Sutherland century turns screw on wretched England in Women’s Ashes

Annabel Sutherland reached the honours board at the MCG after striking 163 as Australia close in on a series whitewash. Photograph: Daniel Pockett/Getty Images

After a mere 90-year wait, a second woman will finally join Peggy Antonio up on the MCG honours board – take a bow, Annabel Sutherland. The 23-year-old already had an Ashes hundred (in 2023) and a Test double-hundred (in 2024) to her name: now, she will go down in history as the first woman to score a century at the G.

“It hasn’t sunk in yet,” Sutherland said. “Given the occasion, and being a Victorian, it’s pretty cool – the amount of time I’ve spent at the G as a young kid, watching a lot of Boxing Day Tests, I love the venue.”