It has taken just nine days for Australia's cricketers to retain the Women’s Ashes. The Australians won a fourth straight game in the multi-format series with a 57-run victory in the first of the three T20s between the rivals.

England face Australia in the first T20 in the Women’s Ashes – follow score updates, radio commentary and video highlights.

Australia retained the Women's Ashes with three matches to spare following their 57-run victory over England in the opening Twenty20 international in Sydney on Monday.

Women have always been involved in the Ashes. After all, the small terracotta-coloured urn that is permanently held at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London was created by two women and one man in 1882.

Heather Knight (93) is one away from surpassing Charlotte Edwards (93) for the outright most appearances as captain of England in women's T20Is; only Harmanpreet Kaur (123 for India), Meg Lanning (100 for Australia) and Chamari Athapaththu (97 for Sri Lanka) have logged more overall in the history of the format.

Henry Moeran and the TMS team react as Australia retain the Women’s Ashes. Henry Moeran is alongside England World Cup winner Alex Hartley & BBC Sport cricket writer Ffion Wynne for reaction to Australia retaining the Women’s Ashes.

Australia captain Alyssa Healy has been ruled out of the first T20I at the SCG and is in doubt for the remainder of the Ashes series after developing foot soreness on the same side as the injury she sustained at last year's T20 World Cup It will mean that Australia will likely be led by Tahlia McGrath as they aim to go 8-0 up and retain the Ashes in Sydney while the top-order vacancy could be filled by either Grace Harris or the uncapped Georgia Voll.

Australia's Beth Mooney hopes Ash Gardner will play in the second Ashes Twenty20-International but Alyssa Healy's return date from her own injury is less clear

Alyssa Healy has a recurrence of the foot injury she picked up in the T20 World Cup and misses the opening T20 game with England.

Australia captain Alyssa Healy's availability in the rest of the Women's Ashes 2025 is in doubt after the 34-year-old developed "mid-foot soreness", as reported by ESPNcricinfo.Healy had to miss the first T20I match of the series against England at the Sydney Cricket Ground after growing a foot soreness.