Ashleigh Gardner took eight wickets in England’s second innings as Australia’s ladies secured victory within the one-off Ashes Test match by 89 runs on Monday.
Chasing the best run chase in ladies’s Test historical past of 268 to win, England have been all out for 178 as Gardner took all 5 wickets to fall on the ultimate day.
The show noticed Gardner enter the file books as she completed with match figures of 12/165, the most effective figures ever by an Australian girl in Test historical past and the second greatest general.
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Defeat at Trent Bridge offers England a mountain to climb if they’re to reclaim the Ashes.
Australia’s Test win is value 4 factors within the multi-format collection with three one-day internationals and T20 matches to return, every value two factors.
The Australians are world champions in each white-ball codecs and in addition proved simply too good with the pink ball after a good contest that went all 5 days in entrance of file crowds for a ladies’s Test in England.
The earlier three ladies’s Ashes Tests had completed as a draw with solely 4 days allotted for play.
Gardner mentioned the worth of including a fifth day was proven in getting a end result. “I wouldn’t have dreamt of it to be honest but it showed having five days in a Test to actually get a result is super important,” mentioned Gardner, who was named participant of the match.
“I guess there was a little bit of luck with the conditions out there but as a whole bowling unit, we bowled really well throughout and tried to bowl in partnerships.
“I guess I was the lucky one to come away with the wickets.”
England want to win the Ashes for the primary time since 2014 and captain Heather Knight believes her aspect confirmed they’ll not less than compete with Australia.
Tammy Beaumont’s 208 set England ladies’s highest ever Test rating within the first innings as solely 10 runs separated the edges on the midway stage.
But the England bowling assault let Australia off to a flying begin of their second innings, which proved expensive.
“What a game,” mentioned Knight. “I’ve been quite vocal about five days and today shows why.
“Credit to Australia, they were outstanding, but we went toe-to-toe with them for a long time.” Gardner’s three wickets in the direction of the tip of play on Sunday left England up towards it at 116-5 in a single day.
The hosts added 25 to their tally earlier than Kate Cross edged behind off Gardner. Amy Jones added simply 4 earlier than she was stumped however Danni Wyatt’s half-century obtained the goal all the way down to double figures with three wickets nonetheless in hand.
However, these last three wickets fell for simply three runs as Gardner eliminated Sophie Ecclestone, Lauren Filer and Wyatt for figures of 8-66 within the innings and 12-165 within the match.
Originally revealed as Australia defeat England behind Ash Gardner’s history-making show
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
