Australia won by 48 runs,bowling West Indies out for 143 with one ball to spare to win the series 2-1.
Mistakes and fumbles cost the Australians in the field in their loss to the West Indies on Tuesday night.
Australia looked headed for victory after amassing 212 runs despite a shaky start. Then Hayley Matthews came to the crease.
Alyssa Healy dominated the West Indies’ bowling attack on Saturday,while her husband Mitch Starc returned to the crease in ominous form against the Netherlands in a World Cup warm-up match overnight.
Promoted to skipper on the eve of the Ashes series in England,Alyssa Healy found herself forced to contend with an unfamiliar juggling act.
The maiden international Women’s Big Bash League draft on Sunday will help deliver full-time cricketing careers,says Australian allrounder Ash Gardner.
Ellyse Perry continued her run-fest this northern summer,helping Australia to a formidable total,but did not field in Ireland’s innings as Australia marched to a comfortable win.
Australia had already retained the Ashes,but Tuesday’s heavy one-day defeat means they have drawn the series eight-all under the multi-format points system.
Ellyse Perry rescued the Australian innings before a Nat Sciver-Brunt century got England to within three runs of victory.
The loss means Australia’s lead in the multi-format series has disappeared. The scores are now locked at six points each with two ODIs,worth two points each,still to come.
England’s win at Lord’s was its second on the trot against the powerful Aussie line-up and kept the women’s Ashes series alive with three one-dayers to play.