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Women’s Ashes 2025: Ellyse Perry, Alana King steer Australia to victory over England

MELBOURNE: Ellyse Perry struck 60 while Alana King took four wickets to help Australia defeat England by 21 runs in a nail-biting second ODI of the ongoing Women’s Ashes at the Junction Oval here on Tuesday.

England, who won the toss and elected to field, bowled Australia out for 180 inside 45 overs, with spinner Sophie Ecclestone taking 4-35 and Alice Capsey impressing with 3-22.

The hosts lost their last eight wickets for just 49 runs after Capsey removed Ellyse Perry, who scored an impressive 60.

In reply, England were down two early, with Kim Garth removing both Maia Bouchier (17) and Tammy Beaumont (3) in the powerplay.

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Leg spinner Alana King halted England’s run-chase, finishing with four for 25.

Heather Knight and Nat Sciver-Brunt steadied the ship for England before King, Ash Gardner and Garth took key wickets to wrestle momentum back for Australia.

Lauren Bell and Amy Jones provided some resistance for the 10th wicket, but Megan Schutt picked up her first wicket of the series to secure the win for Australia.

The result means Australia take a 4-0 lead in the Women’s Ashes series against England. The two teams meet in the final ODI in Hobart with two more points up for grabs on Friday 17 January.

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Alyssa Healy appointed Australia women’s team full-time captain

Star wicketkeeper-batter Alyssa Healy was Saturday appointed Australia’s women’s cricket captain across all three formats after the retirement of long-time skipper Meg Lanning.

The 33-year-old has led Australia since June in series against England, Ireland and West Indies, and has now been handed the role full-time.

Tahlia McGrath, fresh from leading the Adelaide Strikers to consecutive women’s Big Bash League titles, was named vice-captain and at 28 is positioned to eventually take over from Healy.

“I am honoured to accept the role of captain and am grateful for the opportunity to lead our team,” said Alyssa Healy, who is married to Australian men’s pace spearhead Mitchell Starc.

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“I’ve really enjoyed the support of the players over the past few months and their encouragement to continue to be who I am and lead the group like I normally would from within.”

“It’s an exciting time to be involved with this team, we’re seeing the emergence of incredible young talent and are challenging ourselves to continually evolve as a group,” she added.

Lanning retired from the international game last month after almost a decade in charge, leading Australia to four Twenty20 World Cup titles, one 50-over World Cup triumph and a Commonwealth Games gold.

“Alyssa brings a wealth of experience to the role, and we have great confidence in her ability to successfully lead the Australian women’s team in tandem with Tahlia as vice-captain,” said Cricket Australia’s executive general manager Ben Oliver.

Lanning will continue to play in domestic competitions.

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Australian women’s team lend support to Australia men’s team

Australian women’s cricket team’s players extended their heartfelt support to Australia’s men’s team, currently participating in the ongoing ICC World Cup 2023 in India.

Allrounder Ellyse Perry termed Australia the ‘favourite’ to win the ICC World Cup 2023.

“Australia is favorite for both Pakistan match in Bengaluru and to lift up the World Cup,” said Ellyse Perry.

Australian women’s team’s leg spin allrounder Alana King also wished the Australian men’s team luck but termed host India a ‘tough’ team.

“Hosts India would be a really tough opponent, but our good wishes are with Australia men’s squad,” said Alana King.

She further shed light on which teams she thinks can be the final four teams in the ICC World Cup 2023.

“Pakistan and South Africa are also strong contenders for the final four,” she added.

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Australia is currently playing against Sri Lanka in their third match of the ongoing ICC World Cup 2023, after losing their two earlier games.

Australia faced hosts India in their opening game in the tournament and faced a heavy six-wicket defeat.

Virat Kohli and KL Rahul scored anchoring half-centuries after a disciplined performance by the bowlers to thump the five-time champions.

This loss was followed by a 134-run thrashing by South Africa, courtesy of Quinton de Kock’s second consecutive century and a combined bowling effort.

The back-to-back losses resulted in Australia sinking at the points table with a net run-rate of -1.846.

Australia squad for the ICC World Cup 2023

Pat Cummins (c), Steve Smith, Alex Carey, Josh Inglis, Sean Abbott, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitch Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa, Mitchell Starc.

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Australian women cricketers get hefty pay rise

MELBOURNE: Australia’s women cricketers secured a huge pay increase Monday, with the top contracted player on course to earn more than Aus$1 million (US$666,000) a year.

Payments for professional women will rise 66 percent under a new five-year deal between Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers’ Association.

They will share in a pool worth Aus$133 million, up from Aus$80 million in the previous agreement, rewarding not only members of Australia’s world champion team but significantly increasing the value of Big Bash League and state contracts.

According to the deal, the top CA contract holder who also has a WBBL contract — believed to be national captain Meg Lanning — could now earn more than Aus$800,000 a year.

That could break the Aus$1 million mark with further earnings in India’s Women’s Premier League and The Hundred in England.

The next six contracted players will earn an average Aus$500,000.

Those who do not play for Australia, but compete in the Women’s National Cricket League and WBBL, will be paid more than Aus$151,000 annually.

“I am particularly pleased this MOU (memorandum of understanding) represents another major step forward in the rise of women’s cricket,” said CA chief Nick Hockley.

“(There are) significant increases in remuneration for the inspirational role models of the world champion Australian women’s team and the WBBL who are driving substantial growth in female participation.

“Cricket now clearly offers the best earning opportunities of any team sport for elite female sportspeople.”

The deal will also see the number of CA men’s contracts increase from 17-20 to 20-24, recognising the number of players now selected across various formats.

The value of those contracts will increase 7.5 percent in the first year and two percent thereafter to an average Aus$951,000 plus match payments in 2023-24.

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