Australia only won three matches to England’s four, including a final thrashing, but retained the Ashes without their star skipper.
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Even skipper Alyssa Healy, filling in for absent Meg Lanning for the entire tour, called it a “bit dirty” to retain the Ashes without winning the series as the absence of the talismanic leader stood out.
For the second match in a row, English run machine Nat Sciver-Brunt blasted a century as she guided her team to 9-285, a target reduced for the Australians by rain to 269 but still one the tourists fell well short of.
All out for 199 in just 35 overs, the 69-run loss was the biggest of any of the ODI series, with Australia’s lone victory coming in a last-ball thriller having also…