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Back row: Coyte, Blackwell, Haynes, Osborne. Front row: Perry, Healy. Source: Gregg Porteous / News Limited
DON'T be dismayed by the state of Australian cricket after our men failed in England.
We're still No.1 - in all formats - and we hold the Ashes.
It's the women's cricket team that has it going on.
The Southern Stars will battle England to retain the Ashes with the sole Test match starting on Sunday at the picturesque Wormsley ground in Buckinghamshire.
The match is worth six points, two points each for a draw, and will go a long way to deciding who keeps the Ashes (which are the remnants of a miniature bat signed and burned by both teams in 1998).
For the first time the series will also feature three one-day and three Twenty20 matches, each worth two points for a win and one point for a draw.
The final T20 match will be played on August 31.
There's been 18 women's Ashes series - Australia has won seven, England four and seven have ended in a draw.
Now, those reasons ...
1. The Southern Stars are good.
Sorry, they're bloody good. They're the No.1 ranked nation in all forms and currently hold the one day World Cup, T20 World Cup as well as the Ashes.
2. The Batter.
Meg Lanning. She's aggressive and bless her, it's hard to see the opening bat reining that in even during a Test match. Lanning made history late last year when she smashed the fastest 50 (23 balls) and century (45 balls) by an Australian female. She's never played a Test match but warmed up nicely for her debut with 104 off 124 balls in the Aussies' tour match on Monday.
3. The Bowler.
Ellyse Perry. She was the youngest cricketer, male or female, to represent her country. That was when she was 16. Now 22, Perry is a veteran of the side. She took 3-19 in the one-day World Cup final to help deliver Australia the trophy, but it's her batting that sets her apart. She's a genuine all-rounder.
4. OK, what about character?
Everyone loves a sportsperson who's tough. This team is tough. Captain Jodie Fields has torn her hamstring off the bone twice, but recovered to win the T20 and one-day World Cups. Perry played through a World Cup final with an ankle injury, top-order bat Sarah Elliott is still breastfeeding her nine-month-old son and doesn't complain about lack of sleep.
5. They're not into the pub fight scene and they win tight games.
That and they get the job done with little fanfare. Their past two matches against England have been tight, but the Aussies have come out on top - by just two runs during a round match at the one-day World Cup and by four runs in the T20 World Cup final. In the last Ashes Test in 2011, Australia won by seven wickets.
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