• Australia 274-9dec & 156-6dec; England 168 & 101
• Perry stars as Australia clinch Test win by 161 runsThe image of a disconsolate Georgia Elwiss,slumping to her knees after being dismissed, summed up a sub-standard England performance as Australia won the Ashes Test by 161 runs.
Put simply, or it was not qualified enough from England. They were out-batted and out-thought. They let themselves down in the first innings,fitting bogged down and making their fourth-innings task even harder. On the final day they folded against the irresistible Ellyse Perry as Australia won their first Test in England since 2001.
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Source: theguardian.com