England win the series at Lord's! Full ball around off, brings out her reverse sweep to third man for four
AUS Women vs ENG Women, 3rd T20I at London, Women's Ashes, Jul 08 2023 - Match Result
ENG Women won by 5 wickets (with 4 balls remaining) (DLS method)
That's it from us today. Hope you enjoyed our coverage. Do come back for Valkerie Baynes' post-match piece(s). I am Srinidhi Ramanujam, signing off on behalf of scorer K Vairavan and my co-commentators Al Muthu and Hemant Brar. Take care!
Knight, the England captain: "We talked about winning the series yesterday and it feels good to do it today. Pitch was different to what we thought. Usually spin dominates but it was seam today. Have a lot of belief in the side. I thought Australia's score was below par, it was a decent deck. I think probably that was our worst fielding performance. Credit to the way we went about the target. On different days, different people are performing. Really appreciate the support from the crowd. Still a long way to go. One game at a time."
Healy, the Australia captain: "They just played a really good innings, we didn't execute as much as we wanted to do. It's the T20 format, when you're not on, you can be pounced upon by teams. And I thought England were solid throughout the series. We have to fix a few things before going into the ODI series. Schedule is hectic, we just want to rest and focus on the next game."
Wyatt, the Player of the Series: "Yeah, it's always nice to contribute to series win. Just keep things simple and react. Conditions were slightly different but just keep calm and play. We have got a couple of days off, heading to Wimbledon tomorrow, should be a nice day."
Capsey, the Player of the Match: "It's been unbelievable. To have my family here was amazing. We played to our strengths and put them under pressure. The backing I got from the start. The way I play, sometimes it will come off, and sometimes it won't. I've been working hard in the nets."
10.08pm: What a game to clinch the series and stay alive in the Ashes! England win the T20I series 2-1 but Australia still lead the multi-format series 4-6, with six more points on offer.
Australia started the game slowly, losing a few wickets upfront but Mooney, Perry and Gardner chipped in with 30+ scores each before Harris hit a 15-ball 25 to lift the visitors to 155 for 7. Sciver-Brunt starred with two wickets for England. It seemed like a competitive total before rain halted the play. The teams lost 6 overs to rain with the revised target at 119. Wyatt started off briskly and despite England losing her and Dunkley inside five overs, Capsey's stunning 46 kept England in the game. But they were playing against Australia. The visitors bounced back with three quick wickets at the end to take the game down to the wire. With two needed off five, it was the newcomer Gibson who took England home.
Two needed from five balls
Big shout for lbw and it's given! Full ball on the off stump, Knight moves across and looks to sweep this and misses as the ball hits her toe. Knight reviews this decision but replays confirm that she is out
2 needed from 6 balls. Knight on strike
Tossed up around leg stump, moves away a bit and looks to send this to leg side and misses. Playing against the spin
Bowled! Flatter and faster from Wareham, that is a clever delivery to remove Sciver-Brunt. She looks to cut this on the back foot, misses and sees her stumps shattered
Full ball outside leg, reverse swept to deep point for a run
Charges down and smashes it over mid-off for four! It was a full ball around off stump. 3 runs to win
Brings out the reverse sweep but straight to Jonassen at backward point
Pushed to short fine leg for a single
8 from 12 needed
On a length around off, pulled down to deep square leg
Wareham with an excellent dive to stop the boundary! Worked towards deep square leg
Full length ball on leg stump, pushed to deep midwicket
Capsey departs! She is four short of a half-century. Full toss around off, she gets on one knee to dispatch this over midwicket only to be caught by Gardner.
Smashed down the ground towards long-on for four
Starts with a six! Slow and Full ball around off stump, muscled this way towards midwicket region
Schutt comes back. Healy up to the stumps
Just short of Harris! Full on middle and off, Capsey comes down and tries to slog this but gets an outside edge to backward point
Low full toss around off, put away to deep midwicket
Tossed up around leg stump, charge down to hit towards long-on
Full length ball on middle, goes back and pull this away to deep square leg
Fuller on the stumps, drills it to backward point
Tossed up on leg stump, goes for a flick and misses. Maybe going down the leg
Rosess: "This game isn't entirely England's yet, the Aussies are too strong to be outta the game at any point"
26 needed from 24 balls. Perry, Healy and Wareham are having a chat
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Lord's, London | |
Toss | England Women, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2023 |
Player Of The Match | |
Player Of The Series | |
Series result | England Women won the 3-match series 2-1 |
Match number | WT20I no. 1508 |
Match days | 08 July 2023 - daynight (20-over match) |
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Points | England Women 2, Australia Women 0 |