Australia retain Women's Ashes at earliest opportunity - report
England's last seven wickets fall for just 45 runs
Dunkley's 59 off 30 balls gives England brief hope
Australia pile up 198-7
Mooney hits 75 off 51 after being dropped on 16
First of three T20s, Sydney
Kieran Parmley
Cricviz analyst
This is the earliest Nat Sciver-Brunt has come to the crease for England in the last two years in T20Is and also only the 11th time she's come to the crease inside the opening two overs in her T20I career - in slightly promising news for England she's passed fifty in five of the 10 previous innings when doing so.
Nat Sciver-Brunt clinically punishes Megan Schutt on the leg side in a profitable over for England.
Schutt strays on to the pads off Sciver-Brunt and the England batter shovels it four through square leg.
Schutt drops it a little shorter a couple of balls later, but the it sits up and Sciver-Brunt pulls it through mid-wicket before caressing a leg glance behind square for another boundary.
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Andrew Watson: As Ned Flanders would say... we are done diddly done diddly done for.
Henry Moeran
Test Match Special commentator
The lack of footwork seems to be an issue for England and has resulted in these two early wickets.
Nat Sciver-Brunt is going to have to play the innings of her life here.
Nat Sciver-Brunt, upon whom so much will depend here, opens her account with a somewhat fortuitous leading edge which disappears through third.
England's premier batter opens the face with a lot more conviction to pick up another four of Kim Garth at the end of the over.
Michelle Goszko
Ex-Australia batter on BBC Sounds
Image source, Getty ImagesIt was a gentle prod forward from Danni Wyatt-Hodge. She didn't get her footwork right and just poked her bat out to chip the ball nicely.
A disaster here for England. Even before we started they were going to need something special. Now they need something extraordinary.
Wyatt-Hodge c Litchfied b Garth 0 (4-2)
Both England openers out without scoring.
Danni Wyatt-Hodge tentatively prods at one which swings away from Kim Garth and she nicks the ball into the hands of Phoebe Litchfield at first slip.
An uphill struggle for England from here.
Both England openers out without scoring as Wyatt-Hodge nicks the ball into the hands of Litchfield
Sophia Dunkley is the new batter for England and she's off the mark with a rather uncontrolled whip to the leg side off Megan Schutt for four through mid-wicket. It goes in the air, but with the fielding restrictions it's safe.
Michelle Goszko
Ex-Australia batter on BBC Sounds
Image source, Getty ImagesA poor start from England. Maia Bouchier actually struck the ball okay, it made a good sound off her bat. But she managed to pick out the one fielder on the boundary.
An awful start really.
Bouchier c Wareham b Schutt 0 (Eng 0-1)
Disastrous start for England as Maia Bouchier holes out and continues her lean run of scores.
The England opener defends her first ball from Megan Schutt but a bottom-handed heave to one which kept a little low and she cannot get the distance on it.
Georgia Wareham dashes in from deep square and takes a fine catch.
'Disastrous start' as Bouchier is caught out with second ball
Right, the players are out in the middle at the SCG
Maia Bouchier and Danni Wyatt-Hodge will open for England.
Megan Schutt has the ball in hand for Australia.
Kieran Parmley
Cricviz analyst
England have only been set a target of more than 195 three times previously, winning once and losing twice. Their one win came against India at the Wankhede Stadium in the 2018 Tri-Series, with the two losses both coming against Australia, one in the aforementioned 2018 Tri-Series and the other at Chelmsford in the 2019 Ashes.
I jest, of course.
A lot of pressure on England's top order to get them within striking distance. They do not bat anywhere near as deep as the Aussies.
Nigeria beat New Zealand at the Women's U19 World Cup a little earlier, so, you know, shocks between two sides where there might be a gulf in class on paper can happen.
Henry Moeran
Test Match Special commentator
England's fielding errors allow Australia off the hook
England will need the joint second-highest successful chase in Women’s T20 international history tonight to stay in the Women’s Ashes. 199 is a mountain of runs.
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special
It is unusual for Australia to lose that many wickets in a T20, but it's not worrying because they kept their run-rate so high. They were going at just less than 10 runs an over.
Normally losing wickets would slow them down, but it didn't stop their momentum at all.
Thanks, Mike.
That is Australia's third highest T20 international score against England and their best against their historic rivals on home soil.
Do Heather Knight's side have any hope here?
