The home side Australia, led by skipper Alyssa Healy, was absolutely clinical in the ODI series as they clinched the 3rd and final game of the series by a massive 86-run margin to sweep the ODI series and go one step closer to retaining the ongoing 8th edition of the multi-format Women’s Ashes 2025.
The visitors, England, led by skipper Heather Knight are pushed into a must-win situation with a scoreline of 6-0 to keep the Women’s Ashes alive. The caravan moves onto the three-match T20I series.

Injury concerns rule out Alyssa Healy and Ashleigh Gardner from 1st T20I
In a big blow for Australia, skipper Alyssa Healy was ruled out with a soreness in her right foot, just ahead of the 1st T20I, and is also doubtful for the rest of the T20I series.
The seasoned 27-year-old all-rounder Ashleigh Gardner suffered a “low-grade calf strain” which ruled her out of the 1st T20I of the series. The young 21-year-old batter Georgia Voll was handed her debut cap in the T20I format, replacing regular skipper Alyssa Healy, and Grace Harris replaced Ashleigh Gardner in the line-up for Australia in the 1st T20I. Ellyse Perry with her 163rd cap became the most-capped player for Australia, in the T20I format, surpassing skipper Alyssa Healy (162).
Beth Mooney’s 75 and Tahlia McGrath’s cameo powers Australia to 198/7
The Australian openers Georgia Voll and wicket-keeper batter Beth Mooney got their side off to a blazing start with a 40-run opening partnership, scoring at over 12 runs an over after the opposition skipper Heather Knight won the toss and inserted them to bat first at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). Lauren Bell picked up the wicket of Georgia Voll (21 off 11 balls) to end her impressive stay in her debut innings in the 4th over of the innings to provide the first breakthrough for England.
Phoebe Litchfield joined wicket-keeper batter Beth Mooney at the crease and the duo took their side closer to the 100-run mark with another crucial 51-run partnership for the 2nd wicket. Phoebe Litchfield (25 off 20 balls) was found short of her crease to provide the 2nd breakthrough for England in the 11th over of the innings. The home side amassed another 107 runs in their remaining 58 deliveries, scoring at a strike rate of over 200 towards the 2nd half of their innings, ending with a massive total of 198/7 in their quota of 20 overs.
Wicket-keeper batter Beth Mooney notched up her 24th T20I half-century (75 off 51 balls) and top-scored with the bat for Australia, alongside stand-in skipper Tahlia McGrath (26 off 9 balls), and Grace Harris (14 off 8 balls) provided the finishing touches to the innings for the home side. Sophie Ecclestone (4-0-26-2), and Lauren Bell (4-0-39-2) picked up a couple of wickets each alongside Freya Kemp (3-0-23-1) who was impressive with the ball for the visitors, England.
Sophia Dunkley’s brisk half-century in vain as England conceded the Ashes by 57 runs
England got off to a poor start losing both their openers for a duck inside the first couple of overs in the run chase. Nat Sciver-Brunt joined Sophia Dunkley at the crease and the duo stitched a much-needed 44-run partnership for the 3rd wicket to lead some sort of a recovery for the visitors. The introduction of Alana King provided the big scalp of Nat Sciver-Brunt (20 off 12 balls) as she cleaned her up to provide the 3rd breakthrough for Australia.
Skipper Heathe Knight joined Sophia Dunkley at the crease and the pair revived some hope with another crucial 48-run partnership for the 4th wicket to take their side closer to the 100-run mark. Alana King returned and picked up the big wicket of the opposition skipper Heather Knight (18 off 20 balls) in the 11th over of the run chase, which eventually proved to be the decisive moment in the game.
Yet another English collapse followed as they were bundled out for 141 with 24 balls to spare, losing their last 6 wickets for just 45 runs. As a result, the visitors fell 57 runs short of the target.
Sophia Dunkley (59 off 30 balls) notched up her 4th half-century in the T20I format. Freya Kemp (11 off 6 balls), Sophie Ecclestone (13 off 6 balls), and wicket-keeper batter Amy Jones (12 off 11 balls) kept fighting with the bat for England. Georgia Wareham (3-0-25-3), Alana King (3-1-14-2), Annabel Sutherland (3-0-20-1), and stand-in skipper Tahlia McGrath (2-0-14-1) were the top performers with the ball for Australia.
Wicketkeeper-batter Beth Mooney was awarded the Player of the Match for her brilliant half-century (75 off 51 balls) with the bat, and she also picked up a couple of catches with the gloves in hand from behind the stumps. Australia retains the Ashes (8-0) with four victories on the bounce in a space of just 9 days.

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