Ash Gardner’s nice all-round efficiency proved the distinction as England have been crushed by 4 wickets within the first one-day worldwide of the Girls’s Ashes in Sydney.
Gardner took 3-19 as England have been bowled out for 203, after which scored an unbeaten 42 to guide Australia to victory with 11.1 overs to spare.
England confirmed glimpses of promise, and Australia indicators of fragility in dropping their six wickets, however Heather Knight’s facet paid the worth for a wasteful batting efficiency alongside sloppiness within the area which included Sophie Ecclestone dropping Gardner on 31.
The guests fought admirably with the ball, with nice economical efforts from Lauren Bell and Ecclestone, however Australia have been hardly ever beneath scoreboard strain after a batting innings that was suffering from delicate dismissals.
England have been all out in 43.1 overs as captain Knight top-scored with 39, Danni Wyatt-Hodge made a gritty 38 and Amy Jones 31, however all three did not capitalise on their promising begins.
Having been requested to bat first, England have been constructing a good place at 91-2, earlier than Australia struck the hammer blow of eradicating Knight and star all-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt in consecutive Gardner overs, each caught slog-sweeping by Ellyse Perry.
Jones appeared in nice kind in her rebuilding stand of 51 with Wyatt-Hodge, whose knock was an outlier in a tame middle-to-lower order effort with the final 5 wickets falling for 47 runs.
It was not a faultless bowling efficiency from the hosts, who conceded 24 extras together with a no-ball which gave Maia Bouchier a reprieve when she was bowled within the first over, however England lacked the ruthlessness to punish them.
Equally within the second innings, Annabel Sutherland’s dismissal for 10 within the twenty fourth over supplied one other opening at 124-4, however Gardner confirmed the metal and self-discipline which England’s batters lacked.
The relentless schedule of the collection offers England little time to show their fortunes round, with the second ODI going down on the Junction Oval in Melbourne on 13 January (23:05 GMT).
The win offers Australia a 2-0 lead on factors within the multi-format collection, which England must win outright to be able to regain the Ashes.
