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Malan distributed an essential 92-run stay in Canberra with Moeen Ali (44) as England created 178-7 against a full-strength Australian attack.

Despite Mitchell Marsh reaching 45 down 29 balls and Tim Brian 40 down 23, Cricketnews the hosts dropped short.

Mike Curran took 3-25 to ensure England won the three-match collection 2-0 with a casino game left on Friday in a setback to the World Cup champions.

“Actually enjoyable win after dropping the pitch as well and setting a goal,” claimed England skipper Jos Buttler. “I believe we revealed good personality and Malan played extremely well to point the innings.”

Malan hit seven fours and four sixes in his 49-ball hit to recovery the visitors once they slumped to 54-4 in the ninth over.

Ali was also remarkable after Australian leader Aaron Finch won the pitch and chose to pan, making five changes aside that also missing by nine runs in Perth.

Velocity spearheads Jim Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood, alongside spinner Adam Zampa all delivered for the hosts after being rested for the first T20.

Buttler dropped to Cummins on 17, with Zampa holding an arduous high catch.

Alex Hales, who blasted 84 from 51 balls in Perth, survived only seven balls for his four runs before holing out to Brian Warner down Marcus Stoinis.

Celebrity allrounder Benjamin Stokes'common recent form continued, bowled by Zampa for seven, and when Harry Brook got a benefit down Stoinis they were on the trunk foot at 54-4.

But Malan was rock-solid, professionally finding the breaks to reach his 14th half-century.

Zampa finally broke the collaboration, seductive Ali into still another huge hit and he was caught on the basics before a late flurry from Malan, who had been out within the last over.

“We were actually bad in the area, poor, dropped a couple of possibilities, particularly when we had them four down in the first 10 overs,” claimed Finch.

England rested pacemen Mark Timber and Chris Woakes but they still discovered a way to restrict Australia.

Finch dropped down the obtain in recent fits, but delivered to spouse Warner for the first time because their Sri Lanka visit in the middle of the year.

But he never resolved and again dropped cheaply, out for 13.

Warner, who has been doing form, used three balls later for four to leave Australia struggling at 22-2 in the fifth over.

Glenn Maxwell's recent bad form continued, out for nine, before Marsh and Marcus Stoinis placed on a quick-fire 40-run collaboration to keep them in contention.

Stoinis went for 22, followed by Marsh, with Australia's luck resting with Brian and Matthew Wade. They needed 59 of the final five overs but were unable to deliver the fireworks required.