without a shot bowled; bid drawn 1-1

England and Australia's T20 bid ended successful a tie aft nan 3rd lucifer astatine Old Trafford was washed out.

Heavy rainfall passim nan time successful Manchester prevented immoderate play and nan bid ends 1-1.

Australia won nan first T20 comfortably successful Southampton, pinch Travis Head hitting a accelerated half-century.

Liam Livingstone's superb sound of 87 past took England to triumph successful nan 2nd lucifer successful Cardiff.

But nan upwind ensured location would beryllium nary chance of a decider pinch nan umpires officially abandoning nan lucifer astatine 16:15 BST.

The teams will now caput to Nottingham for nan commencement of nan five-match one-day world series, which originates connected Thursday, 19 September.

England will again beryllium without Jos Buttler for nan ODIs. The white-ball skipper is still recovering from a correct calf wounded that ruled him retired of nan T20s and The Hundred.