Australia W vs England W: The 23rd match of the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 between Australia and England was played in Indore. Ashley Gardner played an unbeaten inning of 104 and Annabel Sutherland played an unbeaten inning of 98 runs. Alana King worked magic with the ball.
AUS vs ENG, Women’s World Cup 2025: Australia has won the 23rd match of the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025. In this match played in Indore, they maintained their winning streak in the tournament by defeating England by 6 wickets. At the same time, the English team has faced its first defeat. With this, the Kangaroos have achieved the number one position in the points table. Australian batsmen have once again made the run chase look easy. The match was ended in just 40 overs. Let’s see the full account of the match.
England had to bat after losing the toss
Australia’s captain won the toss and asked England to bat first. English batsmen scored 244 runs losing 9 wickets in 50 overs. Tammy Beaumount top scored with 78 runs in 105 balls, which included 10 fours and 1 six. Apart from them, Alice Capsey contributed 38 runs in 32 balls, Charlie Dean 26, Sophia Dunki 22, Hader Knight 20 and Amy Johns contributed 18 runs. After relieving Tammy, no batsman could score a half-century, due to which the score dropped below 250 on a high-scoring pitch like Indore.
Australian bowling spread its magic in Indore
At the same time, Australia showed amazing performance in bowling. On behalf of the team, Annabel Sutherland took 3 wickets for 60 runs in 10 overs. Apart from them, Ashley Gardner and Sophie Molyneux got 2-2 successes. Spin bowler Elana King also took 1 wicket giving just 20 runs in 10 overs. Even though Elana took less wickets, she kept England completely tied with the ball.
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Australia won the match against England in 40 overs
In reply, the Australian team, chasing the target of 245 runs, won the match in 40.3 overs. Ashley Gardner created chaos with the bat after the ball. He played an innings of 104 runs in 73 balls with the help of 16 fours. Annabelle Sutherland also performed all-round and played an unbeaten inning of 98 runs, which included 9 fours and 1 six. Apart from them, Alice Perry contributed 13 runs, Phoebe Lichfield 1 and Georgia Wall contributed 6 runs.
England’s bowling completely failed against Australia
The bowlers of the England women’s team, who have bowled brilliantly so far in this tournament, looked ordinary in this match. On behalf of the team, Lynsey Smith scored 43 runs in 8 overs and made 2 batsmen her victims. Apart from them, Lauren Bell and Sophie Eccleston got 1-1 success. No bowler from England could bowl like Elana King. For this reason it became difficult to control the runs.
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