AUS-W vs ENG-W 3rd T20I: Australia Complete Cleansweep Over England In T20I Series

Australian women's team won the third and final T20I against England by 72 runs in Adelaide on Saturday. In the process, their rivals in the entire white-ball series.

Australia previously whitewashed England in the ODI series. They started with back to back wins in the T20I series as well. They had a dominating win in the first T20I by 57 runs. Rain favoured them a little bit in the second T20I as they won by six runs via the DLS method.

In the third T20I in Adelaide, it was another comprehensive performance from the Australian side. Beth Mooney scored 94 off 63 balls after the hosts won the toss and opted to bat first. Georgia Voll scored 23 off 12 and some lower-order contributions meant that Australia finished at 162/5 in their 20 overs. Elysse Perry and Phoebe Litchfield scored 12 each with the bat.

England Skittled Out For Just 90

England used seven bowlers with five of them getting a wicket each. However, all of them were expensive with the ball. Pacers Freya Kemp and Lauren Filler gave more than 10 runs in an over.

When it came to defending the total, Australia were professional throughout their approach. They used six bowlers all of who picked up wickets as well. Pacer Darcioe Brown picked up two and spinner Georgia Wareham picked up three as England were bowled out for just 90.

England skipper Heather Knight played a lone hand scoring 40 off 38 balls. None of the other England batters could respond with anything substantial. Nine of the 11 batters in the side registered single-digit scores in what was a disappointing batting performance from the visitors.

"They played well. Was an outstanding innings from Moons. Pitch was pretty decent, albeit kept a little low. Obviously it's difficult to catch up when you lose all those wickets. They were smart with how they bowled, all those slower balls. Got to see it as a one-off Test and try to win. They've just won the key moments. Lot of learning to do. Obviously gutted. Need to learn a lot from this Australian team" said the England skipper.

Meanwhile, Tahila McGrath who led the side in this T20I series lauded the performance of her players in this series win. She also said that she is looking forward to the Test match.

"Really enjoyed that one. Great to get a big crowd, full voice, love their support. That was a tricky wicket. We weren't expecting something like that. Moons was batting on a different wicket to everyone else. Completely new challenge. Pink ball, get the whites on, really looking forward to that" McGrath said.

It was a humbling defeat for England in the Women's Ashes series white-ball games in the end. The two teams played a one-off Ashes Test at the MCG from January 30-February 2 next.