Australia retain Girls’s Ashes as England fall quick in ODI thriller
Victory in Bristol on Wednesday had levelled the multi-format collection at 6-6, however Heather Knight’s aspect knew solely a fourth consecutive win over the world champions would preserve alive their hopes of successful again the urn.
Put into bat first in Hampshire, Australia posted 282 for seven with Ellyse Perry hitting 91 and Annabel Sutherland including 50, but it surely was Georgia Wareham who modified the momentum with 24 runs off the ultimate over.
Tammy Beaumont ensured England’s chase began strongly with 60 however wickets fell often with the recalled Alana King claiming three for 44 from her 10 overs.
Sciver-Brunt’s presence stored alive England’s faint hopes and he or she reached one other century towards Australia, however couldn’t get the required 15 runs from Jess Jonassen’s closing over.
It places Australia 8-6 up within the collection with just one ODI left to play in Taunton, which implies the urn will stay with Alyssa Healy’s aspect.
England captain Knight had gained the toss and noticed her determination to bowl first instantly pay dividends with Lauren Bell in a position to declare the early wickets of Phoebe Litchfield and Healy in windy circumstances in Hampshire.
Litchfield was pinned in entrance lbw and Healy inexplicably lower straight to Alice Capsey, however Perry and Beth Mooney rebuilt the innings and placed on 61 for the third wicket.
Batting heroics: Nat Sciver-Brunt’s improbable century finally proved in useless for England
/ PASpin duo Sophie Ecclestone and Sarah Glenn stored Australia in examine with Mooney sweeping the previous to Bell at quick effective leg for 33 and Tahlia McGrath out cheaply after edging behind.
The outlook might have been even higher for England with Perry dropped on 50 when Glenn put down a tricky caught-and-bowled probability, which occurred the ball after the Aussie quantity three had survived an in depth lbw attraction.
Perry was given one other life on 63 when she chipped Ecclestone to Kate Cross at mid-on, however the England seamer put down the chance and injured her proper leg in consequence.
Ashleigh Gardner was already out for 33 to Bell by this level, however Australia had been in a position to kick on from 158 for 5 with Sutherland bettering their tempo.
An vital 81-run partnership for the sixth wicket was damaged within the forty seventh over by Ecclestone, who claimed Perry for 91 and Sutherland for 50 with substitute fielder Charlie Dean and Capsey taking sensible catches on the boundary rope.
Wareham crucially swung the momentum again in Australia’s favour although with a scintillating onslaught on Bell, smashing two sixes over midwicket after an earlier most within the final over of the innings to assist her aspect publish 282 for seven from their 50 overs.
It left England going through one other report ODI chase, after attaining the identical feat in Bristol on Wednesday, however Beaumont ensured they made a powerful begin with 66 placed on with Sophia Dunkley, who was then bowled after a scratchy 13.
Beaumont had already celebrated fifty earlier than 4 runs initially awarded to her had been later modified to leg byes however the milestone was formally reached within the 14th over.
England’s progress was shortly floor to a halt by leg-spinner King after she gained her battle towards Knight, who was sad to stroll off given out lbw for 12 after reviewing instantly.
King was in full circulation now and Beaumont was bowled for a effective 60 with an exquisite spinning supply that clipped off stump earlier than Capsey holed out to deep midwicket the place Gardner took the catch.
When Danni Wyatt succumbed to Gardner’s off-break with a slog sweep straight to Sutherland, England had gone from 107 for 2 to 144 for 5.
Vital burst: Georgia Wareham hit 24 runs in a momentum-changing closing Australian over
/ PAThe presence of Sciver-Brunt, who efficiently reviewed an out lbw name on three, retained some hope and he or she moved to a different half-century off 53 balls with a sweep for 2.
Sciver-Brunt desperately wanted a accomplice to stay round and wicketkeeper Jones began to take the assault to Australia, hitting back-to-back fours towards Wareham, however quickly after being dropped on 34, she was out.
After placing on 57 for the sixth wicket to take England previous the 200-mark, Jones top-edged her tried reverse sweep and Ecclestone lasted simply two balls – with Gardner choosing up two wickets from the thirty ninth over.
England nonetheless wanted 80 runs for victory however Sciver-Brunt continued to get success with the sweep shot.
Glenn caught round to deliver the equation down to fifteen off six balls, however Sciver-Brunt, who reached her century within the earlier over, was solely in a position to hit one boundary.
England fell quick on 279 for seven after her tried slog-sweep for six from Jonassen’s final supply solely went for one.