Summary

  1. England suffer innings defeat to lose Women's Ashes 16-0published at 11:01 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February

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    King stars as Australia complete historic Ashes clean sweep over England

    That's it from us at the end of an extremely one-sided Ashes series.

    England had their chances early on, didn't take them and Australia have gone on to blow them away and claim a remarkable 16-0 clean sweep.

    Alana King spun them to victory in the Test at the MCG and you can read Ffion Wynne's report on that here.

    Where do England go from here? They will spend the coming days, weeks and months trying to figure that out while Australia can celebrate.

    The series is done but cricket never stops, we'll be back tomorrow for England men's fifth T20 against India - that starts at 13:30 GMT. Be sure to join us then!

  2. Postpublished at 10:58 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February

    Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    I genuinely believe that Heather Knight is capable of taking this team forward. They can't make any decisions whilst it's fresh and raw. They need to take it away and review it all.

    There will be an inquest into this. Australia won 16-0. Ultimately, they need to get their players playing domestic cricket. They need their players to be playing county cricket so they are used to playing under pressure.

  3. 'It is pretty raw at the moment'published at 10:56 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February

    England captain Heather Knight speaking to TNT Sports about her future:"I don’t know at the moment, it is all quite raw at the moment, it has happened pretty quickly, the next few weeks will be about working out what is best for the future.

    "We will see, I think it will be something that will be worked out in the next couple of months what the future of the team holds, I guess."

  4. Postpublished at 10:55 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February

    Michelle Goszko
    Ex-Australia batter on BBC Sounds

    It won't sink in for the Australians for a little while. Maybe not even for a few years.

  5. Postpublished at 10:54 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February

    Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    It’s been a series of triumph for Australia – 16-0!

    We probably thought that Australia would retain the Ashes but that England might win a couple of ODIs, a T20 and maybe draw the Test.

    It wasn’t to be, Australia have been dominant and deserve the 16-0.

  6. Postpublished at 10:53 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February

    Georgia Elwiss
    England all-rounder on TNT Sports

    Throughout the whole series, England could never get footholds into the game because as soon as they had those moments, they let them go and Australia snatched them. Australia don't give you any room for mistakes.

    For England they talk about getting better under pressure and the key is domestic cricket. They need to be playing more cricket to get used to these situations, right at the heart of it.

  7. 'We didn't help ourselves at times'published at 10:52 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February

    England coach Jon Lewis, speaking to TNT Sports: "The first thing I would say is across the series I think Australia have played some magnificent cricket. They haven't let us play the cricket we want to play.

    "They put us under pressure in home conditions. We had a couple of early chances to create opportunities to win games of cricket and we didn't take them. Once you give a juggernaut team who know their own conditions the opportunity to get on top it's really tricky to come back.

    "In this Test match their skills were really on point from the start and it was hard for us to stop what was going on. We didn't help ourselves at times, especially in the field. That's a big error of our game which we saw at the T20 World Cup as well. We really need to improve, and it's an area of our game we need to look at.

    "To be honest we will look at all areas of our game across this tour and the winter itself. We'll review thoroughly, try to pick the bones out of everything and come back stronger."

  8. Australia's winning momentpublished at 10:51 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February

    Here is the moment Alana King completed her five-for and sealed a 16-0 Ashes series sweep for Australia...

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    Australia complete the series whitewash against England

  9. Postpublished at 10:50 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February

    Mark Robinson
    Warwickshire first-team coach on TNT Sports

    Alana King has been the star of the whole thing with the spin and the drift she got, and she was massively backed up by Gardner.

    There was a lot of good stuff from England but they could not sustain it, so you end up losing a game you felt you were in.

    But it wasn’t about today, it was about the whole of this tour and where they go next.

  10. Recap: Gardner & King seal emphatic winpublished at 10:49 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February

    It then became a matter of how long it would take for Australia's spin twins Ash Gardner and Alana King to winkle out England's lower order at the MCG.

    There were couple of unorthodox dismissals in there as Gardner and King picked up wickets in unconventional ways.

    With four wickes apiece, and one to take to finish the match, King and Gardner then battled it out to see who would seal the winning moment as Laurens Bell and Filer showed some late defiance.

    King would eventually provide the moment, getting her name on the honour's board at the MCG, after Lauren Filer chipped to mid-on

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    Gardner gets Jones caught behind

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    King's full toss is enough for MacDonald-Gay

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    Gardner's surprise bouncer removes Ecclestone

  11. Recap: King puts England in a spinpublished at 10:47 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February

    After England briefly blunted Australia's seamers, and it looked like they might have some hope of batting out the day, the home side's spinners turned the screw.

