Melbourne, Jan. 30 -- Spinner Alana King, and seamers Kim Gart and Darcie Brown displayed good performance as Australia restricted England to 170 runs on the first day of the only Test match in Women's Ashes 2025 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Thursday.

At Stumps on Day 1, Australia were 56/1 in 22 overs with Phoebe Litchfield unbeaten on the crease as the hosts still trail by 114 runs in reply to the Three Lions total.

Earlier in the day, Australia Women skipper Alyssa Healy won the toss and elected to bowl first in the match against the opponents.

Batting first, the England Women's side was bundled out for a mere total of 170 runs where the visitors were able to play 71.4 overs on the first day of the Test match.

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