Match Details
Date & Time:
25th Jan 2025, 1:45 PM
Match Number:
3rd T20I
Match Results:
AUS-W Won By 72 runs
Australia Women vs England Women - Commentary
Australia Women vs England Women - Commentary
England Women tour of Australia, 2025
Australia Women beat England Women by 72 runs
Player of the match
Beth Mooney - AUS-W
Detailed Commentary
All
Wickets
4s
6s
AUS-W
ENG-W
Right then, the white-ball leg of the 2025 Women's Ashes is done and dusted and Australia Women have clean-swept all the ODI and T20I games. It is just the one-off Test match that remains and it is worth 4 points if one side wins. It will also be the first day-night Test to be played at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground and will begin on Thursday, 30 January at 3.30 am GMT but you can join us a lot sooner for the build-up. Australia Women will have the chance to win the multi-format series 16-0, something that hasn't happened since 2013 whereas England Women will be looking to end the tour on a positive note. Take care and cheers!
Australia Women skipper, Tahlia McGrath says that she really enjoyed this win given it is her home ground and the crowd loves to come in and support the team as well. Adds that it was a bit of a tricky wicket and the way Beth Mooney batted was exceptional and goes on to laud Georgia Voll and says that everyone did their part. Mentions that she is looking forward to the Day-Night Test at the MCG and reckons that the 4-day format will be a different challenge altoghether.
Heather Knight, the captain of England Women says that the opposition played well and the way Mooney played was brilliant. Reckons that the pitch was decent and kept a bit low but losing so many wickets at the top always makes it difficult. Adds that the Aussies bowled well and they are looking forward to the Test match at the MCG and will look to win. Mentions that they haven't been able to put on a good showing all-round so far and that's what they need to learn from the Aussies.
Beth Mooney is the PLAYER OF THE MATCH for her fine unbeaten knock of 94 off just 63 balls. Mooney says that she hit a few out of the middle of the bat and those partnerships, especially with Georgia Voll were crucial for her to get a big score. Adds that she was battling away for some form at the start of this series and fortunately it has come off for her and hopefully, there are a few more knocks left in her. On the added responsibility of wicket-keeping, she reckons that she is enjoying it but not that much and is fine to get back on the field rather than keep wickets. Informs that she tried to use the gaps and run hard and on getting a hundred in an Ashes Test match, she says that she doesn't think about it much.
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England Women conceded a few too many runs to begin with but their batting effort was nothing to write home about either. Sophia Dunkley tried to start aggressively but fell soon and then it was just a bit of a procession in the way they lost their wickets. Danni Wyatt-Hodge did a decent enough job before it was once again skipper Heather Knight who played a lone hand. Knight was the last wicket to fall as she made 40 with no one apart from Wyatt-Hodge even managing to get into double figures. In the end, England Women failed to breach the three-figure mark as well.
Australia Women had 160-plus runs on a wicket that looked a bit tricky and aided the spinners a bit and every now and then the ball kept low too. They used this well and bowled brilliantly in the first 6 overs, to kill the game then and there. Darcie Brown was the first to breakthrough on her return to the Playing XI and then the spinners came to the fore. Georgia Wareham in particular was outstanding as he picked up 3 wickets in her first 2 overs and the Aussies had the opposition in all sorts of trouble. The pacers then came in and cleaned up the tail to set up a hug victory in terms of runs.
What a way to round up another resounding win for Australia Women and they have now clean swept the ODI and the T20I series to take an unassailable 12-0 lead heading into the one-off Test match in this Women's Ashes series. As for England Women, it is just a test of their mental fortitude now and they have been outclassed by the hosts throughout this tour.
90/10 (17.3)
40 (38)
17 (15)
Over 18
W
1
0
Heather Knight*
40 (38)
Lauren Filer
4 (9)
Tahlia McGrath
1/4 (1.3)
ENG-W
90/10
OUT
H Knight
40 (38)
st B Mooney b T McGrath
Wkt
#10
4s/6s
3 / 1
SR
105.26
W
17.3
Tahlia McGrath to Heather Knight ,OUT! STUMPED! There it is, the Aussie captain gets rid of her opposite number and seals a 3-o win in the T20I series as well. Just short of a good length from Tahlia McGrath, a bit slower and outside off, Heather Knight comes down the pitch to drive but ends up running past it and Beth Mooney is quick to whip off the bails. Knight doesn't even bother trying to get back and Australia Women win by 72 runs!
1
17.2
Tahlia McGrath to Lauren Filer ,Back of a length and at the batter, Filer picks it up and lifts it over short fine leg for a single.
