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ENG Women vs AUS Women, 1st T20I at Adelaide, Women's Ashes, Jan 20 2022 - Match Result

RESULT
1st T20I (N), Adelaide, January 20, 2022, Women's Ashes
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(17/20 ov, T:170) 170/1

AUS Women won by 9 wickets (with 18 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
91* (49) & 3/26
tahlia-mcgrath
144

Meg Lanning and McGrath's 144-run partnership is AUS-W's highest for the 2nd wicket in WT20Is, breaking the record of 134 between Meg Lanning and Beth Mooney

Match centre 
Scores: K Vairavan | Comms: Andrew McGlashan
Scorecard summary
England Women 169/4(20 overs)
70 (54)
Australia Women 170/1(17 overs)
end of over 1717 runs
AUS-W: 170/1CRR: 10.00 
Meg Lanning64 (44b 8x4)
Tahlia McGrath91 (49b 13x4 1x6)
Heather Knight 1-0-17-0
Sophie Ecclestone 4-0-29-1

Australia win by nine wickets with one of the most dominant chases you could wish to see. A magnificent all-round display from Tahlia McGrath. What a player she has become. And Meg Lanning played superbly as well. That's a big statement early in the Ashes. Two points on the board. A record chase for Australia and with three overs to spare.

Tautoru: "Sensational McGrath with bat and ball." - About sums it up!

Jack: "Well, that escalated quickly!"

Tahlia McGrath: "A lot of fun. My home state so was looking forward to this and to start us with a win, super happy. I was just excited to get out of my hotel room! It was a really nice wicket. Wyatt batted beautifully then with the bat it was skidding on a bit under lights."

Heather Knight: "Thought the batting was outstanding, took the game to the Aussies, probably about par. Pitch got slightly better under lights...Tahlia made it very hard to set fields.

Meg Lanning: "We felt it was about a par score, pretty hard to defend. Tahlia McGrath was amazing, I was standing at the other end watching this show. Pretty intimidating. We were probably looking at another 20 runs then she broke that partnership."

I'll wrap things up there tonight. It's 2-0 to Australia and they have sent the benchmark. We'll be back in a couple of days for the second game and we'll see you then. Goodnight.

16.6
4
Knight to Lanning, FOUR runs

low full toss, swatted through the leg side and splits the gap! What a run chase

16.5
4
Knight to Lanning, FOUR runs

width outside off and a slashing drive square of the wicket through point...3000 T20I runs for Lanning

16.4
1
Knight to McGrath, 1 run

straighter at the stumps, driven down the ground to long-off

16.3
4
Knight to McGrath, FOUR runs

round the wicket, full outside leg stump, swept again and wide of short fine leg...McGrath into the 90s

Nida: "England are a bowler short. Playing Farrant would have been a better matchup instead of Bouchier."

16.2
4
Knight to McGrath, FOUR runs

full at leg stump, swept backward of square and the boundaries just keep coming

16.1
Knight to McGrath, no run

over the wicket, full outside off, sliced to point

The captain brings herself on

end of over 168 runs
AUS-W: 153/1CRR: 9.56 RRR: 4.25 • Need 17 from 24b
Meg Lanning56 (42b 6x4)
Tahlia McGrath82 (45b 11x4 1x6)
Sophie Ecclestone 4-0-29-1
Freya Davies 3-0-29-0
15.6
Ecclestone to Lanning, no run

defended on the front foot

15.5
2
Ecclestone to Lanning, 2 runs

worked off the pads backward of square, and the running has been another feature of this stand

15.5
1w
Ecclestone to Lanning, 1 wide

pushes this one down the leg side

15.4
Ecclestone to Lanning, no run

angled in at the stumps, defended

John: "Tahlia McGrath was all class in the series against India and looks to be continuing in that vein in the Ashes."

15.3
4
Ecclestone to Lanning, FOUR runs

trademark Lanning, back onto leg stump and square drives when offered just a hint of width. Very classy

15.2
1
Ecclestone to McGrath, 1 run

into the pads and worked out to deep square

15.1
Ecclestone to McGrath, no run

steps and cuts off the stumps into the off side

end of over 1511 runs
AUS-W: 145/1CRR: 9.66 RRR: 5.00 • Need 25 from 30b
Tahlia McGrath81 (43b 11x4 1x6)
Meg Lanning50 (38b 5x4)
Freya Davies 3-0-29-0
Nat Sciver-Brunt 3-0-31-0
14.6
1
Davies to McGrath, 1 run

full and straight, pushed comfortably down the ground

14.6
1w
Davies to McGrath, 1 wide

this one almost doesn't land on the pitch, well wide outside off, another slower ball

Jack: "Let not underestimate Lanning's contribution. Pushed herself up the order in place of Mooney and has anchored the innings perfectly"

14.5
1
Davies to Lanning, 1 run

length ball outside off, an open-faced drive and there's brilliant work at backward point by Beaumont but the single is enough to take Lanning to a 38-ball fifty

14.5
1w
Davies to Lanning, 1 wide

a very wide slower ball

14.4
4
Davies to Lanning, FOUR runs

superb stroke! Stays in her crease and strikes cleanly through the line of a full delivery, a couple of bounces to the long-off boundary

14.3
1
Davies to McGrath, 1 run

full and straight, clipped firmly to long-on

14.2
1
Davies to Lanning, 1 run

back of a length and knocked down the ground

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
TM McGrath
91 runs (49)
13 fours1 six
Productive shot
pull
15 runs
1 four1 six
Control
92%
DN Wyatt
70 runs (54)
6 fours3 sixes
Productive shot
off drive
15 runs
2 fours0 six
Control
85%
Best performances - bowlers
TM McGrath
O
4
M
0
R
26
W
3
ECO
6.5
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
2W
AM King
AUS-W
O
4
M
0
R
28
W
1
ECO
7
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
Match details
Adelaide Oval
TossAustralia Women, elected to field first
Series
Season2021/22
Player Of The Match
Match numberWT20I no. 1019
Match days20 January 2022 - night (20-over match)
WT20I debut
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
PointsAustralia Women 2, England Women 0