The Ashes: Ash Gardner takes eight wickets as Australia beat England by 89 runs

Australia bushed England by 89 runs to triumph the one-off Ashes Test lucifer and instrumentality a 4-0 points pb successful the multi-format series.

Gardner's effort gave her an astonishing 12 wickets successful the lucifer aft her 4 successful England's archetypal innings.

Danni Wyatt top-scored with 54 earlier she was fixed retired lbw to Gardner for Australia to wrapper up the triumph wrong 21 overs connected the last day.

England resumed connected 116-5 aft a precocious illness connected time 4 near them requiring different 152 to win.

Wyatt and nightwatcher Kate Cross added 25 for the sixth wicket earlier the second was caught down for 13 disconnected Gardner, who took each 5 remaining wickets.

England past slumped from 151-6 to 178 each retired arsenic Wyatt struggled for enactment from England's little order.

Amy Jones made conscionable 4 earlier she was stumped by Alyssa Healy aft a fumble, Sophie Ecclestone was pinned lbw for 10 and Lauren Filer was bowled for a duck.

Defeat felt cruel connected Tammy Beaumont, who scored 208 successful England's archetypal innings, and Sophie Ecclestone, who besides took a 10-wicket haul successful the lucifer but was yet eclipsed by Gardner.

The bid continues with 3 T20s and 3 one-day internationals, each worthy 2 points each, starting astatine Edgbaston connected Saturday 1 July.

More to follow.