Alice Capsey fires England to rare T20I series win over Australia, keeps Ashes alive

World champions Australia finally lost a T20I series after England defeated the Alyssa Healy-led side by five wickets on Saturday to clinch the three-match series 2-1 and keep the women’s Ashes alive.

Australia still lead the multi-format series by six points to four, but England inflicted their first T20 series defeat since 2017.

“We talked about trying to win the series and the way we performed tonight was brilliant,” said England captain Heather Knight.

In a rain-disrupted match in front of a record crowd of 21,610 for women’s bilateral international in England at Lord’s, Australia posted 155-7 from their 20 overs.

Ellyse Perry top scored with 34 off 25 balls as the tourists recovered from 66-3 at the midway point of their innings.

Due to a rain delay, England were set a revised target of 119 off 14 overs.

The hosts appeared to be cruising to victory thanks to Alice Capsey’s 46 off 23 balls.

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