England A collapse hands victory to Australia A

Women's multi-day match, Sydney

Australia A 343 (109.4 overs) & 353-6 dec (93 overs): Knott 123; Villiers 3-97

England A 407 (127.5) & 264 (62.2 overs): Armitage 75; Cheatle 2-30

Australia A won by 25 runs

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England A squandered a match-winning position arsenic they collapsed to a 25-run conclusion against Australia A pinch conscionable 4 balls remaining successful nan four-day lucifer successful Sydney.

England were eyeing triumph astatine 181-2 and 252-5 successful pursuit of 289, but mislaid their past 5 wickets for 12 runs and fell to 264 each out.

Hollie Armitage scored 75, Alice Capsey made 55 and Paige Scholfield's 39 from 24 balls put England successful command, but nan latter's dismissal triggered nan illness pinch conscionable 37 much runs required.

The ninth-wicket brace of Georgia Davis and Issy Wong tried to past for nan tie but a shocking mix-up successful nan penultimate complete saw Wong tally retired for 9 from 21 balls, earlier Davis was bowled by Charli Knott 2 balls later.

Captain Knott had earlier scored 123 successful Australia's 2nd innings to build connected Australia's lead of 115 astatine nan commencement of nan day.

Knott declared connected 353-6 aft lunch, which group up nan tantalising conclusion pinch 63 overs for England to scope their target.

England had taken a first-innings lead of 64 connected time 3 aft sparkling hundreds of years from Capsey and Scholfield, who made 108 and 164 respectively successful a full of 407.

But Knott's ton alongside half-centuries from Rachel Trenaman and Nicole Faltum thwarted England's triumph push arsenic they recovered from 110-3, which was backed up by nan good all-round bowling effort connected nan last day.

Seamers Lauren Cheatle and Tess Flintoff and spinners Lilly Mills and Knott each vanished pinch 2 wickets apiece.

England had won nan preceding rain-affected T20 bid 1-0, while Australia claimed a 2-1 triumph successful nan one-day internationals.