Women's Ashes 2023: 5 best performances in one-off Test

Australia beat England by 89 runs to win the one-off Women's Ashes Test and took a 4-0 points lead in the multi-format series. Despite missing their talismanic skipper Meg Lanning, the tourists came up with a fine all round performance to beat the home side.

England were no pushovers either as they came up with a fighting performance before failing to deliver with the bat in the second innings. In the first innings, Australia scored 473 runs. In reply, England scored 463 before bowling out the visitors for 257 in the second innings. Set a target of 267 runs, the hosts were all out for 178.

With the one-off Test now done and dusted, we are taking a look at those players who played a key role in deciding the outcome of the contest. Through this piece, we are presenting to you the five best performers in the one-off Ashes Test.

5. Ellyse Perry

Ellyse Perry further cemented her status as one of the all-time great batters in women's Tests by playing a sublime knock of 99 runs in the first innings. She played a chanceless innings before hitting the ball straight into the hands of Natalie Sciver-Brunt at gully to miss a well-deserved century by just one run.

A century would have made Perry just the second Australian woman to score three Ashes Test centuries. Only the legendary Betty Wilson has achieved the feat so far. With regular skipper and star batter Meg Lanning out of the game, Perry was promoted to number three in the batting order and she did not disappoint.

The right-handed batter, who has an average of 73 in Tests, shared a crucial 119-run stand with Tahlia McGrath to set the foundation for Australia's first innings total of 473 runs. In the second innings, Perry scored 25 in addition to picking up one wicket in the first innings.