‘I’m trying not to cry’ – Knight ‘gutted’ after Australia pile Women’s Ashes pain on England

• England 90 all out; Australia 162-5 (win by 72 runs)
• Australia take 12-0 lead in series and eye whitewash

Australia are six from six in the Women’s Ashes after England put on an embarrassing display with the bat, collapsing to 90 all out in 17.3 overs – one of their worst performances in a T20 – to hand Australia a 72-run victory in the series’ final T20.

Chasing 163, only two England players – Heather Knight and Danni Wyatt-Hodge – made it into double figures, in what was their poorest batting performance of the tour. England’s shot selection was inept, offering up soft catches against Darcie Brown, who took two wickets on recall to the T20 side, and mis-executing the sweep against Georgia Wareham, who claimed three.

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Source: Cricket - The Guardian