Australia Women beat England Women by an innings and 122 runs in the only Test

Melbourne Cricket Ground, 30 Jan 2025. Australia Women won the toss and chose to bowl.

Australia Women won by an innings and 122 runs

Match report

From the scorecard

Australia Women won the toss and chose to bowl. England Women were bowled out for 170, Nat Sciver-Brunt 51 from 129 balls. Alana King took 4 for 45.

Australia Women were bowled out for 440, Annabel Sutherland 163 from 258 balls and Beth Mooney 106 from 173 balls. Sophie Ecclestone took 5 for 143.

England Women were bowled out for 148, Tammy Beaumont 47 from 124 balls. Alana King took 5 for 53.

Australia Women won by an innings and 122 runs.

Key performers

163Annabel SutherlandAustralia Women. 258 balls, 21 fours, 1 sixPlayer of the match

5/53Alana KingAustralia Women. 23.4 overs, 9 maidens

51Nat Sciver-BruntEngland Women. 129 balls, 4 fours

5/143Sophie EcclestoneEngland Women. 44.3 overs, 8 maidens

England Women 1st innings

170(71.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Tammy Beaumontlbw b D Brown	lbw b D Brown	8	15	1	0	53.33
Maia Bouchierc BL Mooney b KJ Garth	c BL Mooney b KJ Garth	2	3	0	0	66.67
Heather Knightlbw b KJ Garth	lbw b KJ Garth	25	50	2	0	50.00
Nat Sciver-Bruntb A King	b A King	51	129	4	0	39.53
Sophia Dunkleyc & b A King	c & b A King	21	71	4	0	29.58
Danielle Wyattc P Litchfield b A King	c P Litchfield b A King	22	46	3	0	47.83
Amy Jones †b A Gardner	b A Gardner	3	8	0	0	37.50
Sophie Ecclestonec KJ Garth b A King	c KJ Garth b A King	1	7	0	0	14.29
Ryana MacDonald-Gaynot out	not out	15*	66	0	0	22.73
Lauren Filerc G Voll b D Brown	c G Voll b D Brown	8	12	2	0	66.67
Lauren Bellrun out (BL Mooney/D Brown)	run out (BL Mooney/D Brown)	7	23	1	0	30.43
Extras(b 4, lb 1, w 2)	(b 4, lb 1, w 2)	7
Total71.4 Ov (RR 2.37)	71.4 Ov (RR 2.37)	170

Fall of wickets: 3-1 (ME Bouchier, 0.4 ov), 23-2 (TT Beaumont, 7.1 ov), 47-3 (HC Knight, 16 ov), 97-4 (SIR Dunkley, 38.1 ov), 127-5 (DN Wyatt, 48.4 ov), 130-6 (AE Jones, 51.1 ov), 131-7 (S Ecclestone, 52.2 ov), 144-8 (NR Sciver, 59 ov), 157-9 (L Filer, 63.3 ov), 170-10 (LK Bell, 71.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	WD
Kim Garth	10	4	13	2	1.30	54	1	0
Darcie Brown	18	4	47	2	2.61	86	5	1
Annabel Sutherland	10	0	30	0	3.00	44	2	1
Ashleigh Gardner	10.4	2	30	1	2.81	51	4	0
Alana King	23	6	45	4	1.96	113	5	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	TT Beaumont 0(1) & ME Bouchier 2(3)	3	4
2nd	HC Knight 12(25) & TT Beaumont 8(14)	20	39
3rd	NR Sciver 10(28) & HC Knight 13(25)	24	53
4th	NR Sciver 26(62) & SIR Dunkley 21(71)	50	133
5th	DN Wyatt 22(46) & NR Sciver 8(17)	30	63
6th	AE Jones 3(8) & NR Sciver 0(7)	3	15
7th	S Ecclestone 1(7) & NR Sciver 0(0)	1	7
8th	R MacDonald-Gay 4(25) & NR Sciver 7(15)	13	40
9th	R MacDonald-Gay 5(15) & L Filer 8(12)	13	27
10th	LK Bell 7(23) & R MacDonald-Gay 6(26)	13	49

