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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Raf Nicholson

Beth Mooney guides Australia Women to dramatic T20 win against England

Beth Mooney of Australia bats during the Women's Ashes first T20 match against England.
Beth Mooney scored an unbeaten 61 as Australia chased down 154 to win by four wickets with one ball remaining. Photograph: Dan Mullan/Getty Images

A record crowd of 19,527 watched as England came within a whisker of beating Australia at Edgbaston on Saturday evening, before the T20 world champions finally overhauled their target of 154 with just one ball to spare.

Captain Heather Knight had left the best bowler in the world, Sophie Ecclestone, to bowl the final over, with Australia needing five runs from it. Annabel Sutherland drove the first ball of the over down the ground for four, but Ecclestone then dived to save the single, and Amy Jones then took a tricky high catch off the bat of Sutherland.

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