Australia had not even left the field when their next Women’s Ashes goal was made clear: a whitewash victory. That is a ruthlessness England would do well to heed.
It has taken just nine days for Australia's cricketers to retain the Women’s Ashes. The Australians won a fourth straight game in the multi-format series with a 57-run victory in the first of the three T20s between the rivals. It means Australia just has to win or draw either of the two remaining T20s or the series-closing test match to clinch the series outright.
Alyssa Healy has a recurrence of the foot injury she picked up in the T20 World Cup and misses the opening T20 game with England.
