Australia won the Women’s Ashes ODI series Against England
Australia’s women won the Women’s Ashes ODI series, taking the first two matches. In the second match, England failed to chase 181 runs.
The Ashes series is being played between the women’s teams of Australia and England, in which series of all three formats are played. Currently, a three-match ODI series is being played and the Australian women’s team has won this series. Out of the three matches of the Women’s Ashes, the host Australia has won the first two matches. In the second match, the England team could not chase even 181 runs and lost the match by 21 runs. Along with the match, the team has also lost the series, because Australia had won the first match by 4 wickets. The third match of the series will be played in Hobart on January 17.
Talking about this match, it was a low scoring one. England’s captain Heather Knight won the toss and chose to bowl. The bowlers proved their worth and bundled out a strong team like Australia for 180 runs. After this, it was expected that England would level the series, but it did not happen. Australia’s bowlers performed brilliantly and bundled out England for 159 runs and won by a margin of 21 runs. Alana King took 4 wickets of England.
Alice Perry scored the highest 60 runs for Australia. In response, England’s team was all out for 59 runs. Alana King from the Kangaroo team troubled the England batsmen a lot by taking 4 wickets.
Apart from Alana King, Kim Garth took 3 wickets for Australia, while Megan Schutt and Ash Gardner took 1 wicket each. Five batsmen from England managed to cross the double digit mark. One of these batsmen scored 47 runs and another scored 35 runs, but they fell short for the target of 181. England’s team bowled well. Sophie Ecclestone took 4 wickets, while Alice Capsey took 3 wickets. Lauren Bell took 2 wickets and Lauren Filler took one wicket.
