Alyssa Healy believes Australia will ultimately be better for the lacklustre end to their Ashes campaign, after England fought their way back to level the multi-format series.
Australia will return home with the Ashes trophy in tow, but the multi-format series ended on a bittersweet note in Taunton on Tuesday as England won the final ODI to level the points at 8-8.
In doing so, they handed Australia their first ODI series defeat in a decade, their largest defeat by runs (69) since 2008, and overall won more matches across the seven-game series, taking out four to Australia’s three.
Speaking on Sky Cricket after being presented with the Peden-Archdale Medal as player of the series, Ashleigh Gardner said: “We didn’t show enough fight when we needed to, and finding that fighting spirit again, which we probably lacked…