Australia Women 1st innings

440(130.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Phoebe Litchfieldc †AE Jones b LK Bell	c †AE Jones b LK Bell	45	127	5	0	35.43
Georgia Vollc †AE Jones b LK Bell	c †AE Jones b LK Bell	12	16	2	0	75.00
Annabel Sutherlandb R MacDonald-Gay	b R MacDonald-Gay	163	258	21	1	63.18
Alyssa Healy †lbw b S Ecclestone	lbw b S Ecclestone	34	68	2	0	50.00
Beth Mooneyb L Filer	b L Filer	106	173	7	0	61.27
Ashleigh Gardnerc L Filer b S Ecclestone	c L Filer b S Ecclestone	44	81	6	0	54.32
Tahlia McGrathc LK Bell b S Ecclestone	c LK Bell b S Ecclestone	12	35	1	0	34.29
Kim Garthc †AE Jones b L Filer	c †AE Jones b L Filer	0	3	0	0	0.00
Alana Kinglbw b S Ecclestone	lbw b S Ecclestone	3	13	0	0	23.08
Ellyse Perryc & b S Ecclestone	c & b S Ecclestone	2	7	0	0	28.57
Darcie Brownnot out	not out	0*	3	0	0	0.00
Extras(b 6, lb 8, w 4, nb 1)	(b 6, lb 8, w 4, nb 1)	19
Total130.3 Ov (RR 3.37)	130.3 Ov (RR 3.37)	440

Fall of wickets: 19-1 (G Voll, 7 ov), 99-2 (P Litchfield, 39.3 ov), 170-3 (AJ Healy, 61.5 ov), 324-4 (A Sutherland, 90.4 ov), 405-5 (A Gardner, 115 ov), 431-6 (TM McGrath, 124.4 ov), 432-7 (KJ Garth, 125.3 ov), 437-8 (A King, 128.2 ov), 438-9 (BL Mooney, 129.3 ov), 440-10 (EA Perry, 130.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Lauren Bell	25	3	94	2	3.76	95	9	0	0	0
Lauren Filer	26	4	86	2	3.31	105	9	0	2	1
Nat Sciver-Brunt	15	3	29	0	1.93	71	2	0	1	0
Sophie Ecclestone	44.3	8	143	5	3.21	191	15	1	0	0
Ryana MacDonald-Gay	19	3	69	1	3.63	80	9	0	1	0
Heather Knight	1	0	5	0	5.00	2	0	0	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	P Litchfield 7(26) & G Voll 12(16)	19	42
2nd	P Litchfield 38(101) & A Sutherland 41(94)	80	195
3rd	AJ Healy 34(68) & A Sutherland 35(66)	71	134
4th	BL Mooney 60(75) & A Sutherland 87(98)	154	173
5th	A Gardner 44(81) & BL Mooney 30(65)	81	146
6th	BL Mooney 13(23) & TM McGrath 12(35)	26	58
7th	KJ Garth 0(3) & BL Mooney 1(2)	1	5
8th	A King 3(13) & BL Mooney 2(4)	5	17
9th	EA Perry 0(4) & BL Mooney 0(4)	1	7
10th	D Brown 0(3) & EA Perry 2(3)	2	6

England Women 2nd innings

148(68.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Tammy Beaumontb A King	b A King	47	124	5	0	37.90
Maia Bouchierb D Brown	b D Brown	1	12	0	0	8.33
Heather Knightc P Litchfield b A Gardner	c P Litchfield b A Gardner	32	75	4	0	42.67
Nat Sciver-Bruntlbw b A King	lbw b A King	18	17	3	0	105.88
Sophia Dunkleyb A King	b A King	4	3	1	0	133.33
Danielle Wyattc D Brown b A Gardner	c D Brown b A Gardner	2	13	0	0	15.38
Amy Jones †c BL Mooney b A Gardner	c BL Mooney b A Gardner	6	20	1	0	30.00
Sophie Ecclestonec A King b A Gardner	c A King b A Gardner	18	50	2	0	36.00
Ryana MacDonald-Gayc D Brown b A King	c D Brown b A King	1	23	0	0	4.35
Lauren Filerc A Sutherland b A King	c A Sutherland b A King	14	45	1	0	31.11
Lauren Bellnot out	not out	0*	30	0	0	0.00
Extras(b 1, lb 3, w 1)	(b 1, lb 3, w 1)	5
Total68.4 Ov (RR 2.16)	68.4 Ov (RR 2.16)	148

