So the Ashes will remain in Australian hands for at least another couple of years. The Aussies have done a number on the travelling English so far this series and have already stated their goal is to keep stacking up the wins with eyes on a whitewash.

The next step is the second T20 in Canberra on Thursday. Henry and I will be bringing you that one as well and we hope we can have your company for it as this all-conquering Australian side chases history. See you then!

As you would expect! McGrath points out that Australia’s lead-in to this game wasn’t ideal, but the manner of its win proved the strength of the team’s depth.

“Very happy. We’ve had a lot happen over the last 24 hours but we showed our depth. The girls that came in were outstanding, and a few players were in different roles. Just very happy.

“We just see it as opportunity. There’s so much depth in this side. We’re so hungry to improve every game and we found a way tonight. Volly came out with unreal intent, Moons was outstanding and our leggies were really good for us today.”

It’s a demolition in truth. Australia has totally outclassed and outplayed England across three ODIs and now one T20 and has made sure the Ashes would be staying home in the quickest possible time.

Australia was depleted tonight, without arguably its two best players due to injury, and still it won hardly breaking a sweat. There has been a gulf in professionalism and overall standards between these teams all series so far and on current form it’s hard to see England winning back any points across the remaining games.

Led by Beth Mooney with the bat and the leg-sping queens Alana King and Georgia Wareham with the ball, Australia has done a number on England in this first T20. The celebrations were slightly elevated but not overly so. Australia, it seems, has even loftier ambitions this summer.

Lauren Bell slogs, sends a top edge high into the air giving Mooney time to stroll around and take the decisive catch.

Australia wins by 57 runs and commences celebrations.

Kemp plays a pull shot into the deep, wants a second run but won’t get it. Settles for a single as she nurses a rolled ankle in the process.

Lauren Bell is the last batter in, bunting her first ball to mid-on for no run.

Make it three successive dots for Bell.

Just about everything that could go wrong for England has today. Now we can add a diamond duck to the ledger, with Glenn run out without facing a single ball.

Australia on the cusp now.

Can she be the one to finish this off?

RUN OUT? Is it a diamond duck for Sarah Glenn? I reckon she has just made it back for the second run on Perry’s throw, but we’ll check it out.

Slog sweep, top edge, straight down into the gloves of Beth Mooney. Fun while it lasted for Charlie Dean.

Two to get.

Charlie Dean in the middle now, swinging and missing at a sweep shot. Now she cuts to point for none.

Punched through cover by Dean for two from the back foot.

Ecclestone tried to push the pace again with a big shot but didn’t time it, pulling one down Sutherland’s throat at long-on.

Three wickets to get for Australia. A miracle required for England.

Ecclestone on strike, cutting to a fielder for a dot first ball.

SIX! Ecclestone gets one in the slot and dispatches it over midwicket for six. Fair start from Sophie!

Litchfield fields on the fine leg boundary to deny another boundary for Ecclestone. She keeps that one to two.

EDGED FOR FOUR! Kemp will take those. A thick outside edge that flies wide of short third and away for four.

High in the air now from Kemp through the off side, well over Litchfield’s head and away for two.

Expensive Schutt over, England needs 62 runs from the final six overs.

FOUR! Cut away for four by Sophie Ecclestone from her first ball faced.

Good end to the over for England. Much, much more of that requried.

Another one down! Jones holds her hands up in disbelief as that Wareham ball kept a little low, but she was also trying to play a ball full of a good length from deep on the back foot. A poor shot and a bit of bad luck is a bad combo.

Looks like the Ashes will be remaining in Australia’s hands.

Freya Kemp is in the middle and took two from the final ball of McGrath’s over. Now Jones does likewise from the first of Wareham’s.

Two more for Jones through midwicket now.

That might be the Ashes for Australia!

Another shifty slower ball from McGrath deceives Dunkley and finds a way through, ending her wonderful innings on 59. If anyone was going to lead England to a win it looked like being Sophia Dunkley, but McGrath has taken care of that.

The stand-in skipper is doing a good job taking pace off the ball so far.

FOUR! Dunkley waited on the slower ball and clipped it over midwicket for four.

One more for Dunkley through cover.

FOUR RUNS! Amy Jones is the new batter in, and that’s some way to get off the mark. Jones charges and drives smartly for four.

One more for Jones out through cover.

Just singles for the rest of the over. A wicket and seven runs from it.

Another big twist and a big boost for Australia as England’s skipper departs LBW. A wise decision by Australia to review as that was hitting all sorts of stumps.

The wickets are the issue now for England. Run rate is fine, but the wickets keep falling.