ENG Women vs AUS Women, 1st T20I at Adelaide, Women's Ashes, Jan 20 2022 - Cricket Photos

RESULT

1st T20I (N), Adelaide, January 20, 2022, Women's Ashes

England Women

169/4

Australia Women

(17/20 ov, T:170) 170/1

AUS Women won by 9 wickets (with 18 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match

Tahlia McGrath

, AUS-W

91* (49) & 3/26

Meg Lanning and Alyssa Healy chat in the middle•Jan 20, 2022•CA/Cricket Australia/Getty Images

Tahlia McGrath and Meg Lanning put on 144* in 13.1 overs, Australia Women vs England Women, Women's Ashes, 1st T20I, Adelaide Oval, January 20, 2022

Tahlia McGrath and Meg Lanning put on 144* in 13.1 overs•Jan 20, 2022•CA/Cricket Australia/Getty Images

Alyssa Healy fell to Sophie Ecclestone early on, Australia Women vs England Women, Women's Ashes, 1st T20I, Adelaide Oval, January 20, 2022

Alyssa Healy fell to Sophie Ecclestone early on•Jan 20, 2022•Getty Images

Danni Wyatt's 70 off 54 balls set England up, Australia Women vs England Women, Women's Ashes, 1st T20I, Adelaide Oval, January 20, 2022

Danni Wyatt's 70 off 54 balls set England up•Jan 20, 2022•CA/Cricket Australia/Getty Images

Alana King catches Tammy Beaumont off her own bowling, Australia Women vs England Women, Women's Ashes, 1st T20I, Adelaide Oval, January 20, 2022

Alana King catches Tammy Beaumont off her own bowling•Jan 20, 2022•Getty Images

Tammy Beaumont works one to the leg side, Australia Women vs England Women, Women's Ashes, 1st T20I, Adelaide Oval, January 20, 2022

Tammy Beaumont works one to the leg side•Jan 20, 2022•Getty Images

Maia Bouchier appeared to jar her knee in the field, Australia Women vs England Women, Women's Ashes, 1st T20I, Adelaide Oval, January 20, 2022

Maia Bouchier appeared to jar her knee in the field•Jan 20, 2022•CA/Cricket Australia/Getty Images

Tahlia McGrath works to leg, Australia Women vs England Women, Women's Ashes, 1st T20I, Adelaide Oval, January 20, 2022

Tahlia McGrath works to leg•Jan 20, 2022•Getty Images

Tahlia McGrath extended a fine start to her T20I career, Australia Women vs England Women, Women's Ashes, 1st T20I, Adelaide Oval, January 20, 2022

Tahlia McGrath extended a fine start to her T20I career•Jan 20, 2022•Getty Images

Tahlia McGrath struck with a double-wicket over, Australia Women vs England Women, Women's Ashes, 1st T20I, Adelaide Oval, January 20, 2022

Tahlia McGrath struck with a double-wicket over•Jan 20, 2022•Getty Images

Danni Wyatt was brutal with the bat down the ground, Australia Women vs England Women, Women's Ashes, 1st T20I, Adelaide Oval, January 20, 2022

Danni Wyatt was brutal with the bat down the ground•Jan 20, 2022•CA/Cricket Australia/Getty Images

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Tammy Beaumont wants England to 'get over the line' after encouraging Ashes start ends in defeat

England opener described Australia allrounder Tahlia McGrath's execution as "the difference between kicking onto like 180-190"

McGrath's all-round Ashes T20I heroics prove Perry is no longer peerless

Ellyse Perry, arguably the best-ever women's allrounder, may at long last have a worthy successor

Tahlia McGrath all-round excellence trumps Wyatt 70 as Australia take Ashes opening honours

The hosts, who dropped Ellyse Perry, made short work of a 170 chase in Adelaide, thanks in part also to Lanning's 64*

Australia call-up Grace Harris after Beth Mooney's injury

Call-up for the Brisbane Heat allrounder backs up selectors' talk of specialist T20 players

Heather Knight aims to 'punch first' against aggressive Australia

England's captain says the team has grown stronger since losing the 2019 Ashes, with a 'lot more leaders in the side'

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AUS Women Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
MM Lanning	not out	64	44
AJ Healy	caught	7	9
TM McGrath	not out	91	49
Extras	(lb 1, w 7)
Total	170(1 wkt; 17 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	R	W	Econ
KH Brunt	3	24	0	8
S Ecclestone	4	29	1	7.25
NR Sciver	3	31	0	10.33
FR Davies	3	29	0	9.66
S Glenn	3	39	0	13
HC Knight	1	17	0	17

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	26	Alyssa Healy	Meg Lanning
2nd	144	Meg Lanning	Tahlia McGrath

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Women's Ashes

TEAM	M	W	L	PT
AUS-W	4	1	0	6
ENG-W	4	0	1	4

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