Brief scores from the first Twenty20 international between India and England in Kolkata on Wednesday: England 132 all out in 20 overs (J. Buttler 68; V. Chakravarthy 3-23, A. Singh 2-17) v India 133-3 in 12.5 overs (A. Sharma 79, S. Samson 26; J. Archer 2-21)

England produced a strong bowling performance to beat India by 26 runs in Rajkot and keep the T20 series alive. Having lost the opening two matches of the five-match series, England had to win the third T20 to avoid defeat at the earliest opportunity.

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia's women had already retained the Ashes. Now they've won the series against England. The Australians won the rain-affected second Twenty20 by six runs in Canberra on Thursday to extend their 100% start to the series and move into a 10-0 lead with just one more T20 and a test match remaining.