Australia defeated England. (Photo- PTI)
Once again the dominance of the Australian team was seen in the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025. In the match played against England, Australia won by 6 wickets. With this she reached the top in the points table. In this match both the teams had a chance to become table topper. But England had to face defeat in a one-sided manner. Annabel Sutherland and Ashley Gardner played match-winning innings for Australia.
England restricted to 244 runs
Australia won the toss in this match and decided to bowl first and prevented England from making a big score. The England team could score only 244 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in 50 overs. During this, opener Tammy Beaumont played an important inning of 78 runs. Which included 10 fours and 1 six. But he did not get the support of other batsmen. Apart from them, Ellis Capsey scored 38 runs and Charlie Dean scored 26 runs. Heather Knight, who scored a century in the last match, could also score only 20 runs.
On the other hand, Annabel Sutherland was also Australia’s most successful bowler in this match. He took 3 wickets for 60 runs in 10 overs. Whereas, Sophie Molineux and Ashley Gardner took 2-2 wickets. Alana King once again remained economical and managed to take 1 wicket after conceding 20 runs in 10 overs.
Great innings by Annabel Sutherland-Ashley Gardner
Australia’s start in reply to the target of 245 runs was nothing special. He lost the first wicket for just 2 runs. After this, Australia lost 3 overs to reach the score of 68. But after this a match winning partnership was seen between Annabel Sutherland and Ashley Gardner. Both the batsmen made an unbeaten 180-run partnership for the 5th wicket and led the team to victory by 6 wickets. During this, Ashley Gardner played a strong inning of 104 runs in 73 balls. Which included 16 fours.
At the same time, Annabel Sutherland remained unbeaten after scoring 98 runs on 112 balls. He hit 9 fours and 1 six in this innings. Due to which Australia achieved the target in 40.3 overs. But she remained 2 runs away from her century. However, he was chosen Player of the Match for this strong performance.