Every player from Australia’s MCG Test victory over England rated

Australia has humiliated England by completing an Ashes whitewash with an outright victory in the MCG Test. See how we rated every player from both teams and have your say here.

Australia has completed a historic Ashes whitewash, demolishing England in the one-off Test match at the MCG.

Annabel Sutherland and Beth Mooney went up on the MCG honours board after scoring centuries, while Alana King starred with the ball to spearhead the victory.

It meant Australia triumphed 16-0 on points in the multi-format series.

Here’s how we rated every player from the MCG Test.

What else but a perfect 10 for Annabel Sutherland?

AUSTRALIA

ALYSSA HEALY – 6

Was the Aussie skipper at 100 per cent? Probably not. But she battled through the pain barrier to score 34 in an important partnership with Annabel Sutherland. Probably unlucky to be given out on DRS too.

PHOEBE LITCHFIELD – 6

Went within five runs of her first Test fifty before falling into a trap expertly set by Lauren Bell. England knew their best chance was to tease Litchfield outside off stump and it worked. Brilliant in close while fielding, almost Boon-like.

GEORGIA VOLL – 4

Played with her usual aggression and paid the price when she went at the wrong ball from Bell. Surely has a big future in all three formats for Australia though. Hard to believe she was batting in the lower-order for Brisbane Heat last summer.

ANNABEL SUTHERLAND – 10

Three Test tons in nine innings is no small feat. Sutherland might be one of Australia’s most understated sporting champions and she’s only 23. She’s etched her name into history as the first woman to score a Test hundred on the MCG and is surely Australia’s next captain.

Beth Mooney became the first Aussie woman to score hundreds in three different formats.

BETH MOONEY – 10

Could have been out three times before she made it to 20 but hardly offered an opportunity after that. Mooney seems to have an insatiable appetite for runs no matter what format she plays or position she bats. Took the gloves instead of Healy and impressed too. What a luxury to have two world-class keepers in one side.

ELLYSE PERRY – 1

What other team in world cricket could lose its best all-rounder to injury on day one and still romp to a Test victory? Perry didn’t bowl and was largely a spectator after hurting her hip in the field.

ASH GARDNER – 8

More circumspect than usual with the bat but still made 44 in an 81-run stand with Mooney. Gardner might not turn the ball as much as Alana King but she makes up for it in deception. Just ask Amy Jones who was beaten by an arm ball that crashed into off stump — or any of her four second-innings victims.

TAHLIA MCGRATH – 4

The team sheets on day one summed up the gulf between the two sides. McGrath, the vice-captain and one of the world’s best all-rounders, listed at No.8. She wasn’t needed with the ball in England’s first innings but piled on the pain when she eventually came in after 115 overs.

Alana King caused havoc in both innings.

ALANA KING – 10

Let’s call her the smiling assassin. King is such a likeable cricketer because she gives the ball a huge rip and then smiles her way through every interview after terrorising batters. Her marathon spell on day one ripped the game away from England. As good as Georgia Wareham is, King should be a regular in every Australian side. She’s just too good not to be. Lisa Sthalekar went as far as calling her the hottest property in the women’s game. The ‘Gatting ball’ to Sophia Dunkley was something special.

KIM GARTH – 7

The Irish-born seamer set the tone for the match with a superb display of seam bowling after Healy asked England to bat when she won the toss. Garth removed Maia Bouchier and trapped Heather Knight lbw when her partnership with Nat Sciver-Brunt was starting to look dangerous.

DARCIE BROWN – 7

The main knock on the young seamer throughout her international career has been her consistency but there were no signs of those issues at the MCG. Brown was a constant threat and got her reward when she claimed the big scalp of Tammy Beaumont. Tough call to leave Megan Schutt out but Brown vindicated the decision.

Heather Knight battled hard but couldn’t save her side from an innings defeat.

ENGLAND

HEATHER KNIGHT – 6

Battled hard on day one to keep the Australians at bay, making 25, then added 32 in the second innings. The English skipper is set to come under increasing scrutiny after leading her team to an Ashes whitewash and might end up being the scapegoat for a disastrous tour. Regardless of whether she’s still captain, England’s next era needs her experience.

TAMMY BEAUMONT – 6

Veteran batter was caught on the crease in the first innings and beaten for pace by Darcie Brown. Older players inevitably come under scrutiny after a poor overseas tour but at 33, Beaumont still has plenty to offer. She showed that in the second innings with a gritty knock of 47.

MAIA BOUCHIER – 1

Had a Test to forget, falling cheaply in both innings and dropping a sitter at gully when Beth Mooney was on 18.

NATALIE SCIVER-BRUNT – 6

Sciver-Brunt was always going to be the prized wicket and she showed why with a determined display on day two. Five wickets fell at the opposite end during Sciver-Brunt’s 129-ball stay, highlighting how much has been on her shoulders to carry this English side. She couldn’t replicate her efforts in the second innings.

Sophia Dunkley bats during England’s first innings. Picture: Daniel Pockett/Getty Images

SOPHIA DUNKLEY – 4

Dunkley seemed torn between her usual white-ball aggression and a Test mindset throughout much of her 71-ball knock in the first innings. In the end that proved her undoing when she chipped a simple catch back to Alana King. Hard to blame Dunkley for her dismissal in the second — King’s ball was unplayable.

DANIELLE WYATT-HODGE – 4

Wasn’t alone when it came to England’s fielding woes but dropping Sutherland on 29 was catastrophic. Got herself set in a 30-run partnership with Sciver-Brunt before throwing her wicket away in the first innings then went cheaply in the second trying to sweep Gardner.

AMY JONES – 2

Uncharacteristically missed a couple of tough chances behind the stumps. Jones has been left to rescue England’s innings too often throughout the multi-format series and was undone by Gardner arm balls in both innings.

Sophie Ecclestone was rewarded with five wickets after bowling 44 overs. Picture: Daniel Pockett/Getty Images

SOPHIE ECCLESTONE – 6

Toiled with the ball and finished with five first-innings wickets from more than 44 overs. But her disappointing dismissal when England needed her to dig in during the first innings and her dropped catches in the slips somewhat overshadowed Ecclestone’s tireless bowling effort.

RYANA MACDONALD-GAY – 4

The 20-year-old won’t play many more difficult Tests than this one. MacDonald-Gay created as many chances as any English bowler but was too often let down in the field. Her stubborn hand with the bat belied her inexperience and frustrated the Aussies. Only Sciver-Brunt and Dunkley faced more balls in England’s first innings.

LAUREN FILER – 5

Like most of the England bowlers Filer slogged away with little success on day two. Her rewards came on the third day of play when she bagged two wickets including the prized scalp of Beth Mooney. Unfortunately for England, Mooney had made 106 by then.

LAUREN BELL – 6

The 24-year-old has been asked to carry a huge load throughout this series and has done it with aplomb. Bell always looked the most threatening of England’s bowlers and removed both openers with balls which rose on them and drew the edge. She’s the seamer Australia will fear most going into future Ashes series.

Originally published as Every player from Australia’s MCG Test victory over England rated