Women's Twenty20 international, Chelmsford
Australia: 122-8 (20 overs) (Perry 30, Sciver 2-18)
England: 125-3 (17.3 overs) (Taylor 50, Osborne 2-22)
England won by seven wickets
England kept their hopes of retaining the points-based Women's Ashes alive with a seven-wicket win over Australia in the first Twenty20 at Chelmsford.
Needing to win all three T20s to retain the urn, Sarah Taylor's 50 set up the comprehensive victory as the hosts chased down 123 with 15 balls left.
The 26-year-old shared a 77-run second-wicket stand with captain Charlotte Edwards, who made a valuable 39.
Australia, having been put into bat, were restricted to 122-8.
A brilliant fielding display by England saw three players run out, while Natalie Sciver took 2-18.
Taylor, who had failed to fire with the bat in the Ashes series so far, looked back to her bristling best, playing a series of impressive ramp shots in her 12th T20 half century.
Despite the loss, the visitors require just one victory from the remaining two T20s at Hove and Cardiff on Friday and Monday respectively.
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