No let up from Stars in final T20

The Ashes have already been won, but don’t expect the Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars to go easy on England in tonight’s third Twenty20 international.

The match, a double-header with the men in Cardiff, will be the final match of the Women’s Ashes and is also the Stars’ last international match for the year.

With thoughts already turning to next year’s ICC Women’s World T20, the game is an opportunity for the Stars to stamp further authority over England, who will be one of Australia’s main challengers for the T20 crown next March.

Australia have won the last three World T20 titles, beating England in the final of the 2012 and 2014 editions.

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Australia currently hold an unassailable 10-4 lead in the multi-format Women’s Ashes and victory in Cardiff would see them finish 12-4, equalling the margin England achieved in 2013.

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Stars vice-captain Alex Blackwell said her team was determined to finish on a winning note, to continue their momentum heading into the domestic season and next year’s tournament.

“(England) are going to come out firing and we’re ready to step up to the challenge,” she said.

“We’ve got a very young group and what I think we can achieve is that we can dominate world cricket for many years to come.

“We’ve got a T20 to defend in India and that’ll be in our sights. We’ve wrapped up the Ashes and we want to win well (tonight), but that’s the next goal for us.”

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Stars coach Matthew Mott is keen to focus on his team’s batting after below-par totals of 8-122 and 7-107 in the first two T20s.

“We were really disappointed with our batting in the first half,” Mott said after Australia’s Ashes-sealing win in Hove.

“We thought we were at least 40-50 short of what par score was.”

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Across both Twenty20 matches no Stars batter has passed 30, although Jess Cameron finished unbeaten in both matches, making 12 off 9 and 21 off 17.

England, meanwhile, will look to rain on the Southern Stars’ parade in Cardiff and finish with a confidence-boosting win ahead of next year’s tournament.

Skipper Charlotte Edwards spoke of her desire to lead England to the World T20 after the match in Hove, and will be keen to turn around her form after scoring one fifty from seven innings throughout the series.

"I feel I have a lot to contribute to this team. This is not the time to walk away from English cricket," Edwards said.

Tonight's final T20 of the Women's Ashes will be broadcast in HD on Gem at 9pm AEST.