AUS 214
ENG 218/7 (44)
ENG won by 3 wickets
England made heavy work of a run-chase before eventually completing a three-wicket win over Australia in the first one-day international at The Oval.
Chasing 215 for victory, the home side were reduced to 38-3.
And, after Eoin Morgan and Joe Root shared 115, they lost three wickets for 10 runs to slip to 163-6 in the face of some excellent Australia pace bowling.
However, David Willey made an unbeaten 35 to secure victory with six overs to spare.
Australia were playing their first ODI since the ball-tampering scandal resulted in bans for Steve Smith and David Warner, as well as the resignation of coach Darren Lehmann.
New Australia captain Tim Paine introduced a pre-series handshake between the two teams, then saw his side struggle against England's spinners.
Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid took five wickets between them and, after Australia fell to 90-5, they needed Glenn Maxwell (62) and Ashton Agar (42) to drag them to 214 all out.
That did not seem enough on a blameless surface but England's two mini-collapses kept the contest interesting long into the London evening.
The second game in the five-match series is in Cardiff on Saturday.
2nd ODI
England 342-8 (50 overs): Roy 120, Buttler 91*, K Richardson 2-56
Australia 304 (47.1 overs): Marsh 131, Plunkett 4-53, Rashid 3-70
England won by 38 runs
Jason Roy scored 120 to set up a 38-run win for England over Australia and take a 2-0 lead in the one-day series.
Jos Buttler, who captained the side after Eoin Morgan suffered a back spasm, made an unbeaten 91 from 70 balls as England posted 342-8.
Shaun Marsh (131) made his first one-day century since 2013 to keep Australia in the game, but partnerships proved hard to come by.
Australia were bowled out for 304, with seamer Liam Plunkett taking 4-53.
Despite Morgan being ruled out just 20 minutes before the game began, England were able to put in an assured batting performance.
They posted their highest one-day score against Australia but Marsh's innings took the visitors deeper into the game than some may have expected.
However, Plunkett and spinner Adil Rashid (3-70) excelled in the final over to dismiss Marsh and run through the Australia tail.
The third game of the five-match series takes place at Trent Bridge on Tuesday at 14:00 BST.
3rd ODI
England 481-6 (50 overs): Hales 147, Bairstow 139, Roy 82, Morgan 67
Australia 239 (37 overs): Head 51, Rashid 4-47, Moeen 3-28
England won by 242 runs; lead 3-0 in five-match series
England made the highest one-day international total in history as they crushed Australia by 242 runs to seal the series at Trent Bridge.
The hosts scored 481-6 in 50 overs - eclipsing their own record of 444-3, set against Pakistan at the same venue in 2016.
Alex Hales hit 147 and Jonny Bairstow 139 as England briefly threatened to post 500 in the third ODI.
Australia were bowled out for 239 in 37 overs as Adil Rashid took 4-47.
England's win, which gave them an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series with two games to play, came only 11 days after New Zealand made the highest total in a women's ODI - 490-4 against Ireland in Dublin.
While the innings of Hales and Bairstow, which both lasted 92 balls, laid the platform, skipper Eoin Morgan provided the late impetus with a rapid 67.
The left-hander hit a 21-ball half-century - the fastest by an England player - in becoming his country's all-time top ODI run-scorer.
"This is a poor Australian side who have been utterly dismantled," said BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew.
"It was ruthless from England. The wheels fell off for Australia."
4th ODI
ENG 314/4 beat AUS 310/8 by six wickets
England eased to their highest one-day run chase against Australia to close in on a 5-0 series whitewash.
Jason Roy scored a superb century and Jonny Bairstow hit 79 as England surpassed the tourists' 310-8 to win by six wickets at Chester-le-Street.
Shaun Marsh and Aaron Finch had hit hundreds for Australia but the result was never in doubt once England openers Roy and Bairstow put on 174.
Jos Buttler smashed 54 from 29 balls to seal victory with 32 balls to spare.
England, who now lead the series 4-0, will complete their first one-day international series whitewash over Australia if they win the final game at Old Trafford on Sunday.
5th ODI
ENG 314/4 beat AUS 310/8 by six wickets
England eased to their highest one-day run chase against Australia to close in on a 5-0 series whitewash.
Jason Roy scored a superb century and Jonny Bairstow hit 79 as England surpassed the tourists' 310-8 to win by six wickets at Chester-le-Street.
Shaun Marsh and Aaron Finch had hit hundreds for Australia but the result was never in doubt once England openers Roy and Bairstow put on 174.
Jos Buttler smashed 54 from 29 balls to seal victory with 32 balls to spare.
England, who now lead the series 4-0, will complete their first one-day international series whitewash over Australia if they win the final game at Old Trafford on Sunday.
5th ODI
Australia 205 (34.4 overs): Head 56, Moeen 4-46
England 208-9 (48.3 overs): Buttler 110*, Stanlake 3-35
England won by one wicket
Jos Buttler made a brilliant hundred to give England a dramatic victory in the fifth one-day international and a first 5-0 whitewash over Australia.
Chasing only 206, England were 114-8 when Buttler was joined by Adil Rashid for a stand of 81.
Rashid was dismissed with 11 needed, but Buttler hit the next ball for six to move to his sixth ODI century.
Last man Jake Ball survived an Ashton Agar over and Buttler completed a one-wicket win with nine balls to spare.
The two sides meet in a one-off T20 at Edgbaston on Wednesday, with England then welcoming India.
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