Alice Capsey guided England with a quickfire 46 in the third T20I of the multi-format series, as the hosts overcame London's fickle weather to successfully chase down a revised total of 119 off 14 overs with four deliveries remaining.
Athapaththu claims top billing from Australia opener Beth Mooney on the back of her excellent series against New Zealand that netted a total of 248 runs from three matches and included an amazing knock of 140* from just 80 deliveries that helped Sri Lanka record an unlikely series triumph.
Chasing a total of 154, Australia lost their first wicket early, however, their opener Beth Mooney and Tahlia McGrath scored runs at a fast pace. McGrath was dismissed by Ecclestone at 40 off 29 balls.
The one-off Test match of the Women's Ashes 2023 series between England and Australia is set to go down to the wire with England still 152 runs away from victory and Australia 5 wickets away from crossing the finishing line.
At Stumps, Australia's score read 82/0, with visitors leading by 92 runs. Beth Mooney (33) and Phoebe Litchfield (41) were unbeaten at the crease when the stumps were drawn for the day.
Former England Men's skipper Naseer Hussain believes that the result of the one-off Test that is currently underway isn't necessarily crucial to the overall Ashes outcome.
Australia's skipper Ellyse Perry led her team from the bat after the visitors ended up losing both openers in the first session of the one-off Test match of the Women's Ashes 2023 series at the Trent Bridge on Thursday.