Fall of wickets: 6-1 (ME Bouchier, 3.5 ov), 79-2 (HC Knight, 29.5 ov), 100-3 (NR Sciver, 34.5 ov), 104-4 (SIR Dunkley, 36.2 ov), 109-5 (DN Wyatt, 40 ov), 109-6 (TT Beaumont, 40.4 ov), 117-7 (AE Jones, 46 ov), 122-8 (R MacDonald-Gay, 53 ov), 134-9 (S Ecclestone, 57.2 ov), 148-10 (L Filer, 68.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	WD
Kim Garth	7	1	15	0	2.14	35	2	0
Darcie Brown	6	0	14	1	2.33	28	1	1
Annabel Sutherland	7	4	23	0	3.29	33	4	0
Ashleigh Gardner	25	11	39	4	1.56	127	3	0
Alana King	23.4	9	53	5	2.24	117	7	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	TT Beaumont 4(11) & ME Bouchier 1(12)	6	23
2nd	HC Knight 32(75) & TT Beaumont 37(81)	73	156
3rd	NR Sciver 18(17) & TT Beaumont 3(13)	21	30
4th	SIR Dunkley 4(3) & TT Beaumont 0(6)	4	9
5th	DN Wyatt 2(13) & TT Beaumont 3(9)	5	22
6th	TT Beaumont 0(4) & AE Jones 0(0)	0	4
7th	S Ecclestone 2(12) & AE Jones 6(20)	8	32
8th	S Ecclestone 4(19) & R MacDonald-Gay 1(23)	5	42
9th	S Ecclestone 12(19) & L Filer 0(7)	12	26
10th	LK Bell 0(30) & L Filer 14(38)	14	68

Commentary

68.4W

A King to L Filer, OUT

L Filer c A Sutherland b A King 14(45) [4s-1 6s-0] · FoW 148/10 (68.4 ov)

FIVE-WICKET HAUL for A King

68.30

A King to L Filer, no run

68.20

A King to L Filer, no run

68.12

A King to L Filer, 2 runs

End of over 685 runsENGW 146/9000041

L Filer 12(41)LK Bell 0(30)A Gardner 25-11-39-4

67.61

A Gardner to L Filer, 1 run

67.54

A Gardner to L Filer, FOUR

67.40

A Gardner to L Filer, no run

67.30

A Gardner to L Filer, no run

67.20

A Gardner to L Filer, no run

67.10

A Gardner to L Filer, no run

End of over 671 runENGW 141/9000010

LK Bell 0(30)L Filer 7(35)A King 23-9-51-4

66.60

A King to LK Bell, no run

66.51

A King to L Filer, 1 run

66.40

A King to L Filer, no run

66.30

A King to L Filer, no run

66.20

A King to L Filer, no run

66.10

A King to L Filer, no run

End of over 661 runENGW 140/9010000

LK Bell 0(29)L Filer 6(30)A Gardner 24-11-34-4

65.60

A Gardner to LK Bell, no run

65.50

A Gardner to LK Bell, no run

65.40

A Gardner to LK Bell, no run

65.30

A Gardner to LK Bell, no run

65.21

A Gardner to L Filer, 1 run

65.10

A Gardner to L Filer, no run

End of over 651 runENGW 139/9010000

LK Bell 0(25)L Filer 5(28)A King 22-9-50-4

64.60

A King to LK Bell, no run

64.50

A King to LK Bell, no run

64.40

A King to LK Bell, no run