Australia retained the Women's Ashes with three matches to spare following their 57-run victory over England in the opening Twenty20 international in Sydney on Monday.

India has won the toss and elected to bowl first in the series-opening T20 against England’s cricketers in Kolkata

Jos Buttler can spend hours practising his smile in the mirror. But unless his team-mates can learn how to counter spin, that weary frown will return, and Brendon McCullum’s spell in charge of this team will go no better than what came before.

Power-packed bowling performances by spinners Varun Chakravarthy, Axar Patel and pacer Arshdeep Singh overwhelmed a valiant fightback by England skipper Jos Buttler, allowing India to restrict hosts to 132 runs in the first T20I at Kolkata's Eden Gardens on Wednesday.