Australia allowed England to score only 204 runs in 50 overs.
Australia defeated England by 4 wickets in the first ODI of the Women's Ashes. Australia won the toss and chose bowling in Sydney. England Women were all out after scoring 204 runs. Australia Women achieved the target in the 39th over after losing 6 wickets.
With the win in the first ODI, Australia has taken a 1-0 lead in the series. The second ODI will be played on January 14 in Melbourne from 4.35 am Indian time.
England's bad start England had a poor start on Sunday in North Sydney. Maia Boucher was out after scoring 9 runs and Tammy Beaumont after scoring 13 runs. Captain Heather Knight scored 39, Nate Siver Brunt scored 19 and Danny Wyatt Hodge scored 38 runs, taking the score close to 100. Amy Jones was out after scoring 31 runs, after which the team disintegrated.
England team's score increased from 146/4 to 204/10. Sophie Eccleston scored 16 runs in the end. Ashley Gardner took 3 wickets from Australia. Kim Garth, Annabel Sutherland and Elana King got 2 wickets each. 1 Success came to Darcy Brown.
Captain Heather Knight scored the highest score of 39 runs from England.
Australia lost 2 wickets early In front of the target of 205 runs, Australia's Phoebe Litchfield got out after scoring only 4 runs and Ellyse Perry after scoring only 14 runs. Captain Alyssa Healy then made a fifty partnership with Beth Mooney and took the score beyond 100 runs. Mooney was out after scoring 28 runs, after him Sutherland could also score only 10 runs.
Healy was out after scoring 70 runs. After her, Tahlia McGrath could also score only 2 runs. Ashley Gardner held on at one end, eventually partnering Elana King to give the team a 6-wicket win in 38.5 overs. Gardner scored 42 runs and Elana scored 11 runs. From England, Eccleston and Lauren Filler took 2 wickets each, while 1-1 success went to Lauren Bell and Charlie Dean.
Ashley Gardner received the Player of the Match award for taking 3 wickets and scoring 42 runs.
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