England maintain Girls’s Ashes alive as Capsey shines in tight T20 win
England had responded from defeat within the Test at Trent Bridge and dropping the opening T20 at Edgbaston to drag off a three-run win in an exciting finale on the Oval on Wednesday, as Australia misplaced a collection for the primary time since 2017.
Heather Knight’s facet continued that momentum to limit Australia to 155 for seven at Lord’s, after which Capsey led the chase of a Duckworth-Lewis-Stern revised goal of 119 in 14 overs to win the T20 collection and scale back the multi-format deficit to 6-4 forward of the deciding one-day internationals.
Australia, put into bat after Knight had received the toss for the primary time on this Ashes, made a swift begin in entrance a crowd of 21,610, one other report attendance.
Captain Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney hit 10 off the primary over from Charlie Dean and Healy was then dropped when on 13 off Nat Sciver-Brunt, the all-rounder unable to take a caught-and-bowled probability right down to her left.
Dean made the breakthrough with the primary supply of the fourth over to lure Healy lbw for 16 with a size ball.
England took one other wicket within the seventh over when Tahlia McGrath (10) despatched a brief ball from Danielle Gibson to Capsey at mid-off, leaving Australia at 37 for 2.
Mooney despatched Sarah Glenn for 3 consecutive boundaries within the eighth over, and Australia pushed on previous 100 earlier than rain took the gamers off throughout the fifteenth over, but it surely proved solely to be a brief delay.
Ellyse Perry once more set concerning the England bowlers, racing to 27 off 21 deliveries. Lauren Bell finally had her lbw for 34 in entrance of center, which was not capable of be reviewed due to a technical downside with the DRS. Harris (25) was run out going for a second run off the ultimate supply, as Australia completed 155 for seven.
During the interval, the covers got here out as rain once more set through which delayed the restart till simply after 9pm. As a outcome, England’s run chase was revised to 119 from 14 overs, with 4 of these comprising the powerplay.
England’s momentum was halted on the finish of the fourth over when, after a run of boundaries, Wyatt edged Megan Schutt behind to depart for 26 off 15 balls.
Australia struck once more with the subsequent supply when Dunkley (9) despatched Darcie Brown’s opening supply straight up and was caught by Jess Jonassen at backward level to depart England reeling at 39 for 2.
Capsey despatched Jonassen over deep midwicket for an enormous six as England handed the half-century mark, whereas Sciver-Brunt hit Sutherland for an additional boundary. Capsey then had a let-off when Georgia Wareham failed to carry a diving catch in an costly ninth over from Gardner.
Capsey’s onslaught continued as she smashed Schutt for an enormous six after which a 4 – however was then out to a wonderful catch from Gardner from a shot over deep sq. leg to fall simply wanting her half-century.
Just when England cruising to victory, Sciver-Brunt was bowled by a flatter supply from Wareham for a run-a-ball 25.
England have been left needing two off the ultimate over from Jonassen – who promptly trapped Knight (six) lbw with the primary supply. Gibson, in simply her third sport for England, confirmed nerves of metal to reverse sweep Jonassen for a boundary and safe one other dramatic victory.
Additional reporting by PA Sport.