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
Alana King comes in and takes an immediate single to bring Wareham back on strike.
She takes a swing at Bell's next delivery, doesn't make contact and the ball scuffs off the gloves of Amy Jones, who's standing up, and goes to the ropes for four byes.
Harris c Ecclestone b Bell 14 (Aus 187-7)
Four and gone!
Georgia Harris clouts Lauren Bell through long-on for four but is dismissed from the following delivery, clipping a slower ball in the air and into the hands of Sophie Ecclestone at short fine-leg.
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special
This has been a good final over from Sophie Ecclestone.
Georgia Wareham likes to hit through extra cover, but if she wants to hit Ecclestone for four she will have to go square of the wicket.
Sophie Ecclestone to bowl her final over.
The Australia batters can't get her away, with Harris and new batter Georgia Wareham finding fielders for singles.
Wareham can't get hold of a closing full toss either, only getting two down the ground.
Ecclestone finishes with figures of 2-26.
Harris goes reaching for a wide-ish delivery from Kemp and skews the ball safely into space in the leg side.
Single taken, two overs to go.
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special
England need to be bowling slower balls at Grace Harris. I would like to see Freya Kemp mix things up a little bit because Harris is just going to be out to smash runs.
Ebony Rainford-Brent
Former England batter on TNT Sports
Grace Harris might hit the ball even harder than Ash Gardner. She's just come off a 140 off 70-odd balls, smashing eight sixes.
She can hit the ball into another stratosphere.
The challenge Australia have is that she plays a very similar role to Gardner so they don't always put her in the squad.
They need to both play! If they both play, you throw in the spinners and they look kind of unbeatable to me.
But they often go one or the other because they're very similar.
Pow!
I said Grace Harris was a big hitter and she goes about proving me right, lifting Kemp's slower ball over long-on for six.
Kieran Parmley
Cricviz analyst
Jones stumps Perry
Amy Jones has been involved in 17 dismissals (nine catches, eight stumpings) in T20 internationals since the start of 2024, only Richa Ghosh (20) has been involved in more.
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special
It's a big wicket, albeit quite late. A nice clean take from Amy Jones.
This could be the comeback England are after just to slow things down at the end of the order.
Mooney st Jones b Kemp 75 (Aus 168-6)
Stumped off the medium-pacer!
Amy Jones has her second stumping of the match and she's ended the fine innings of Beth Mooney.
The opener advanced down the track to the returning Freya Kemp, missed out and Jones whipped off the bails.
In comes the big-hitting Grace Harris, she takes a single towards square with her second ball.
Kieran Parmley
Cricviz analyst
Tahlia McGrath's strike-rate of 288 is the sixth highest in T20I history for an innings of nine balls or more.
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special
Sophie Ecclestone bowled fuller and quicker and she beats Tahlia McGrath. She always seems to have an answer.
But it's frustration for England when someone gets 26 from 9 balls.
McGrath b Ecclestone 26 (Aus 166-5)
She'll be happier now!
Ecclestone removes the dangerous McGrath, bowling the stand-in skipper and she looked for a leg-side boundary.
A big fist pump from the world's number one bowler.
And still they come.
Mooney and McGrath take one each through square.
Sophie Ecclestone unimpressed.
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special
17 runs came from that last Lauren Bell over.
We spoke about aiming to go at two runs per ball but Australia want more than that. They are toying with England here and are trying to change things up.
Image source, CricvizThe boundaries keep coming...
Mooney lashes past short fine-leg again for four more, then McGrath adds a boundary of her own, lashing through the covers.
Henry Moeran
Test Match Special commentator
That was not a terribly effective piece of fielding. England have just started to build a bit of pressure but Sophie Ecclestone has to be stopping that.
Kieran Parmley
Cricviz analyst
Image source, Getty ImagesSince the start of 2023, Beth Mooney strikes at 193 in the last five overs of a T20 innings, only her team-mate Grace Harris scores at a quicker rate (212 strike rate).
| Batter | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mooney,stumped Jones, bowled Kemp Mooney, stumped Jones, bowled Kemp | 75 | 51 | 11 | 0 | 86 | 147.06 |
Voll,leg before wicket, bowled Bell Voll, leg before wicket, bowled Bell | 21 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 190.91 |
Litchfield,run out Knight Litchfield, run out Knight | 25 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 125.00 |
Perry,stumped Jones, bowled Ecclestone Perry, stumped Jones, bowled Ecclestone | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 116.67 |
Sutherland,caught Wyatt-Hodge, bowled Dean Sutherland, caught Wyatt-Hodge, bowled Dean | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 75.00 |
McGrath,bowled Ecclestone McGrath, bowled Ecclestone | 26 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 288.89 |
Harris,caught Ecclestone, bowled Bell Harris, caught Ecclestone, bowled Bell | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 175.00 |
Wareham,not out Wareham, not out | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 110.00 |
King,not out King, not out | 1 | 1 | 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 | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kemp | 3.0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 8.00 |
Bell | 4.0 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 9.75 |
Dean | 4.0 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 9.50 |
Sciver-Brunt | 2.0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 11.00 |
Glenn | 3.0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 13.33 |
Ecclestone | 4.0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 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 | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bouchier,caught Wareham, bowled Schutt Bouchier, caught Wareham, bowled Schutt | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Wyatt-Hodge,caught Litchfield, bowled Garth Wyatt-Hodge, caught Litchfield, bowled Garth | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.00 |
Dunkley,bowled McGrath Dunkley, bowled McGrath | 59 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 49 | 196.67 |
Sciver-Brunt,bowled King Sciver-Brunt, bowled King | 20 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 166.67 |
Knight,leg before wicket, bowled King Knight, leg before wicket, bowled King | 18 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 90.00 |
Jones,bowled Wareham Jones, bowled Wareham | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 109.09 |
Kemp,not out Kemp, not out | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 183.33 |
Ecclestone,caught Sutherland, bowled Wareham Ecclestone, caught Sutherland, bowled Wareham | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 216.67 |
Dean,caught Mooney, bowled Wareham Dean, caught Mooney, bowled Wareham | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.00 |
Glenn,run out Perry Glenn, run out Perry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Bell,caught Mooney, bowled Sutherland Bell, caught Mooney, bowled Sutherland | 0 | 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 | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Schutt | 3.0 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 11.66 |
Garth | 2.0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 15.00 |
King | 3.0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 4.66 |
Sutherland | 3.0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 6.66 |
Wareham | 3.0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 8.33 |
McGrath | 2.0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 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 |
