ENGLAND need to win all three remaining games of the series to retain the Women’s Ashes after Australia clinched the Test by 161 runs. Starting the day on 90-4, Australia reached 156-6 before declaring for the second time in the match.
England were quickly reduced to 29-5, with Sarah Taylor out for a second consecutive duck.
Lydia Greenway and Georgia Elwiss stemmed the tide before England lost their last five wickets in 39 balls.
Australia seamer Ellyse Perry took career-best figures of six wickets for 32 runs, including removing Greenway and Laura Marsh with consecutive balls, as England collapsed from 80-6 to 101 all out.
It means Australia are now up 8-2 on points in the seven-match series, with three Twenty20 matches remaining that are each worth two points to the winner.
Ashes holders England can no longer win the series, but they could secure an unlikely draw by winning all three T20s. (BBC Sport)