England had their chances early on, didn't take them and Australia have gone on to blow them away and claim a remarkable 16-0 clean sweep. Alana King spun them to victory in the Test at the MCG and you can read Ffion Wynne's report on that here.

Their semi-final exit from last year’s Twenty20 World Cup is threatening to trigger another golden run.Just over three months after the painful lessons of that defeat, Alyssa Healy’s team completed an unprecedented Ashes clean sweep by annihilating a hapless England in the historic day/night Test at the MCG on Saturday.

A ruthless Australia needed no more than three days of the series-ending Test match at the MCG to clinch a famous Ashes whitewash.

Australia’s unprecedented Ashes clean sweep was borne of two significant disappointments across the last 18 months, which captain Alyssa Healy said had served as "a bit of a kick up the bum."

With England’s Women’s Ashes humiliation sealed, the England and Wales Cricket Board has promised an inquest into the series.

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These will forever be known as Alana King’s Ashes. Australia’s legspinner delivered another spellbinding performance at the MCG to ensure England were whitewashed 16 points tonil for the first time in the multi-format era after an innings and 122 rout inside three days.