England’s Women’s Ashes pain worsens after limp third T20 defeat by Australia

• England 90 all out; Australia 162-5 (win by 72 runs)
• Australia take 12-0 lead in series and eye whitewash

Australia are six from six in the Women’s Ashes after England put on an embarrassing display with the bat, collapsing to 90 all out in 17.3 overs – one of their worst ever performances in a T20 – to hand Australia a 72-run victory in the final T20 of the Ashes series.

The result will once again put pressure on the England coach Jon Lewis, who had claimed 24 hours ago that the gap between the Ashes rivals was closer than the scoreline suggested.

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