Australia v England 3rd ODI: start time, TV channel and squads for the Hobart decider

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The third and deciding ODI between Australia and England is on Wednesday 18 November 2026 at Bellerive Oval in Hobart, starting at 2:30pm AEDT. It is a day-night match. The series is level at 1-1 after England won by 135 runs in Adelaide on Sunday, so the winner takes the series. It is live only on Kayo and on Fox Cricket through Foxtel, with no free-to-air broadcast.

Australia v England 3rd ODI start time

Hobart is on the same time as Sydney and Melbourne, so the first ball is at 2:30pm local time. Here it is in every Australian time zone:

The toss is half an hour before the start, and both teams name their XI then.

How to watch the third ODI in Australia

• Kayo: live and on demand, with every ball of the series. Kayo Standard is $29.99 a month (one screen) and Premium $45.99 a month (two screens), according to Finder. Kayo does not give every new customer a free trial, so check the offer on the sign-up page.
• Foxtel: live on Fox Cricket, for Foxtel subscribers.
• Free-to-air: none. Cricket Australia's broadcast deal gives the men's ODIs and T20Is of this tour to Foxtel and Kayo only, so the match is not on Seven or 7plus.
• Radio: for the Adelaide match Cricket Australia listed ABC Radio, Triple M and SEN as the radio broadcasters. Check your local station for Hobart.

If you only want this match and the T20Is, Kayo has no lock-in contract: you can join for a month and cancel before the next bill. The free cricket comes in December, when the New Zealand Tests are on Seven and 7plus as well as Fox Cricket and Kayo: see our Australia v New Zealand Test series guide.

Second ODI recap: Banton's hundred levels the series

England won the second ODI at Adelaide Oval on Sunday by 135 runs. Mitchell Marsh won the toss and chose to bowl, and England made 355 for 6 from their 50 overs, their highest ODI total in Australia, according to Sky Sports.

• Tom Banton made 121 from 99 balls, his second ODI century, with ten fours and four sixes. He and Joe Root (62, his 50th ODI fifty) added 137 for the second wicket.
• Jordan Cox hit 67 from 49 balls and Will Jacks finished on 54 not out from 40.
• Xavier Bartlett was Australia's best bowler with 3-72 from his 10 overs.

Australia slumped to 29 for 4 early in the chase. Cameron Green (64) and Matt Renshaw (63) put on 98 for the fifth wicket, but Australia were all out for 220 in the 45th over. Gus Atkinson took 4-28, with Sam Curran (2-38) and Liam Dawson (2-41) taking two each.

"You can look at the first three overs, probably the first 10 overs, and go: that's where we lost the game," Renshaw said after the match, according to Cricket Australia.

Australia won the first ODI in Perth by seven wickets on Friday, when Mahli Beardman took 6-24 on debut, the best figures by an Australian in his first ODI. Our second ODI preview has the full squads.

Team news

Australia. Beardman was rested in Adelaide to build his workload after recent injuries, and Cricket Australia expects him back for Hobart. Riley Meredith, who came into the squad for the last two ODIs, took his place in Adelaide and finished with 1-75. Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood are still being kept fresh for the New Zealand Tests.

England. We have found no new injury or selection news for England since Adelaide.

Australia squad (captain Mitchell Marsh): Mitchell Marsh, Xavier Bartlett, Mahli Beardman, Alex Carey, Cooper Connolly, Jack Edwards, Cameron Green, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Spencer Johnson, Riley Meredith, Oliver Peake, Matt Renshaw, Liam Scott, Adam Zampa.

England squad (captain Harry Brook): Harry Brook, Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Sonny Baker, Tom Banton, James Coles, Jordan Cox, Ben Crocombe, Sam Curran, Liam Dawson, Ben Duckett, Eddie Jack, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Joe Root.

After Hobart: the five T20Is

The tour moves straight into five T20Is, also on Kayo and Fox Cricket only. Nathan Ellis misses the T20 series with a side strain and Ben Dwarshuis replaces him in the squad, according to Cricket Australia. Times are Sydney time (AEDT).

Match	Date	Venue	Start (AEDT)
1st ODI	Fri 13 Nov	Perth Stadium	Australia won by 7 wickets
2nd ODI	Sun 15 Nov	Adelaide Oval	England won by 135 runs
3rd ODI	Wed 18 Nov	Bellerive Oval, Hobart	2:30pm
1st T20I	Sat 21 Nov	MCG	7:15pm
2nd T20I	Tue 24 Nov	Gold Coast Stadium	7:15pm (6:15pm AEST)
3rd T20I	Fri 27 Nov	The Gabba	7:15pm (6:15pm AEST)
4th T20I	Sun 29 Nov	SCG	7:15pm
5th T20I	Wed 2 Dec	Manuka Oval, Canberra	7:15pm

For the whole tour in one place see our England ODI and T20I guide. What is on tonight, with the channel, is on cricket tonight, and every match of the summer is in the cricket hub.