Australia drew first blood and picked up two factors within the Ladies’s Ashes 2025 with a six-wicket victory over England within the first Ladies’s ODI on the North Sydney Oval on Sunday.
The coin flip favoured Australia skipper Alyssa Healy who inserted England. Regardless of dropping only one wicket within the first PowerPlay and a 50-run second-wicket affiliation between Heather Knight and Tammy Beaumont, England might solely put up 204 on the board.
Danni Wyatt-Hodge (38 off 52) and Amy Jones (31 off 30) put up the second 50-run stand of the innings for the sixth wicket however the vistor ultimately bundled out inside 44 overs.
Ashleigh Gardner was the choose of the bowlers together with her 3/19 whereas Kim Garth, Annabel Sutherland and Alana King claimed two wickets every.
In reply, Australia misplaced Phoebe Litchfield to Lauren Filer within the second over. However Healy’s 70 off 78, put along with a run-a-ball 28 from Beth Mooney and Garnder’s unbeaten 44-ball 42 acquired the house aspect over the road within the thirty ninth over.
Australia claimed the primary two factors within the Ladies’s Ashes and the perimeters will meet for the second ODI in Melbourne on Tuesday.