Summary

  • England hammered by 72 runs in final T20 of Ashes series - report

  • Mooney anchors Australia with unbeaten 94 off 63 balls

  • England slump to 48-7 and never recover

  • Australia, who have already won Ashes, now lead 12-0

  • One-off Test at MCG begins on Thursday (03:30 GMT)

Live Reporting

by Sam Drury & Mike Peter

  1. How stat?!

    Kieran Parmley
    Cricviz analyst

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    70 is the target for England to avoid matching their heaviest ever defeat in T20Is (93 runs vs Australia, Chelmsford 2019).

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    England are in deep trouble. Surely they simply cannot carry on playing like this? They are better than this, but to have this mindset that everything is okay, we're close to Australia etc, is fooling no-one.

    Adrian, Worcester

    England are still not learning from previous games. Still finding ways to get themselves out with mindless cricket. Amy Jones' shot selection second ball for her dismissal sums it up.

    Richard, Telford

    It's getting harder to defend this England team with each passing delivery.

    John, Nibley

    Fair play to Australia. Completely outclassing this dire England side. 16-0 whitewash is inevitable.

    Mark

  3. Michelle Goszko
    Ex-Australia batter on BBC Sounds

    This is starting to be really embarrassing for England.

    Another terrible shot trying to slog sweep a spinner. It is a debacle from England and this is a series low-point.

  4. wicket

    WICKET

    Dean c King b Wareham 1 (Eng 48-7)

    Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse for England...

    Such a tame dismissal for Charlie Dean.

    Tossed up by Georgia Wareham, Dean tries to sweep but just dollies up the simplest of catches to Alana King at square leg.

    Wareham has 3-3 and England are heading towards a heavy, heavy loss.

    Dean out for one to leave England eight down

  5. Aaron Bryans
    Test Match Special commentator

    Grace Harris reads the shot immediately and the visitors are capitulating here at the Adelaide Oval.

  6. Michelle Goszko
    Ex-Australia batter on BBC Sounds

    England are in all sorts of trouble. Freya Kemp hit the ball high up on the bat, it was a comfortable catch for Grace Harris.

    The shot selection has not been great here from England.

  7. wicket

    WICKET

    Kemp c Harris b Brown 5 (Eng 46-6)

    Start the car.

    Freya Kemp tries to hit over the off side this time but manages only to offer up a straightforward catch to Grace Harris at mid-off.

    It was a shorter delivery from Darcie Brown but there just wasn't the width for Kemp to play that shot.

    Collapsing, crumbling, capitulating. Whatever you want to call it, England are racing towards a sixth straight defeat.

    Kemp holes out to Harris leaving England six down

  8. Eng 46-5

    Target 163

    Short from Darcis Brown and Freya Kemp goes back to hammer a pull shot over mid-wicket for four.

    Top shot.

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    This England team are so far from what is required to compete against Australia both in the field and batting. Poor decision making and execution from Dunkley and Capsey and dreadful technique from Sciver-Brunt.

    Richard, Telford

    Sport is never good to watch when there is such an enormous gulf between the two teams.

    Tom

    Whitewash incoming. This England team are poor and a total embarrassment.

    Mark

    I'll be surprised if England get to three figures. End of a tour and just can't wait to get away from being thrashed every game.

    Nick

  10. How stat?!

    Kieran Parmley
    Cricviz analyst

    England are five down inside the first seven overs for the third time in their T20I history, all three instances have come against Australia.

  11. Eng 41-5

    Target 163

    What a first over for Georgia Wareham.

    The leggie takes two wickets for two runs and Australia are poised to go up 12-0 in this series.

  12. Not out

    Eng 39-5

    They go through all the UltraEdge stuff, no bat involved and Freya Kemp was pinned right in front.

    However, even from those replays it is clear the ball pitched well outside leg.

    Ball-tracking confirms as much. Not out. Small mercies for England...

  13. Australia review

    Has Georgia Wareham got a third in the over?

    Australia send it upstairs after Freya Kemp is hit right in front of all three.

    But did it pitch outside the left-hander's leg stump?

  14. Michelle Goszko
    Ex-Australia batter on BBC Sounds

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    Heather Knight is still there, she could go berserk. But realistically, it is pretty dire for England at the moment.

    Freya Kemp is not known for her batting ability at all.

  15. wicket

    WICKET

    Jones lbw b Wareham 0 (Eng 39-5)

    Not bat involved, three reds and England are collapsing in Adelaide.

    Even on first viewing it looked as though Amy Jones was in bother.

    After getting so far across her stumps, the only hope was that she got a little tickle on it.

    UltraEdge shows that wasn't the case and it was going on to hit leg.

    'England are crumbling' Wareham takes two wickets in an over

  16. Aaron Bryans
    Test Match Special commentator

    Hearts are in mouths in the England camp. They need this to not be out.

  17. England review

    Is it about to get worse for England?

    Amy Jones is given out lbw after going across her stumps and attempting a lap sweep.

    She sends it upstairs but if she hasn't hit it, this doesn't look good for her...

  18. Michelle Goszko
    Ex-Australia batter on BBC Sounds

    No luck for Danni Wyatt-Hodge. She got nowhere near the middle of the bat.

    England's batting line-up gets a little bit precarious from this point on.

  19. wicket

    WICKET

    Wyatt-Hodge c Sutherland b Wareham (Eng 39-4)

    There goes another one.

    Georgia Wareham into the attack and the leg-spinner is the second Australia bowler tonight to strike first ball.

    Danni Wyatt-Hodge aims a big shot down the ground, is beaten in the flight and skies it.

    Annabel Sutherland takes the catch at mid-off as England slump further.

  20. Michelle Goszko
    Ex-Australia batter on BBC Sounds

    This partnership is crucial for England. Now that we are outside the powerplay it gets difficult and England need to push their ones into twos and try to find some boundaries.