England beaten by 89 runs by Australia in Women’s Ashes Test as Ashleigh Gardner stars with eight wickets

Australia won the Women’s Ashes Test against England by 89 runs after taking the last five wickets in the morning session of the final day.

England started the day needing 152 runs to win the match at Trent Bridge, while Australia required five wickets.

Ashleigh Gardner claimed all five wickets within 90 minutes to finish with eight in the second innings and 12 for the match.

England’s Danni Wyatt (54) lasted throughout the session until she was the final wicket to fall when she was trapped lbw.

“There is a sense of missed opportunity, we will have a chat in the changing room about it. There are a lot of positives so we have to try to dust this down and smash them in the white ball stuff.

“There’s a few tired bodies out there and now we just need to dust ourselves off and get ready for the next challenge.”

The result gives Australia four points after the first game of the multi-format Ashes series.

The match is followed by three T20 internationals and three one-day internationals, each of which are worth two points to the winner.

They lost their sixth wicket not long into the morning session when Kate Cross (13) was caught behind after driving at a ball outside off.

Amy Jones was stumped for four to leave England seven down, before Sophie Ecclestone (10) was trapped lbw.

Wyatt passed 50 on debut but was the last to go as Gardner wrapped up the win after bowling Lauren Filer for a duck.

The next match of the Women’s Ashes is the first T20 international at Egbaston on Saturday, July 1.

The second Test of the men’s Ashes starts at Lord’s on June 28.

What’s the format of the Women’s Ashes?

The Women’s Ashes features one Test, along with three one-day internationals and three T20 internationals.

The matches all count towards the result of the series.

The winner of the Test earns four points while each limited-over match rewards two points to the winners and a one apiece in the event of a tie or no result.