Australia vs England Head to Head in T20I: Complete Record and Stats

Australia and England have played 26 T20I matches against each other, and the head to head record could not be tighter. Both teams have won 12 matches, two matches have ended without a result, and no match has finished in a tie. The oldest rivalry in cricket entered the T20I format on 13 June 2005 at Southampton, where England bowled Australia out for 79 and won by 100 runs. The last completed meeting came at Cardiff on 13 September 2024, when England chased 194 and won by three wickets. The next meeting is the first T20I of a five-match series in Australia, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 21 November 2026. The complete record, the top scorers, the best bowling and every big mark of the fixture sit below.

England tour Australia in November and December 2026 for five T20Is, and the shortest format has produced the most evenly balanced rivalry in the history of the two teams. Across 26 T20Is, Australia and England have won 12 each, with two games ending in no result. The first meeting, at Southampton in June 2005, was only the second T20I ever played, and the latest contests have been thrillers.

Australia vs England Head to Head in T20I: The Complete Record

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The T20I head-to-head could not be closer: 26 matches, 12 wins apiece and two games with no result. It began on 13 June 2005 at Southampton, when England won the first T20I the country ever played by 100 runs, with Paul Collingwood top-scoring with 46. Two decades on, neither side has been able to pull away.

The numbers show two attacking teams. Australia have posted the higher team total, 248 for 6, against the 221 for 5 of England, and the individual records are dominated by big hitters: Aaron Finch made 619 runs against England, the most by an Australian, while Jos Buttler made 584 for England. With the ball, Adil Rashid took 15 wickets against Australia, the most in the fixture, ahead of Mitchell Johnson with 11.

The 2024 series in England finished 1-1 after the decider at Manchester was washed out, and the 2022 T20 World Cup meeting at the Melbourne Cricket Ground was also abandoned. When the teams do get on the park, the cricket is usually explosive, as the recent results below show. Fans can find the dates, venues and start times for the 2026 tour in the full schedule article.

Last Five Meetings

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England won the most recent completed game, at Cardiff on 13 September 2024, by three wickets. Australia made 193, and England chased the target down with an over to spare. Two days earlier at Southampton, Australia had won by 28 runs after Travis Head blasted 59 from 23 balls at the top of the order.

The 2024 T20 World Cup meeting in Barbados on 8 June 2024 went to Australia by 36 runs, as England could only manage 165 in reply to 201. Before that, England won in Perth on 9 October 2022 by eight runs and again in Canberra on 12 October 2022 by eight runs, to take that series 2-0.

The abandoned game at Manchester in September 2024 means the teams have unfinished business, and the five-match series in November and December offers plenty of chances to settle it.

The fixture that followed Cardiff, at Manchester on 15 September 2024, was abandoned because of rain, and the two sides have not met in a T20I since.

Key Records and Top Performers

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Aaron Finch stands above every other batter in this fixture, with 619 runs, including the highest individual score of 156, made at Southampton on 29 August 2013. Jos Buttler leads the England list with 584 runs. The 94 of Alex Hales remains the best score by an England batter against Australia, and no England batter has made a T20I hundred in the fixture.

Adil Rashid has been the most successful bowler in the rivalry with 15 wickets, while Mitchell Johnson leads the Australia list with 11 wickets. The best single bowling performances are the 5 for 22 of Matthew Short and the 4 for 24 of Jon Lewis, taken at Southampton in 2005.

The lowest totals, 79 by Australia at Southampton in 2005 and 111 by England at Sydney in 2014, show that collapses are never far away in this fixture. The fixture has produced two hundreds, both by Australia: Finch with 156 in 2013 and Glenn Maxwell with 103 not out at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in the 2018 tri-series.

The fixture has also lit up World Cups. England beat Australia in the 2010 World T20 final in Barbados to win a first global title, and England won again in Dubai in 2021. Australia struck back at Barbados in the 2024 World Cup, winning by 36 runs in the group stage. The group meeting at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in the 2022 World Cup was washed out.

Southampton is the home of the fixture. The ground hosted the first meeting in 2005, the record total of 248 for 6 by Australia in 2013 and the 59 from 23 balls by Travis Head in 2024. The renewal comes at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, where Australia beat England in the 2018 tri-series on the way to the title.

T20 World Cup Meetings

The T20 World Cup has delivered the biggest stages for this rivalry. England won the 2010 final at Bridgetown in Barbados by seven wickets, chasing down the target of 148 with three overs to spare to lift their first world title in the format.

England won the meeting in Dubai in 2021, and Australia struck back in the 2024 group stage at Barbados, winning by 36 runs. The 2022 meeting at the Melbourne Cricket Ground was abandoned without a ball bowled, denying the fans a home World Cup clash.

That washout in 2022 remains the great what-if of this fixture: a full house in Melbourne for a World Cup group game between the old rivals would have been one of the matches of the tournament. The 2026 series offers a fresh chance for both sides to build new memories.

What Next

The five-match T20I series begins on 21 November 2026 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and continues at the Gold Coast, the Gabba, the Sydney Cricket Ground and Manuka Oval in Canberra, finishing on 2 December. England have named a squad packed with power: Harry Brook captains the side, with Phil Salt, Will Jacks, Sam Curran and Adil Rashid among the senior names.

Australia are yet to announce their squad for the series. With the head-to-head locked at 12 wins each, the November and December games offer one side the chance to take the lead in one of the great modern rivalries. Check the full schedule for dates, venues and start times, and the squad article for the latest England news.

Update: Level at 12 Wins Each, and Five T20Is in Australia in November 2026

The wait for the next chapter of the rivalry is almost over. England tour Australia in November and December 2026 for three one-day internationals and a five-match T20I series. The T20I series opens at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday 21 November 2026, and the teams then meet at the Gold Coast on 24 November, in Brisbane on 27 November, in Sydney on 29 November and in Canberra on 2 December. The full fixture list sits in the Australia vs England 2026 schedule on this site.

Harry Brook captains England on the tour, and the England T20I squad carries real youth, with 18-year-old Thomas Rew and 21-year-old Eddie Jack in line for debuts and Phil Salt back at the top of the order. One giant name is missing. Jos Buttler, the leading run scorer for England in this fixture with 584 runs, misses the whole tour after hamstring surgery. Australia had not named a T20I squad for the series when this update was written in October 2026.

The break since the last completed meeting adds extra heat. The sides have not finished a T20I against each other since Cardiff in September 2024, and the last match of that series, at Manchester, was abandoned because of rain. The Test rivalry rolls on in the background as well: Australia won the 2025-26 Ashes series 4-1 on home soil, and this white-ball tour hands England a fast chance to answer in Australian conditions.

The last completed series between the sides, in England in September 2024, swung both ways. Travis Head smashed 59 runs from 23 balls at Southampton, with 30 runs in one over from Sam Curran, as Australia won by 28 runs. England hit back at Cardiff two days later, chasing 194 to win by three wickets, before rain washed out the final match at Manchester. The five matches in November and December 2026 are the first T20I meetings between the sides since that week.

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