*Official* Women's Ashes 2023

[Molehill]

NSB unusually for her getting bogged down, totally unable to rotate the strike. Still plenty of time though and perhaps the wicket is slightly two paced.

 

[Spark]

One day we'll be able to get NSB out.

 

[Molehill]

One day we'll be able to get NSB out.

Well McGrath did put down a pretty straightforward caught and bowled.

Although, when she scores a ton, Australia win.

Meanwhile, Wyatt is playing a little pearler here.....

 

[Spark]

Well McGrath did put down a pretty straightforward caught and bowled.

Although, when she scores a ton, Australia win.

Meanwhile, Wyatt is playing a little pearler here.....

Should have been run out just now too.

 

[mackembhoy]

If Nat had played them shots Wyatt has on Sunday they'd have won.

Still baffled as to why she didn't try. Mind this innings has been very leg sided too.

 

[Spark]

Gonna be a big score this.

 

[Molehill]

Gonna be a big score this.

All of a sudden 300 is on....or it was until Wyatt yorked herself.

Cracking knock though, changed the impetus of the innings.

 

[Spark]

All of a sudden 300 is on....or it was until Wyatt yorked herself.

Cracking knock though, changed the impetus of the innings.

So long as NSB there they should get there. Don't think Aus have the firepower at the moment to chase down a score like that with Healy in iffy form and no Lanning or Haynes (the latter being retired, obviously)

 

[Spark]

Also we're seeing one of the real drawbacks of having so many all-rounders here. Why has Jonassen only bowled two overs?

 

[Aidan11]

Not going to get 300 now.

I think we might have needed it.

 

[Molehill]

Also we're seeing one of the real drawbacks of having so many all-rounders here. Why has Jonassen only bowled two overs?

Yep, Healy said at the toss she had 40 overs of both seam and spin available to her. I mean Perry hasn't even bowled, how do we know she wouldn't have been effective on this pitch?

Seems like spinners bowling yorkers is the whole new death tactic.....not sure it'll take off in the men's game.

 

[Molehill]

Well if you'd offered England 285 when they were 12-2 I'm sure they'd have grabbed it, although feels like only par. But looks set for another cracker anyway, these two teams seem so evenly matched now.

 

[Spark]

Yep, Healy said at the toss she had 40 overs of both seam and spin available to her. I mean Perry hasn't even bowled, how do we know she wouldn't have been effective on this pitch?

Seems like spinners bowling yorkers is the whole new death tactic.....not sure it'll take off in the men's game.

I feel like there was a period a few years ago in the IPL where this tactic was very popular, getting the likes of Narine to dart or, well, throw fast yorkers at the base of leg stump.

Anyway 3/30 off 5 overs makes for very odd reading when you consider that was mostly death overs. Really not a fan of this many all-rounders in a team.

 

[Molehill]

Since 2019, only one English Cricketer has scored a white ball ton against Australia, NSB has four of them!!

She's probably the best bat in the game at the mo, and that's before you add on her bowling and fielding.

 

[Spark]

McGrath needs to play a big one here. She’s looked in good nick this whole series, but found ways to get out when set. Can’t do that today.

 

[loterry1994]

Come on aus girls win it

 

[Spark]

McGrath needs to play a big one here. She’s looked in good nick this whole series, but found ways to get out when set. Can’t do that today.

And she’s done it again. Just not getting it done, the top order in this series aside from Perry.

Not super sure why that needed referring given that McGrath never actually made her ground again.

 

[loterry1994]

They should have made the series where a draw wasn’t possible. Have a match more or less.

 

[Aidan11]

Get Perry out soon and we'll win this.

 

[Spark]

All for the Test having a bigger weighting of course but it'll be strange if a series in which one team won twice as many games ends up drawn.