Australia retaiined the Women's Ashes with another thumping victory over England in the first T20I of the serries at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on Monday, January 20. (Live Score |Streaming | More Cricket News)
Australia had already white-washed England in the ODI series and with a win in the opening T20I, they are🔴 now 8-0 ahead in terms of points and can not lose the series. The best England can do now is to win the remaining two T20Is and the one-off Test and tie sco⛄res at 8-8 but Australia will still retain the trophy as the currently hold it.
England captain Heather꧒ Knight had won the toss and decided to bowl first.
Australia Women vs England Women, 1st T20I Playing XIs
Australia: Georgia Voll, Beth Mooney (wk), Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry, Annabel Sutherland, Tahlia McGrath (c), Gra💧ce Harris, Georgia Wareham, Alana King, Kim Garth, and Megan Schuꦦtt.
England: Maia Bou🌳chier, Danielle Wyatt-Hodge, Sophia Dunkley, Nat Sciver-Brunt, He😼ather Knight (c), Amy Jones (wk), Freya Kemp, Charlotte Dean, Sophie Ecclestone, Sarah Glenn, and Lauren Bell.
Batting first, Australia rode on Beth Mooney's 51-ball 75 to get to 198/7 ▨in 20 overs. Tahlia McGrath smashed 26 runs off nine balls to help the Aussies finish on a high.
In reply, England were bowled out for 141 in 16 overs with only Sophia Dunkley standing out with a fine 59. Georgia Wareham picked up three wickets for Australia and Alana King too chippꦇed in with a couple of scalps.
Earlier, Australia swept the preceding ODIs, winning all three ma✃tches rather comfortably. In the Women's Ashes 2025 opener, the hosts thrashed England by four wickets at North Sydney Oval, Sydney. It was followed 🍃by wins at Junction Oval, Melbourne by 21 runs, and Bellerive Oval, Hobart by 86 runs.
Before the one-off Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne starting January 30, they will play two more T2Is, 💯on January 23 (Canberra) andܫ January 25 (Adelaide).
First played in 1931, the Women's Ashes used to be an 🙈exclusively Test affair, just like the men's tours between the two traditional rivals. But in 2013, with Australia's tour of England, it became multi-format, incorporating all three formats to decide the winners, on points -- four for a Test win, and two points for a draw; two points for a win in the limited-overs matches.
The last edition in England ended with the two teams on eight points each, but Australia, the victors in the previous two edition🐻s, retained the trophy.
