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Young guns excite as England secure consolation T20 win

Ellyse Perry's heroics weren't quite enough in Bristol as Australia lost the Ashes finale by 17 runs

The result: England 5-139 (Winfield 26no, Brunt 25no; Vlaeminck 1-9) defeated Australia 8-122 (Perry 60no, Healy 28; Brunt 3-21) by 17 runs in the third and final Ashes T20I at Bristol

The match in a tweet: Heroics from Mady Villiers on debut give England a consolation win, but Australia go home with the #Ashes, winning 12-4!

 

The Ashes: Australia win it with a scoreline of 12-4, equaling England’s 2013 efforts for most dominant victory since the introduction of the multi-format series.

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The hero: Katherine Brunt gave England a defendable total with the bat then did the job with the ball.

With England staring down the barrel of another disappointing total at 5-84, Brunt shared in an unbeaten 55-run stand with Lauren Winfield to lift their team to 5-139.

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Their late flurry saw them add 43 runs from the final four overs, with Brunt smashing a six off the bowling of Megan Schutt in her 18-ball 25no.

Brunt then picked up the huge wickets of Australian opener Beth Mooney and vice-captain Rachael Haynes, taking her third in the final over to finish with figures of 3-21 from four overs.

The debut: Essex allrounder Mady Villiers couldn’t have asked for two bigger maiden wickets in her international debut.

The off-spinner almost had the scalp of Alyssa Healy second ball when she dropped a simple return chance on 25, but she didn’t have to wait long to claim the key wicket of the Australian opener, Healy caught on 28 with Villiers eighth ball in international cricket.

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Just four deliveries later, she had a second with Ashleigh Gardner (0) stumped.

Villiers finished with figures of 2-20 off four overs, paying off the selectors’ call to take a chance on the 20-year-old in the dead rubber.

The consolation effort: As has been the way in every match of this series, Ellyse Perry made her presence felt.

Her magnificent throw from the deep had England captain Heather Knight run out for 23 just as the hosts were beginning to build some momentum midway through their innings, before she top-scored with a 50-ball 60no her highest ever score in T20 Internationals, including three big sixes down the ground.

She was still at the crease at the start of the final over with Australia still needing 28 runs for victory, but couldn’t pull off a miracle to keep Australia’s undefeated run intact.

Nevertheless, Australia fly home with the Ashes safely in their possession and Perry with the Player of the Series Award.

Elite Perry recognised as Player of the Ashes

 

The Player of the Series: Even before a ball was bowled on Wednesday, it went without saying Ellyse Perry would be named the best of the Ashes.

In seven matches she claimed four player-of-the-match awards, finishing the leading wicket-taker of the series with 15 scalps at 12.86 and the leading run-scorer with 378 at 94.50, including a century and three fifties.

The run out: England had steadied after losing three wickets with Amy Jones and skipper Heather Knight (23) putting on 38 for the fourth wicket, and it took a piece of brilliance in the deep from Perry to get the breakthrough. Her eagle-eye noticing Knight’s hesitation for the second run, she produced a one-handed pick-up and 45-metre throw to catch the England captain short.

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The stat: England promoted Tammy Beaumont from No.3 to open the batting alongside Danni Wyatt for the series finale, with Amy Jones dropped to No.5 after a lean run. They put on 28 runs for the first wicket – England’s first double-digit opening stand of the series – before Beaumont fell off the bowling of Jess Jonassen for five.

The stat (2): When Meg Lanning was given out for two, trapped lbw by Sophie Ecclestone, it was the first time she had been dismissed in six T20I innings against England, a run stretching back to 2016.

The maiden wicket: Brought into the Australian XI for her second T20I appearance in place of Sophie Molineux, speedster Tayla Vlaeminck collected her first T20I wicket when Natalie Sciver holed out to Delissa Kimmince in the eighth over.

 

The next stop: That’s a wrap on the seven-game, multi-format Ashes! Australia now have a little under a month to refresh ahead of their next assignment, a tour of the West Indies. The schedule for that tour has yet to be announced, but Australia are expected to take on the Windies in five T20Is and three one-dayers, which will count towards the ICC Women’s ODI Championship.

Australia XI: Alyssa Healy (wk), Beth Mooney, Meg Lanning (c), Ellyse Perry, Ash Gardner, Rachael Haynes, Jess Jonassen, Georgia Wareham, Delissa Kimmince, Megan Schutt, Tayla Vlaeminck.

England XI: Danni Wyatt, Tammy Beaumont, Heather Knight (c), Amy Jones (wk), Natalie Sciver, Lauren Winfield, Katherine Brunt, Anya Shrubsole, Mady Villiers, Sophie Ecclestone, Kate Cross.

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Australia squad: Meg Lanning (c), Rachael Haynes (vc), Nicole Bolton, Nicola Carey, Ashleigh Gardner, Alyssa Healy, Jess Jonassen, Delissa Kimmince, Sophie Molineux, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Elyse Villani, Tayla Vlaeminck, Georgia Wareham

England T20 squad: Heather Knight (c), Tammy Beaumont, Katherine Brunt, Kate Cross, Sophie Ecclestone, Georgia Elwiss, Amy Jones, Laura Marsh, Nat Sciver, Anya Shrubsole, Mady Villiers, Fran Wilson, Lauren Winfield, Danni Wyatt

Australia defeated England 12-4


First ODI: Australia won by two wickets

Second ODI: Australia won by four wickets

Third ODI:  Australia won by 194 runs

Only Test: Match Drawn

First T20: Australia won by 93 runs

Second T20: Australia won by seven wickets

July 31: England won by 17 runs