• Australia 198-7; England 141 all out
• Hosts retain urn for fourth series in row

Australia have retained the Women’s Ashes after winning the first T20 at the Sydney Cricket Ground by 57 runs, taking an unassailable 8-0 lead on points.

It means England’s failure to win back the Ashes at the earliest opportunity came despite Australia being rocked by the injury of captain Alyssa Healy, who was ruled unfit to play just hours before the first T20, due to a recurrence of the foot injury she sustained during the World Cup.

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