0
17.1
Tahlia McGrath to Lauren Filer ,Short of a length and angling down the leg side, Lauren Filer just angles the pull straight down to short fine leg.
Over 17
1
0
1
1
0
1
Lauren Filer*
3 (7)
Heather Knight
40 (37)
Georgia Wareham
3/11 (4)
ENG-W
89/9
1
16.6
Georgia Wareham to Lauren Filer ,Nagging length on off, Filer backs away to cut but ends up getting an inside edge towards the leg side for one.
0
16.5
Georgia Wareham to Lauren Filer ,Drags the length back, bowling it on off, Filer fails to get it away on the off side.
1
16.4
Georgia Wareham to Heather Knight ,Flighted delivery around off, Knight drives it nicely and through the extra cover region for a single.
1
16.3
Georgia Wareham to Lauren Filer ,Quite full and bowled onto middle and leg, Filer steps out and jams it down to long on for one more.
0
16.2
Georgia Wareham to Lauren Filer ,Floated up around off, Lauren Filer eases it out into the off side.
1
16.1
Georgia Wareham to Heather Knight ,Tossed up on the stumps, Knight drives it down to long on for a single.
Over 16
0
1
0
1
0
1
Lauren Filer*
1 (3)
Heather Knight
38 (35)
Annabel Sutherland
1/14 (3)
ENG-W
85/9
0
15.6
Annabel Sutherland to Lauren Filer ,Nicely bowled! Back-of-the-hand slower ball, bowled into the pitch and at the batter, Filer is bamboozled and wears it on the body.
1
15.5
Annabel Sutherland to Heather Knight ,Pitched up outside off, Knight gets across and swings it over the square leg region for just a single.
0
15.4
Annabel Sutherland to Heather Knight ,Slower one, bowled a bit into the pitch and wide outside off, Knight backs away to open up the off side but fails to reach it.
1
15.3
Annabel Sutherland to Lauren Filer ,That's a bit casual running from Lauren Filer. Length ball on off, heaved up and over the bowler's head for a single. There's a direct hit at the bowler's end and whilst Filer is in, she didn't ground her bat which could have been catastrophic.
0
15.2
Annabel Sutherland to Lauren Filer ,Beaten! Fuller and wide outside off, Filer backs away and is well beaten.
1
15.1
Annabel Sutherland to Heather Knight ,Back of a length over middle, hit away through the mid-wicket region for a single.
Lauren Filer is the last batter in for Australia Women.
Over 15
W
1
1
0
0
1
Linsey Smith*
1 (6)
Heather Knight
36 (32)
Tahlia McGrath
0/3 (1)
ENG-W
82/9
OUT
L Smith
1 (6)
run out (E Perry / B Mooney)
Wkt
#9
4s/6s
0 / 0
SR
16.66
W
14.6
Tahlia McGrath to Linsey Smith ,OUT! RUN OUT! That is a stellar piece of fielding from Ellyse Perry. This is pitched up around off, Linsey Smith gets on the front foot and punches it wide of covers. Perry dives down to her right and makes a sharp stop. Smith is halfway down the track when she realizes there's no single on offer and Perry just throws it back to the keeper whilst fallen over. Beth Mooney does well to drag the ball back onto the stumps as Smith dives in. Replays show that Smith is just short of her crease.
1
14.5
Tahlia McGrath to Heather Knight ,Short again and into the pitch around off, Heather Knight swats it down to long on for one more.
1
14.4
Tahlia McGrath to Linsey Smith ,Fractionally short over the stumps, pulled away past square leg for a single.
0
14.3
Tahlia McGrath to Linsey Smith ,Beaten! A touch fuller and in the channel around off, staying low, Linsey Smith swings across the line but misses.
0
14.2
Tahlia McGrath to Linsey Smith ,Sliding down leg! Around the wicket now, bowled on a good length and angled into the pads, Smith looks to heave but misses and gets hit on the pads.
1
14.1
Tahlia McGrath to Heather Knight ,On a fuller length and angled in from middle, Knight uses her feet and works it away in front of mid-wicket for one.
Over 14
0
2b
W
1
1
1
Linsey Smith*
0 (2)
Heather Knight
34 (30)
Megan Schutt
1/17 (3)
ENG-W
79/8
0
13.6
Megan Schutt to Linsey Smith ,Bowled on a hard length and shaping back in from middle, Linsey Smith tucks it to the leg side.
2b
13.5
Megan Schutt to Linsey Smith ,TWO BYES! Pitched up on leg and just swinging back in, Linsey Smith takes the front leg out to heave but misses. The ball beats the keeper and rolls down to fine leg and the fielder from short fine leg just cuts it out an inch or two inside the ropes. Two byes.
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