Annabel Sutherland hit a record-breaking century on day two of the ladies’s Ashes Test to place Australia in a commanding spot at Trent Bridge, earlier than a late Engand fightback.
Sutherland plundered 16 boundaries and an enormous six on her solution to the quickest Test century by an Australian in ladies’s Tests, ending unbeaten on 137 because the guests have been bowled out for 473.
The 21-year-old’s knocked eclipsed Jill Kennare’s 156-ball century in 1984 and can be the best ever rating by a No. 8 batter.
“It was pretty fun out there,” Sutherland instructed Sky Sports.
“I absolutely love my batting, so just really cool to spend some time out there.”
As for batting larger up the order?
“I hope so,” Sutherland responded after being quizzed on a possible promotion.
“I’ve been telling the coach that for a little while, but I’m just happy playing my part in this team.
“We’ve got a pretty strong top order and it’s pretty hard to slot in. Nice to take an opportunity when I get the chance down at eight.”
Australia, 328-7 in a single day, pissed off Heather Knight’s group, with tailenders Alana King (21) and Kim Garth (22), including useful runs alongside all-rounder Sutherland.
Ellyse Perry scored 99 on Thursday because the Ashes holders made a powerful begin to the match at Trent Bridge, racking up the sixth-highest complete within the historical past of girls’s Test cricket.
But England hit again, with Tammy Beaumont equally as spectacular with the bat, recording her maiden Test century because the hosts reached 218-2 at shut of the second day’s play to depart the one-off Test delicately poised.
Beaumont grew to become simply the fourth England participant in both the boys’s or ladies’s sport to attain a world century in Test, sooner or later and T20 cricket.
“I think it’s finely balanced. I think it’s a very good batting wicket, if two people get in it’s very hard to get them out,” stated Beaumont.
“I don’t think I batted my best, I was stubborn, which (captain) Heather Knight has called me for years.” Aussie all-rounder Sutherland continued her high quality match with the ball as she took the wicket of Emma Lamb for 10.
But after Knight departed for 57, a partnership of 67 between Natalie Sciver-Brunt (41 not out) and Beaumont stored the hosts within the match.
The five-day match is a part of a multi-format Ashes sequence together with three Twenty20 matches and three one-day internationals.
Originally revealed as Women’s Ashes Test: Annabel Sutherland hits record-breaking century in opposition to England on day two at Trent Bridge
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