looking to play a cheeky reverse paddle, misses this full and straight delivery that knocks out the middle stump. Jenny Gunn finishes with four wickets as England have leveled the T20 series at 1-1.
ENG Women vs AUS Women, 2nd T20I at Canberra, Women's Ashes, Nov 19 2017 - Match Result
RESULT
2nd T20I, Canberra, November 19, 2017, England Women tour of Australia
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Scorecard summary
England Women • 152/6(20 overs)
40 (32)
2/16 (4)
32* (24)
1/18 (4)
Australia Women • 112/10(18 overs)
24 (21)
4/13 (3)
17 (14)
2/10 (4)
end of over 182 runs • 2 wickets
AUS-W: 112/10CRR: 6.22 • RRR: 20.50
Megan Schutt1 (2b)
Jenny Gunn 3-0-13-4
Sophie Ecclestone 4-0-24-2
Thanks for joining us. Hope to see you on Tuesday for the final game. Cheers
England may have lost the Ashes but the T20I series is alive and kicking. Excellent all-round game from England. Took a bold decision to bat first, at no stage allowed the innings to stall despite losing wickets. Posted a competitive score and then fielded like tigers. Terrific win, something to cheer at the end of what has been a disappointing Ashes series.With the World T20 slated for this time next year in the Caribbean, this win can't be a bad lift, after all.
Australia, who lead 8-6, haven't won a T20I series in a long time at home. They'd be disappointed with the way they went about this chase. Kept losing wickets in clumps and were in control at no stage - losing 4 for 7 after the openers laid a strong platform.
As good as Taylor's knock was, the one that made a big difference was Brunt's unbeaten 32. Yet, Australia would've fancied themselves to chase this down. But they let themselves down with their shot selection. Too many attempts to reverse sweep on the face of some slow bowling. Why? Hard to say.
Heather Knight: Pleased with the win. We had to fight for pride, if we can draw the series, we'll be happy. There wasn't much to say on the bus trip here, but yeah we talked about having this T20I series and a World Cup to play for, and also individual pride. Danny Wyatt struck it brilliantly the other day, she got us off to a very good start. Katherine and Natt got us to that total and then the bowlers were brilliant. Taylor's pretty good with the gloves, seeing her bat, is inhuman really. Great to have her on her side.
Rachael Haynes: Disappointing chase. I thought we got off to a good start, but it's disappointing that no one took ownership and saw us through. Lots of lessons to learn. We've got plenty to play for on Tuesday.
Katherine Brunt is the Player of the Match for her 32, a catch and 2 for 10. "When you get older, you got to stay with the time and learn new tricks," she says. "I still want to be opening with the new ball, definitely. It's a tough job in T20s, you have to be consistent. I'm just glad I hit some off the middle for once. Jenny Gunn is No. 1, she keeps churning wickets out, has learnt a few tricks along the way. We pulled one back today to gain some more pride.
17.6
W
Gunn to Strano, OUT
Molly Strano b Gunn 3 (9b 0x4 0x6) SR: 33.33
17.5
•
Gunn to Strano, no run
swings and misses. The ball veered back in a long way to hit the pad. Impact: missing leg
17.4
1
Gunn to Schutt, 1 run
length ball on middle and leg, whipped to deep square
17.3
•
Gunn to Schutt, no run
driven wide of point
17.2
1
Gunn to Strano, 1 run
swung across the line towards long-on
17.1
W
Gunn to Jonassen, OUT
slog swept straight to Sciver at deep midwicket. Excellent anticipation. This was a flat hit but swirled slightly with the breeze. She was nice and low and saw this lodge into her hands quite comfortably.
Jess Jonassen c Sciver b Gunn 11 (11b 1x4 0x6) SR: 100
end of over 174 runs
AUS-W: 110/8CRR: 6.47 • RRR: 14.33
Molly Strano2 (6b)
Jess Jonassen11 (10b 1x4)
Sophie Ecclestone 4-0-24-2
Jenny Gunn 2-0-11-2
16.6
•
Ecclestone to Strano, no run
reverse but misses out. Keeper takes it cleanly despite being slightly been unsighted
16.5
3
Ecclestone to Jonassen, 3 runs
looks to slog this over long-off but gets a thick outside edge. Beaumont throws herself near the third man boundary to flick it back. Superb tag-team effort, Hazelle was right behind her to take the ball as she pulled it in
16.4
1
Ecclestone to Strano, 1 run
swung away towards deep square leg
16.3
•
Ecclestone to Strano, no run
right across the crease to slog sweep, struck on the pad
16.2
•
Ecclestone to Strano, no run
steered to point, sent back. Strano dives back into the crease even as a rocket throw comes in
16.1
•
Ecclestone to Strano, no run
struck on the pad as he looks to dink a reverse paddle
end of over 167 runs • 1 wicket
AUS-W: 106/8CRR: 6.62 • RRR: 11.75
Jess Jonassen8 (9b 1x4)
Molly Strano1 (1b)
Jenny Gunn 2-0-11-2
Katherine Sciver-Brunt 4-0-10-2
15.6
•
Gunn to Jonassen, no run
swings and misses, beaten by a cutter.
15.5
•
Gunn to Jonassen, no run
chops this cut back towards the bowler
15.5
1w
Gunn to Jonassen, 1 wide
makes some room to go over cover but lets it go anticipating a wide, correct call.
15.4
1
Gunn to Strano, 1 run
tucks this incoming delivery down to fine leg
15.3
W
Gunn to Aley, OUT
close and given this time. Went too far across to work this to the leg side but this slower delivery drifted in towards middle. Aley played all around her front pad. That would've crashed into middle and leg
Sarah Aley lbw b Gunn 1 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 33.33
15.2
1
Gunn to Jonassen, 1 run
half-stop by Brunt at cover keeps it to a single. Jonassen nailed this
Mid-off drops back
15.1
4
Gunn to Jonassen, FOUR runs
backs away, gets underneath the length and clobbers this over mid-off. Welcome boundary
end of over 156 runs
AUS-W: 99/7CRR: 6.60 • RRR: 10.80
Sarah Aley1 (2b)
Jess Jonassen3 (5b)
Katherine Sciver-Brunt 4-0-10-2
Sophie Ecclestone 3-0-20-2
14.6
2lb
K Sciver-Brunt to Aley, 2 leg byes
works this across the line towards fine leg, or was there some pad? Umpire signals leg byes. Looked like it flew off the bat. Anyway, that would've been very close if it was indeed pad but the appeal was just a polite one
Match details
| Manuka Oval, Canberra | |
| Toss | England Women, elected to bat first |
| Series | |
| Season | 2017/18 |
| Player Of The Match | |
| Series result | 3-match series level 1-1 |
| Match number | WT20I no. 392 |
| Match days | 19 November 2017 - day (20-over match) |
| Umpires | |
| TV Umpire | |
| Reserve Umpire | |
| Match Referee | |
| Points | England Women 2, Australia Women 0 |
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