jollibet Australia Women Vs England Women, 1st T20I Toss Update: ENG-W Opt To Bowl First - Check Playing XIs

Australia women cricket team players. Photo: FileAustralia women cricket team players. Photo: File

England have asked Australia to set a target in the must-winjollibet, first T20 International match of the Women's Ashes 2025 at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on Monday, January 20. (Live Score |Streaming | More Cricket News)

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Heather Knight, the visiting skipper, won the toss and said: "It looks a decent surface. Want to chase under lights." Tahlia McGrath leading Australia in the absence of injured Alyssa Healy.

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Australia: Georgia Voll, Beth Mooney (wk), Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry, Annabel Sutherland, Tahlia McGrath (c), Grace Harris, Georgia Wareham, Alana King, Kim Garth, and Megan Schutt.

England: Maia Bouchier, Danielle Wyatt-Hodge, Sophia Dunkley, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Heather Knight (c), Amy Jones (wk), Freya Kemp, Charlotte Dean, Sophie Ecclestone, Sarah Glenn,mnl777 and Lauren Bell.

Australia swept the preceding ODIs, winning all three matches rather comfortably. In the Women's Ashes 2025 opener, the hosts thrashed England by four wickets at North Sydney Oval, Sydney. It was followed by wins at Junction Oval, Melbourne by 21 runs, and Bellerive Oval, Hobart by 86 runs.

The two teams are back in Sydney to commence the second leg. Before the one-off Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne starting January 30, they will play two more T2Is, on January 23 (Canberra) and January 25 (Adelaide).

First played in 1931, the Women's Ashes used to be an exclusively Test affair, just like the men's tours between the two traditional rivals. But in 2013, with Australia's tour of England, it became multi-format, incorporating all three formats to decide the winners, on points --four for a Test win, and two points for a draw; two points for a win in the limited-overs matches.

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India who entered the match as slight favourites, started on a high note. India dominated possession and kept threatening the Argentinian defence. However, led by goalkeeper Tomas Santiago, Argentina refused to give into the Indian attacks. India failed to convert a few penalty corners and one Abhishek shot hit the crossbar.

As things stand, Australia are 6-0 ahead following their ODI wins and need two more to retain the Women's Ashes. Meaning, it's a do-or-die outing for the visitors.

The last edition in England ended with the two teams on eight points each, but Australia, the victors in the previous two editionsjollibet, retained the trophy.