CricViz isn't giving England much of a chance...
I'm going to hand you over to Timothy Abraham to see if the tourists can defy the data and keep their Ashes alive.
Image source, CricvizFull from Lauren Bell to finish the innings, Wareham gets the ball into the leg side and the Australia batters run two.
They finish just short of the 200, but they'll be happy with that score, I reckon.
Meanwhile Bell closes on figures of 2-39.
Through the hands of Heather Knight!
Wareham has four off the bat as the England skipper can't field the ball at mid-off, seeing it run away to the ropes.
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mooney,stumped Jones, bowled Kemp Mooney, stumped Jones, bowled Kemp | 75 | 51 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 86 | 147.06 |
Voll,leg before wicket, bowled Bell Voll, leg before wicket, bowled Bell | 21 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 190.91 |
Litchfield,run out Knight Litchfield, run out Knight | 25 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 125.00 |
Perry,stumped Jones, bowled Ecclestone Perry, stumped Jones, bowled Ecclestone | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 116.67 |
Sutherland,caught Wyatt-Hodge, bowled Dean Sutherland, caught Wyatt-Hodge, bowled Dean | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 75.00 |
McGrath,bowled Ecclestone McGrath, bowled Ecclestone | 26 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 288.89 |
Harris,caught Ecclestone, bowled Bell Harris, caught Ecclestone, bowled Bell | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 175.00 |
Wareham,not out Wareham, not out | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 110.00 |
King,not out King, not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100.00 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 6, byes 4, leg byes 5, total 15 Extras, no balls 0, wides 6, byes 4, leg byes 5, total 15 | |||||||
Total,198 for 7 20.0 overs Total,198 for 7 20.0 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kemp | 3.0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8.00 |
Bell | 4.0 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 9.75 |
Dean | 4.0 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9.50 |
Sciver-Brunt | 2.0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11.00 |
Glenn | 3.0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13.33 |
Ecclestone | 4.0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6.50 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
40 for 1 (3.3 overs) | Voll |
91 for 2 (10.2 overs) | Litchfield |
114 for 3 (12.4 overs) | Perry |
121 for 4 (13.5 overs) | Sutherland |
166 for 5 (16.4 overs) | McGrath |
168 for 6 (17.2 overs) | Mooney |
187 for 7 (19.2 overs) | Harris |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bouchier,caught Wareham, bowled Schutt Bouchier, caught Wareham, bowled Schutt | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Wyatt-Hodge,caught Litchfield, bowled Garth Wyatt-Hodge, caught Litchfield, bowled Garth | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.00 |
Dunkley,bowled McGrath Dunkley, bowled McGrath | 59 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 49 | 196.67 |
Sciver-Brunt,bowled King Sciver-Brunt, bowled King | 20 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 166.67 |
Knight,leg before wicket, bowled King Knight, leg before wicket, bowled King | 18 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 90.00 |
Jones,bowled Wareham Jones, bowled Wareham | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 109.09 |
Kemp,not out Kemp, not out | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 183.33 |
Ecclestone,caught Sutherland, bowled Wareham Ecclestone, caught Sutherland, bowled Wareham | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 216.67 |
Dean,caught Mooney, bowled Wareham Dean, caught Mooney, bowled Wareham | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.00 |
Glenn,run out Perry Glenn, run out Perry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Bell,caught Mooney, bowled Sutherland Bell, caught Mooney, bowled Sutherland | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 3, byes 0, leg byes 3, total 6 Extras, no balls 0, wides 3, byes 0, leg byes 3, total 6 | |||||||
Total,141 all out 16.0 overs Total,141 all out 16.0 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Schutt | 3.0 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11.66 |
Garth | 2.0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15.00 |
King | 3.0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.66 |
Sutherland | 3.0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.66 |
Wareham | 3.0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8.33 |
McGrath | 2.0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.00 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
0 for 1 (0.2 overs) | Bouchier |
4 for 2 (1.1 overs) | Wyatt-Hodge |
48 for 3 (4.1 overs) | Sciver-Brunt |
96 for 4 (10.1 overs) | Knight |
110 for 5 (11.5 overs) | Dunkley |
116 for 6 (12.5 overs) | Jones |
137 for 7 (14.2 overs) | Ecclestone |
139 for 8 (14.6 overs) | Dean |
140 for 9 (15.1 overs) | Glenn |
141 for 10 (15.6 overs) | Bell |