Australia v England First ODI Report Card

Featuring mankading the tail, following the leader, dehyphenation and mostly relaxed cruises

Mankading The Tail
Grade: C

The women’s Ashes began at North Sydney Oval, with some slightly off-pace national anthems, the singers being hurried along by a tricky pitch. (Or, to be more musicologically accurate, a tricky tempo.)

Also slightly behind the pace and being hurried along? Maia Bouchier, who was bowled off an inside edge from the first ball she …