England 186 for 9 (Wyatt 76, Sutherland 3-28) beat Australia 183 for 8 (Perry 51*, Glenn 2-27, Ecclestone 2-35) by three runs

Australia gifted Dunkley a life on 13 when she skied Megan Schutt excessive to cowl and whereas Tahlia McGrath sat underneath it, the ball slid between her palms in probably the most dramatic in a rash of misfields early in England's innings. Wyatt helped herself to back-to-back boundaries off Ashleigh Gardener, over mid-off and threaded by third, and on the finish of the powerplay England have been 54 with out loss in an unlimited enchancment on their 36 for two within the opening T20I at Edgbaston, which Australia received by 4 wickets with one ball to spare. McGrath juggled one other likelihood of Dunkley and her reduction was palpable when she held on at cowl this time as Dunkley departed for 23 off 19.

Sutherland swung the momentum Australia's approach when she claimed two wickets in as many balls as England slid from 100 for 1 to 109 for 4. Alice Capsey fell for her second straight single-figure rating of the collection advancing and making an attempt to hook Sutherland solely to ship a prime edge excessive in direction of brief effective leg, wicketkeeper Healy transferring calmly again to take it. Then Heather Knight, enjoying her a hundredth T20I, was bowled first ball, a gem of a cross-seam supply that angled in from broad of the crease, straightened and pegged again off stump. Amy Jones survived the hat-trick ball, digging out the yorker on leg stump, however then Sutherland took a superb diving catch at working spherical from broad long-on and England had misplaced 4 wickets for 12 runs within the house of 13 balls.

A 31-run stand off simply 15 balls for the eighth wicket between Ecclestone and Glenn had the group roaring, notably as Ecclestone peeled off 4, 6, 4 off McGrath as England recovered to 181 for 8 and it took a surprising catch by Darcie Brown at brief third off Gardner to take away Glenn.

Ecclestone had Gardner out to the only return catch possible to assert her a hundredth wicket in T20Is, changing into the quickest to the milestone from simply 72 matches as Australia slumped to 75 for 4. After 12 overs, Australia wanted to attain at 11.5 an over and Dean, the offspinner who got here in as the one change for both facet after the opening match changing seamer Freya Davies, bowled Grace Harris to maintain England on prime. Georgia Wareham threatened with a 4 adopted instantly by two sixes off Dean within the 18th over however, needing 31 off the ultimate two overs, Lauren Bell, who had been costly, bowled Wareham with eight balls remaining. Australia wanted 20 off the final over and whereas Perry stored preventing to the tip, her boundary laden 51 not out off 27 balls was not sufficient.