    It was mostly the Alana King show as the Australian leg-spinner bamboozled England with some truly spellbinding bowling.

    Her dismissal of Sophia Dunkley, in particular, was a majestic piece of bowling reminiscent of Shane Warne's 'ball of the century' If you only watch one video from this match, make sure it's that one.

    Ash Gardner played a more than useful hand with her off-breaks, too.

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    Superb Litchfield catch dismisses England captain Knight

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    King dismisses Sciver-Brunt

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    Dunkley dispatched by King magnificence

  12. Recap: England show fight with the ballpublished at 10:45 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February

    However, despite Beth Mooney's knock it was largely all England in the first session as they showed plenty of spirit, bowled well to their plans, and actually held some catches.

    Let-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone, who has shouldered much of the burden with the ball in this match, finished with 5-143 as Australia slumped from 405-4 to 440 all out.

    England, who needed to score 270 to force Australia to bat again, lost Maia Bouchier early in their innings as her lean trot in this Ashes series continued but Tammy Beaumont and England skipper Heather Knight rebuilt to reach 79-1.

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    England take last five Australia wickets for 18 runs

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    Bouchier bowled for one

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    Beaumont hits back-to-back fours

  13. Postpublished at 10:44 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February

    Mark Robinson
    Warwickshire first-team coach on TNT Sports

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    Mooney hits maiden test ton

    Beth Mooney is one of my favourite Australian players - she doesn't have a perfect technique of a Annabel Sutherland or an Ellyse Perry but gets everything out of herself.

    She's super fit and runs you ragged. If you're asleep in the field she will exploit you. With the retirement of some of the great Australian batters she's stepped up in all formats for then. She's right in her prime. Right in her pomp.

  14. Recap: Mooney joins exclusive clubpublished at 10:43 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February

    If you were up in the wee small hours you'd have seen Beth Mooney notching up her maiden Test century. The left-hander became the first Australian to score a hundred in all three formats.

    Mooney joined an elite club along with Heather Knight, Tammy Beaumont and Laura Wolvaardt in achieving the milestone.

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    Watch best shots from Mooney's history-making century

  15. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 10:41 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February

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    Australia are a brilliant side so I think there is a danger of overreacting, but whoever coaches this side going forward has two things to consider. 1) Force of personality over skill, perhaps. We need players to stand up under pressure and far too many have not - making hay at home to New Zealand or against South Africa then failing in the World Cups or the Ashes just isn't good enough anymore. 2) Fitness. Alex Hartley is right, and it needs to be sorted. The comparison with Australia is stark.

    Phil in Beckenham

    You really have to hand it to England. When Australia lost 5-18 this morning, you wouldn't think England could do any worse, but they go and prove you wrong again by losing 5-17. Bravo.

    Martin in Hampshire

    Which (if any) England players would make it into a combined Australia-England XI? Can we be surprised that England have been beaten so thoroughly?

    Anon

  16. 'Cannot fault the bowlers'published at 10:40 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February

    England captain Heather Knight, speaking at the post-match presentation: "Congratulations to Australia who have played some remarkable cricket.

    "They made it really tough for us and really pressed home the advantage when on top with some brilliant performances. Unfortunately we were not quite good enough.

    "Any positives? It's been a tough month. We've competed a times but not for long enough.

    "I think Lauren Bell deserves a mention, she's been outstanding with the ball and especially in the ODI series and how she bowled in the Test match.

    "I cannot fault the effort, particularly of the bowlers. It was graft yesterday and they really dug deep."

  17. Postpublished at 10:38 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February

    Michelle Goszko
    Ex-Australia batter on BBC Sounds

    This is the best sports team in Australia at the moment.

  18. Postpublished at 10:36 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February

    The moment Australia have been waiting for as they get their hands on the Ashes trophy...

    Australia celebrate with the Ashes trophyImage source, Getty Images
  19. 'We shut the door on England'published at 10:34 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February

    Australia captain Alyssa Healy, speaking at the post-match presentation: "It's a brilliant feeling. I have to give some credit to Tahlia McGrath for the way she stepped in during the T20 series - it was a joint effort.

    "I thought the team as a whole... I couldn't be prouder of the group. At every opportunity we thought England were clawing their way back somebody came out and shut the door on them.

    "Playing at some great stadiums in Australia, getting crowds back, against a really good opposition, has been an amazing experience. The whole series in general was amazing."

  20. Postpublished at 10:32 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February

    An even better version of Alana King? That's a scary thought for England supporters.

    Even more scary for England batters, I'd imagine...