// England has once again rallied to keep their hopes of winning the Women's Ashes alive after gun teen Alice Capsey led her team to their second-successive T20 victory over Australia. The 18-year-old Capsey belted 46 off just 24 balls in combination with vice-captain Natalie Sciver-Brunt to help England chase down the revised target of 119 with four balls to spare of their 14 allowed overs. England burst out of the gate and raced to 39 in the fourth over thanks to some big hitting from Danni Wyatt before Megan Schutt had her caught behind with the last ball of the fourth over. READ MORE: Head smashes back-to-back sixes to give Aussies hope READ MORE: Broad's dad condemned for inflammatory Warner jab READ MORE: Cricket Australia slams bizarre barber shop rumour Australia had two in two balls when Darcie Brown had Sophia Dunkley caught, which brought Capsey to the crease. She and Sciver-Brunt then combined for a 68-run partnership that lasted barely seven overs, and all but ended Australia's hopes of clinching the Ashes in this match. When Capsey eventually holed out to Ash Gardner off the bowling of Meg Schutt, England needed just 12 runs from the final 15 balls. But it wasn't completely straight forward. Georgia Wareham bowled Sciver-Brunt in the next over, but England by then only required two from the final over. Jess Jonassen gave the Aussies a sniff when she had Heather Knight trapped in front with the first ball of the over – although the England skipper reviewed it and showed the call was marginal, but correct. But Danielle Gibson with her first ball played a sensational reverse sweep that beat the fielder at third man and ran away for four. Capsey was awarded player of the match for her innings. "It has been unbelievable. The series is still alive, which is amazing. It was a great performance," she said after the match. "T20 cricket, especially the way I play, sometimes I'm going to come off and sometimes I won't. "It's just about getting better and trying to become more consistent at it. I've been working hard in the nets and been given a lot of backing by the coaching staff." Earlier, an all-round team effort from Australia saw them post 7-155 from their 20 overs. The batters all shared the load, with Beth Mooney, Ash Gardner and Ellyse Perry all making scores in the 30s at better than a run a ball, and Grace Harris a quickfire 25 off just 15 balls. Heavy rain during the innings break delayed the start of England's chase and brought about the revised target. Aussie skipper Alyssa Healy said the England batters "out-braved" her squad. "England out-braved us and batted really well. They played some fearless cricket and got themselves over the line," she said. "That's the beauty of the T20 format. When you're not quite on, you can get pounced upon by teams. "England have played a really great style of cricket throughout the series and we didn't quite match that. "Fortunately, we've still got three games of this Ashes series to pick ourselves up. We go into the one-day format, which we absolutely love." After the three T20s, the multi-format series moves into ODI mode, where the Aussies are in the midst of a 15-match winning streak. For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here! England has once again rallied to keep their hopes of winning the Women's Ashes alive after gun teen Alice Capsey led her team to their second-successive T20 victory over Australia. The 18-year-old Capsey belted 46 off just 24 balls in combination with vice-captain Natalie Sciver-Brunt to help England chase down the revised target of 119 with four balls to spare of their 14 allowed overs. England burst out of the gate and raced to 39 in the fourth over thanks to some big hitting from Danni Wyatt before Megan Schutt had her caught behind with the last ball of the fourth over. READ MORE: Head smashes back-to-back sixes to give Aussies hope READ MORE: Broad's dad condemned for inflammatory Warner jab READ MORE: Cricket Australia slams bizarre barber shop rumour Australia had two in two balls when Darcie Brown had Sophia Dunkley caught, which brought Capsey to the crease. She and Sciver-Brunt then combined for a 68-run partnership that lasted barely seven overs, and all but ended Australia's hopes of clinching the Ashes in this match. When Capsey eventually holed out to Ash Gardner off the bowling of Meg Schutt, England needed just 12 runs from the final 15 balls. But it wasn't completely straight forward. Georgia Wareham bowled Sciver-Brunt in the next over, but England by then only required two from the final over. Jess Jonassen gave the Aussies a sniff when she had Heather Knight trapped in front with the first ball of the over – although the England skipper reviewed it and showed the call was marginal, but correct. But Danielle Gibson with her first ball played a sensational reverse sweep that beat the fielder at third man and ran away for four. Capsey was awarded player of the match for her innings. "It has been unbelievable. The series is still alive, which is amazing. It was a great performance," she said after the match. "T20 cricket, especially the way I play, sometimes I'm going to come off and sometimes I won't. "It's just about getting better and trying to become more consistent at it. I've been working hard in the nets and been given a lot of backing by the coaching staff." Earlier, an all-round team effort from Australia saw them post 7-155 from their 20 overs. The batters all shared the load, with Beth Mooney, Ash Gardner and Ellyse Perry all making scores in the 30s at better than a run a ball, and Grace Harris a quickfire 25 off just 15 balls. Heavy rain during the innings break delayed the start of England's chase and brought about the revised target. Aussie skipper Alyssa Healy said the England batters "out-braved" her squad. "England out-braved us and batted really well. They played some fearless cricket and got themselves over the line," she said. "That's the beauty of the T20 format. When you're not quite on, you can get pounced upon by teams. "England have played a really great style of cricket throughout the series and we didn't quite match that. "Fortunately, we've still got three games of this Ashes series to pick ourselves up. We go into the one-day format, which we absolutely love." After the three T20s, the multi-format series moves into ODI mode, where the Aussies are in the midst of a 15-match winning streak. 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