Records tumble as Australia secure Ashes whitewash with Melbourne win

Powered by tons from Annabel Sutherland (163) and Beth Mooney (106), Australia posted an imposing 440 in their first innings on day three.

After having secured a 270-run lead over the tourists, Australia bowlers followed it up with a clinical bowling display and won the one-off Ashes Test in Melbourne by an innings and 122 runs to cleansweep the Women's Ashes by a historic 16-0 margin.

Australia’s win was marked by several spectacular individual performances, including Alana King’s career-best figures of 9/98 (4/45 in the first innings and 5/53 in the second innings), Sutherland’s amazing 163, Mooney’s century and Ash Gardner's shining 4/39 to bowl out the visitors in their second innings.

For Mooney, it was her first-ever Test ton. It also made her the only Australia women’s player to score a ton across formats. Overall, she is just the fourth player in Women’s cricket to score a ton in all three formats. The other players are England’s Heather Knight and Tammy Beaumont, and the current South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt.

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She is also the fourth Australian player, Men’s or Women’s to achieve this feat, placing her on a list that includes Shane Watson, Glenn Maxwell and David Warner.

Australia’s first innings total was 440, which was also their sixth-highest total in Women's Tests.

With this win, Australia remained unbeaten throughout their home run of the Ashes, taking away all 16 points on offer.

The team had won their preceding engagements in ODIs and T20Is by a 3-0 margin.

This is the first-ever instance of an Ashes whitewash since the multi-format points system was introduced in 2013.