England suffer T20 defeat by Australia in Mumbai final
England was overtaken in the final of the women's series by Australia, which accumulated the highest total in the international Twenty20 women's matches.
The Australian 209-4 in Mumbai, powered by 88 of Captain Meg Lanning, not by 45 balls, beat the previous best of 205-1 made by South Africa.
England lost Bryony Smith and Tammy Beaumont in the first seven balls of their response and never fully recovered.
Although Nat Sciver did 50, England could only achieve 152-9 to lose in 57 races.
England without experience stumbles after a good start
It's a third straight loss for England, which started the tournament by beating Australia, and then chasing 199 - a record chase in T20 women - against the hosts India.
However, they were defeated by 96 and 107 after losing their last two group matches against Australia and India, respectively, and were completely outscored in the final.
There are extenuating circumstances. Winners of the World Cup Katherine Brunt and Sarah Taylor were not part of the team, bowler Anya Shrubsole missed the entire tournament with a shoulder injury and captain Heather Knight was left out of the final because of a problem in the hamstring.
The four would make England much stronger for the World T20 to be played in the Caribbean in November, while Smith, Alice Davidson-Richards and Katie George won a first round of international cricket.
England coach Mark Robinson told BBC Sport: "We had two goals on this tour: try new things and, hopefully, win.
"We got to the final but we were not good enough in the day, we were there, but Lanning and [Elyse] Villani took the game away from us.
"They were in top form and we lacked at least four players who would be in our best team, the difference in the field was huge, they probably saved 10 races, while we gave away 20.
"We want to win all the games, I would hate for someone to think that I was trying to hide from any disappointment or say that we do not care, because we do, but we also have to take this opportunity to continue developing players for the future."
The Australian 209-4 in Mumbai, powered by 88 of Captain Meg Lanning, not by 45 balls, beat the previous best of 205-1 made by South Africa.
England lost Bryony Smith and Tammy Beaumont in the first seven balls of their response and never fully recovered.
Although Nat Sciver did 50, England could only achieve 152-9 to lose in 57 races.
England without experience stumbles after a good start
It's a third straight loss for England, which started the tournament by beating Australia, and then chasing 199 - a record chase in T20 women - against the hosts India.
However, they were defeated by 96 and 107 after losing their last two group matches against Australia and India, respectively, and were completely outscored in the final.
There are extenuating circumstances. Winners of the World Cup Katherine Brunt and Sarah Taylor were not part of the team, bowler Anya Shrubsole missed the entire tournament with a shoulder injury and captain Heather Knight was left out of the final because of a problem in the hamstring.
The four would make England much stronger for the World T20 to be played in the Caribbean in November, while Smith, Alice Davidson-Richards and Katie George won a first round of international cricket.
England coach Mark Robinson told BBC Sport: "We had two goals on this tour: try new things and, hopefully, win.
"We got to the final but we were not good enough in the day, we were there, but Lanning and [Elyse] Villani took the game away from us.
"They were in top form and we lacked at least four players who would be in our best team, the difference in the field was huge, they probably saved 10 races, while we gave away 20.
"We want to win all the games, I would hate for someone to think that I was trying to hide from any disappointment or say that we do not care, because we do, but we also have to take this opportunity to continue developing players for the future."
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