WATCH: England wicketkeeper Amy Jones pulls off MS Dhoni-like stumping to dismiss Ellyse Perry

Australia took on England in the first match of the three-match T20I series on Monday during the Women’s Ashes series. Tahlia McGrath was leading the side with Alyssa Healy ruled out due to injury. England skipper Heather Knight won the toss and chose to bowl first as the home team ended with a massive 198 runs on the board. Ellyse Perry failed with the bat scoring just seven runs and falling to a brilliant piece of wicketkeeping. 

The incident happened in the fourth ball of the 13th over with Sophie Ecclestone bowling to Perry. The bowler beat Perry with her flight on the ball and saw the Aussie batter give charge and miss the line of the ball. Wicketkeeper Amy Jones was quick to whip off the bails as the third umpire was called into play. 

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Just a whisker in it!

But Perry's short knock ends, out stumped #Ashespic.twitter.com/6VigQYmRea

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 20, 2025

When replays came on the big screen, it was seen that Perry had ventured way down the wicket. Australia’s veteran star though had pulled her feet back within inches of the crease as the bail was rooted off the stumps. It was seen that Perry had failed to get any part of her foot behind the crease to be given out stumped by the TV umpire. 

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Beth Mooney’s blitz helps Australia reach massive total 

Australian openers Beth Mooney and Georgia Voll began well as they scored 40 runs inside the first four overs. Lauren Bell got the first wicket of the day for England when she dismissed Georgia Voll for 21 runs. Phoebe Litchfield then came out to join Mooney as the pair added 51 runs for the second wicket in 41 balls. 

Skipper Heather Knight’s rocket arm saw Litchfield being run out for 25 runs which came off 20 balls. The best batter for the home team was Beth Mooney who scored 75 off just 51 balls with the help of 11 hits to the fence. The visitors got the wickets of Perry and Annabel Sutherland in quick session. Charlie Dean who was recently signed by RCB for the WPL 2025 season got the wicket of Sutherland for three runs. 

Skipper Tahlia McGrath came to the fore with 26 runs from a mere nine balls in the back end of the innings. Grace Harris (14) and Georgia Wareham (11) ensured that Australia finished well and put up 198 runs on the board for the loss of seven wickets from their 20 overs.