Australia beat England by 57 runs in the first T20 to take an 8-0 lead and retain the Women's Ashes at the earliest opportunity.
Australia retained the Women's Ashes at the earliest opportunity with a 57-run thrashing over England in the first T20 at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
The victory gives Australia an 8-0 points lead in the multi-format series, meaning England can only draw if they win all of their remaining matches. Sophie Ecclestone's exceptional figures of 2-26 were an outlier in an unconvincing bowling effort, as every other bowler finished with an economy rate of more than eight an over.Australia managed to win the preceding one-day international series 3-0 despite their top order struggling but at the first time of asking in the shorter format, they were ruthless.
Mooney then capitalised on England's errors to strike 11 fours in her innings which was a masterclass in fitness and running between the wickets, displaying her speed and judgement before she was stumped off Freya Kemp in the 18th over. Sciver-Brunt also played aggressively for her 20 from 12 balls but she was bowled by King's first ball, and England could not maintain their intent.
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