England had a lot of work to do on day three and opener, Tammy Beaumont took the brunt of that, scoring 208, staying in the middle from start to finish. Beaumont was breaking records all over the park, but England feel short of Australia’s total by 10 runs. The Aussies started with the bat again, looking confident and determined.
As sea of red flooded into Trent Bridge as the crowd turned ‘Red for Ruth’ on day 3 of the women’s Test match.
Drama opened the day as Nat Sciver-Brunt was given out from the first delivery of the day, umpires convinced that Darcie Brown has trapped Sciver-Brunt LBW. An England review overturned the decision, the England pair confident with the decision to go upstairs.
Sciver-Brunt played some dangerous shots, including a chip over slip early on but an aesthetic boundary, racing down to third was the shot which brought up her half-century in the 60th over.
Beaumont and Sciver-Brunt looked unstoppable but a full delivery from Ash Gardner forced Sciver-Bunt to lean back, edging the ball through to Alyssa Healy.
It was a surprise to see minimal spin this morning. With the prospect of the new ball looking, it was seamer Kim Garth who was mainly in the action but looked far from taking a wicket. Ranked second in the world, Jonassen was not utilised in the morning session.
There were positives for the English as at lunch, they sat 308/3 with Beaumont on 144* the new batter, Dunkley, on 7*.
A third came for Gardner as Dunkley tried to play across the line and was bowled. It was a very lethargic innings however, only scoring 9 from 50 balls. Her replacement was Danni Wyatt who made her way to the crease on Test debut. Despite an illustrious 245 white ball caps, she’d previously never been called on, in the long form.
England were rapid to review as Alana King hit Beaumont on the pads. The crowd relaxed as the delivery was pitching outside leg.
Tammy Beaumont surpassed her highest total 168*, going on to break the 88-year long record for the highest individual score by an England women’s cricketer set by Betty Snowball in 1935 (189).
Danni Wyatt fell short of a half-century in her first appearance in the whites hitting a quick 44 from 49.
Once again, Beaumont was ever-present persisting throughout the day. The opener scored a double century but soon after, Ecclestone departed, Australia well and truly into the tail end.
Australia finished England up quite quickly, England ending 463 all out, Australia with the lead by 10 runs.
Showing their clear intent to win the game, the Aussies came out firing, Beth Mooney and Phoebe Litchfield going at around 6 an over, ploughing to 82/0
Debutants: Phoebe Litchfield (AUS), Kim Garth (AUS), Lauren Filer (ENG), Danni Wyatt (ENG)
England XI: Tammy Beaumont, Emma Lamb, Heather Knight ©, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Sophia Dunkley, Danni Wyatt, Amy Jones (wk), Sophie Ecclestone, Kate Cross, Lauren Filer, Lauren Bell
Australia XI: Beth Mooney, Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry, Tahlia McGrath, Jess Jonassen, Alyssa Healy © (wk), Ashleigh Gardner, Annabel Sutherland, Alana King, Kim Garth, Darcie Brown
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