Australia Women vs. England Women: Australia is aiming for a clean sweep 3-0

Since the past month, Australians have played a formidable team lineup to crunch the visitors and regain their consistency at home. Australians have always been in the driving seat, be it the Women’s T20 World Cup or Ashes series. Australia’s women’s side crunched England in the last ODI match and gained an undefeatable lead of 2-0 in the series. England was dismissed for 129 runs batting first, and this hasn’t been the first time that England’s batting lineup has failed in Australia. Taking no credit from the Australian bowling attack, especially Ellyse Perry, they played according to their strengths and secured a decent win. The last of 3 match ODI series would be played at Junction Oval, Melbourne, with Australia being the favorites sweeping the series 3-0.

Mighty Australians would be searching for the definite victory in their last outing against England this tour. It would be right to say that Australians have clicked as a unit and performed really well in all departments, outclassing England. With Tahlia McGrath, Ellyse Perry, and Jess Jonassen being the pick of the bowlers, Australia comfortably defeated England in the 2nd ODI. Hardly any England batsman was able to time the ball on merit and score against these quality bowlers. Talking about their batting department, Australians have decent openers and middle-order batsmen who can build the innings and shift gears according to the situation. Going in the last ODI, Australia is likely to play with the same winning squad.

• Ellyse Perry;
• Ashleigh Gardner;
• Tahlia McGrath;
• Alyssa Healy;
• Jess Jonassen.

In the ongoing tour, the England women team hasn’t clicked together as a unit, failing in all game departments. England has struggled with the bat, with only Sophie Ecclestone and Amy Jones among the top run-getters. However, their bowling lineup has shown great determination and passion for the game, bowling some decent spells in crunch situations. At the end of what counts is the combined team efforts that win games for England. Heather Knight and his team would be looking forward to playing competent and positive cricket in the upcoming ODI and taking back some positives from their last tour game. Kate Cross, Anya Shrubsole, and Nat Sciver would be looking to bowl at decent lengths and give tough time to the Australian batters, who definitely have the advantage of playing at home. A win at the end of the tour would certainly boost the morale and confidence of English players who haven’t been able to perform in the ongoing tour.

• Kate Cross;
• Nat Sciver;
• Anya Shrubsole;
• Heather Knight.

Australia’s consistent form and professional gameplay are likely the favorites of winning the upcoming ODI and closing the tour on a high.