Australia show they can win even with a below-par performance, sending England an early warning in the opening match of the Women's Ashes.
When Australia say they are not satisfied, despite winning by four wickets with 67 balls to spare, then watch out.
"It was the kind of wicket where you never felt 'in' so we did well to chase that down, but we could have put the foot down and tried to chase that quicker." There are three ODIs in total, followed by three T20 matches - with two points for the winners of each limited-overs contest. Then comes a single Test that offers four points to the winner and two each for a draw.
Three of England's senior batters - Knight, Amy Jones and Danni Wyatt-Hodge - made it to 30 but could not take responsibility to kick on, and they lost their last five wickets for 47 runs.And too often, England were poor in the field, with Alice Capsey dropping all-rounder Ellyse Perry on seven and Sophie Ecclestone - who, granted, had a great day with the ball - dropping Ash Gardner on 31.
"If you have Filer getting Phoebe Litchfield early and then Capsey holds that catch a few balls later, you think 'hey, we are on top in the game and driving it forward'.
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