SYDNEY (AP) — It has taken just nine days for Australia's cricketers to retain the Women’s Ashes.
The Australians won a fourth straight game in the multi-format series with a 57-run victory in the first of the three T20s between the rivals.
They had previously won all three one-day internationals, so have powered into an unassailable 8-0 lead. There are only eight points still on offer in the series.
It means Australia just has to win or draw either of the two remaining T20s or the series-closing test match to clinch the series outright.
The Australians have held the Ashes since 2015, when they won the multi-format series on English soil.
In the first T20 at Sydney Cricket Ground, Australia made 198-7 mainly thanks to Beth Mooney's 51-ball 75.
England lost both of its openers in the first seven balls and was dismissed for 141 in the 16th over.
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