England star Tammy Beaumont has dented Australia’s hopes of successful the ladies’s Ashes Test after settling in for an enormous century on day three at Trent Bridge.
England went to lunch on Saturday at 3-308 in reply to Australia’s 473 with Beaumont shortly whittling away the vacationers’ lead after shifting to an unbeaten 144.
Nat Sciver-Brunt was the one Englishwoman to fall within the morning session, out for 78 when caught behind attempting to chop an Ashleigh Gardner supply.
But in any other case it was all England within the opening two hours, with Sciver-Brunt and Beaumont combining for a 137-run third-wicket stand to place Australia on the again foot.
The pair have been affected person all through the third morning, capitalising when Australia’s seamers bought their traces improper.
Australia once more additionally supplied England some lives.
After Beaumont survived a number of probabilities on Friday, Sciver-Brunt supplied one other on 42 early on Saturday when she slashed a Kim Garth supply via the slips.
Sciver-Brunt additionally seemed to be dismissed on the primary ball of the day when given out lbw to Darcie Brown, earlier than ball-tracking confirmed it lacking leg stump on evaluate.
She struck three boundaries in row off Annabel Sutherland early within the day, hitting her via the legside twice after which guiding a ball behind level to the boundary.
The 30-year-old regarded on for her second Test century, earlier than Gardner speared a ball in and cramped the right-hander for room as she tried to play a reduce shot.
It was Gardner’s second wicket of the innings, after additionally eradicating Heather Knight caught behind on 57 on Friday night in figures of 2-61.
Still, England’s batters have put them on track to file the very best rating in opposition to Australia in a Test, with that determine standing at 414.
They have additionally given them each probability to take management of the Test, which is the primary girls’s fixture to be performed over 5 days in additional than 30 years.
The Test match is price 4 factors within the multi-format Ashes sequence, with the three ensuing ODIs and three T20 matches all price two every.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
