England fall to defeat by Australia in their second Women's Ashes ODI
England fall to five-wicket defeat by Australia in their second Women’s Ashes ODI after lacklustre batting display, with setback in Melbourne sealing outright series victory for the hosts and seeing them take a 10-4 lead
- Australia have sealed an Ashes series victory with just one more ODI remaining
- Their five-wicket win in the second ODI in Melbourne saw them take a 10-4 lead
- Having won the toss, England were sent to bat first but could only score 129 runs
- The target proved easy for Australia to chase, despite them losing early wickets
Australia have defeated England by five wickets in the second ODI of the Women’s Ashes in Melbourne.
The win pushed Australia to a 10-4 lead in the series and sealed an Ashes series victory with just one ODI remaining on Monday.
Australia won the toss and sent England to bat first. The tourists, who dropped star bowler Katherine Brunt from the team for the day, only racked up 129 runs.
England fell to a five-wicket defeat in the second ODI of the Women’s Ashes in Melbourne
The result meant that the hosts clinched an outright series victory, having taken a 10-4 lead
England’s lacklustre batting left them with the top score of 22 off 35 from Amy Jones.
The target was an easy one for Australia to chase and, despite the locals losing wickets quickly early on, they clinched the victory in the 36th over.
Elyse Perry was awarded player of the match, having taken three wickets and becoming top scorer with 40 runs from 64 balls.
England all-rounder Nat Sciver told the BBC: ‘We’re looking ahead to the World Cup now and making sure we put things right before that. Lessons learned.’
Perry said: ‘To win the Ashes with a game to spare is lovely. There were some really great performances today.’
Despite England taking some early wickets, a lacklustre batting display proved an easy target
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