England Women A ended their tour of Australia with a final-over defeat in an entertaining four-day match at Cricket Central, Sydney with the scorecard here.
A century to Charli Knott and a declaration set up an entertaining final afternoon.
Knott’s 123 and half-centuries for Rachel Trenaman (76) and Nicole Faltum (54) helped Australia A to 353-6 (dec).
The declaration set England a target of 290 in the final two sessions and the momentum switched throughout the afternoon.
At 181-2 with around an hour remaining a draw looked likely, before Hollie Armitage (75) and Alice Capsey (55) kept the tourists’ hopes of victory alive.
Capsey was then stumped by Maitlan Brown and off-spinner Lilly Mills held on to a return catch to remove the dangerous Armitage.
Paige Scholfield’s 24-ball 39 kept England in a promising position but she was caught off the bowling of Tess Flintoff and England lost 3-3 in three overs and defended with Issy Wong and Georgia Davis in to conclude the remaining overs.
In the penultimate over of the day, Wong was run out to leave England A nine down with one Knott over remaining. Knott then bowled Davis sealing a 25-run win.
Australia captain Knott’s second-innings century followed her 52 in the first innings. Trenaman also impressed, scoring 77 and 76, while Faltum also scored two half-centuries, 52 before her 54 on Tuesday.
For England A, Capsey enjoyed her first red-ball match, with her fourth day 55 following her 108 earlier in the match, while Scholfield also showed her class, with Tuesday’s contribution following her first-innings 164.
The result means a well-contested tour ends with England sealing the rain-affected T20 series 1-0, the hosts taking the 50-over series 2-1 and the red ball match.
England Women A fixtures and results
T20 match schedule
Wednesday 26 March 2025: Australia Women A v England Women A 1st T20 (Hurstville Oval) - England Women A won by three wickets
Friday 28 March 2025: Australia Women A v England Women A 2nd T20 (Hurstville Oval) – no result
Sunday 30 March 2025: Australia Women A v England Women A 3rd T20 (Hurstville Oval) – no result
50-over matches
Wednesday 2 April 2025: Australia Women A v England Women A 1st 50-over match (Cricket Central) – Australia Women A won by five wickets
Friday 4 April 2025: Australia Women A v England Women A 2nd 50-over match (Cricket Central) – Australia Women A won by 125 runs
Monday 7 April 2025: Australia Women A v England Women A 3rd 50-over match (Cricket Central) – England Women A won by one wicket
Four-day match
Saturday 12 April-Tuesday 15 April 2025: Australia Women A v England Women A four-day match (Cricket Central) – Australia Women won by 25 runs