Mooney stars in first T20 as Australia shut in on Ladies’s Ashes defence
Australia have been cruising on 130 for 2 earlier than stumbling to 140 for 5 and whereas they wanted only a single off the final 5 balls, a four-wicket victory was not secured till the penultimate supply.
Beth Mooney’s 61 not out off 47 balls, plus cameos from Tahlia McGrath (40 off 29) and Ashleigh Gardner (31 off 23), underpinned the profitable chase as England fell 6-0 down within the multi-format sequence with 10 factors to play for.
Having additionally been crushed within the lone Test, England face having to win all 5 remaining matches – two T20s and three ODIs – to win the sequence towards a aspect who’re world champions in each codecs.
Lauren Bell, Sophie Ecclestone and Sarah Glenn every took a few wickets to take this match to the wire, however Georgia Wareham was in a position to scramble a single after punching to cowl to get Australia house.
Sophia Dunkley had earlier top-scored with 56 off 49 balls in England’s 153 for seven, a complete by which solely three of the house aspect’s batters reached double figures, whereas they have been grateful for Amy Jones’ unbeaten 40 off 21 balls having misplaced 4 wickets for 12 runs in entrance of a 19,527 attendance.