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.

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."

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Australia completed an unprecedented 16-0 Ashes clean sweep by annihilating a hapless England in the historic day/night Test at the MCG on Saturday.

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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.