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Windies complete greatest women’s T20 run chase of all time to beat Australia in a thriller
Australia looked headed for victory after amassing 212 runs despite a shaky start. Then Hayley Matthews came to the crease.All in the family: Master blaster Healy dominates the Windies, Starc’s hat-trick on eve of World Cup Alyssa Healy dominated the West Indies’ bowling attack on Saturday, while her husband Mitch Starc returned to the crease in ominous form against the Netherlands in a World Cup warm-up match overnight.Promoted to skipper on the eve of the Ashes series in England, Alyssa Healy found herself forced to contend with an unfamiliar juggling act.The maiden international Women’s Big Bash League draft on Sunday will help deliver full-time cricketing careers, says Australian allrounder Ash Gardner.
Australia had already retained the Ashes, but Tuesday’s heavy one-day defeat means they have drawn the series eight-all under the multi-format points system.Australia lose again as England level Women’s Ashes The loss means Australia’s lead in the multi-format series has disappeared. The scores are now locked at six points each with two ODIs, worth two points each, still to come.England’s win at Lord’s was its second on the trot against the powerful Aussie line-up and kept the women’s Ashes series alive with three one-dayers to play.Australia suffered their first loss to the old foe in more than three years when they fell by just three runs in London despite a late flurry from Ellyse Perry.
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