RESULT

Only Test, Bowral, February 15 - 18, 2008, England Women tour of Australia and New Zealand

Australia Women

154 & 231/9d

England Women

(T:142) 244 & 144/4

ENG Women won by 6 wickets

Player Of The Match

Isa Guha, ENG-W

5/40 & 4/60

Australia Women 1st INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Melissa Bulow	c †SJ Taylor b Shaw	11	47	72	2	0	23.40
Alex Blackwell	b Guha	1	3	7	0	0	33.33
Karen Rolton (c)	c SC Taylor b Guha	34	93	124	4	0	36.55
Lisa Sthalekar	lbw b Guha	2	22	26	0	0	9.09
Shelley Nitschke	c SC Taylor b Guha	4	18	23	0	0	22.22
Kate Blackwell	run out (Colvin)	45	132	141	5	0	34.09
Ellyse Perry	run out (Marsh/†SJ Taylor)	21	77	79	2	0	27.27
Leonie Coleman †	c Greenway b Marsh	13	50	47	1	0	26.00
Sarah Andrews	c †SJ Taylor b Shaw	6	23	31	1	0	26.08
Kirsten Pike	b Guha	10	29	31	2	0	34.48
Emma Sampson	not out	0	1	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 1, nb 6)	7
TOTAL	81.5 Ov (RR: 1.88, 297 Mts)	154
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Alex Blackwell, 2 ov), 2-30 (Melissa Bulow, 17 ov), 3-37 (Lisa Sthalekar, 24 ov), 4-56 (Shelley Nitschke, 29.3 ov), 5-59 (Karen Rolton, 31.1 ov), 6-109 (Ellyse Perry, 53.6 ov), 7-137 (Leonie Coleman, 71.4 ov), 8-138 (Kate Blackwell, 72.6 ov), 9-154 (Sarah Andrews, 80.5 ov), 10-154 (Kirsten Pike, 81.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Nicky Shaw	19	9	18	2	0.94	-	-	-	0
Isa Guha	18.5	1	40	5	2.12	-	-	-	5
Holly Colvin	8	2	35	0	4.37	-	-	-	1
Beth Morgan	10	3	20	0	2.00	-	-	-	0
Laura Marsh	16	10	20	1	1.25	-	-	-	0
Rosalie Birch	10	3	20	0	2.00	-	-	-	0

England Women Team

Caroline Atkins	-
Beth Morgan	-
Claire Taylor	Wicketkeeper
Charlotte Edwards (c)	Top order Batter
Sarah Taylor †	Wicketkeeper Batter
Lydia Greenway	-
Nicky Shaw	-
Rosalie Birch	-
Laura Marsh	Opening Batter
Isa Guha	-
Holly Colvin	Bowler

England Women 1st INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Caroline Atkins	c †Coleman b Perry	15	71	78	1	0	21.12
Beth Morgan	b Sampson	10	68	82	1	0	14.70
Claire Taylor	c †Coleman b Sthalekar	79	252	304	8	0	31.34
Charlotte Edwards (c)	c †Coleman b Perry	94	182	220	11	0	51.64
Sarah Taylor †	b Sthalekar	19	85	88	0	0	22.35
Lydia Greenway	c KA Blackwell b Nitschke	0	17	19	0	0	0.00
Nicky Shaw	b Sthalekar	0	7	8	0	0	0.00
Rosalie Birch	c Perry b Pike	12	66	78	1	0	18.18
Laura Marsh	b Sampson	7	38	39	1	0	18.42
Isa Guha	lbw b Nitschke	4	48	48	0	0	8.33
Holly Colvin	not out	2	10	11	0	0	20.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 1)	2
TOTAL	140.4 Ov (RR: 1.73, 497 Mts)	244
Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Caroline Atkins, 22.4 ov), 2-26 (Beth Morgan, 23.3 ov), 3-185 (Charlotte Edwards, 84.1 ov), 4-216 (Claire Taylor, 108.1 ov), 5-219 (Sarah Taylor, 110.5 ov), 6-219 (Nicky Shaw, 112.6 ov), 7-219 (Lydia Greenway, 113.4 ov), 8-233 (Laura Marsh, 127.1 ov), 9-242 (Rosalie Birch, 137.2 ov), 10-244 (Isa Guha, 140.4 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Emma Sampson	33	9	65	2	1.96	-	-	-
Ellyse Perry	23	10	49	2	2.13	-	-	-
Kirsten Pike	21	10	29	1	1.38	-	-	-
Shelley Nitschke	24.4	11	27	2	1.09	-	-	-
Lisa Sthalekar	28	8	48	3	1.71	-	-	-
Sarah Andrews	11	2	24	0	2.18	-	-	-

Australia Women 2nd INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Alex Blackwell	b Guha	24	43	49	5	0	55.81
Melissa Bulow	lbw b Guha	2	14	27	0	0	14.28
Karen Rolton (c)	lbw b Guha	4	24	24	1	0	16.66
Lisa Sthalekar	c Guha b Morgan	98	204	237	14	0	48.03
Shelley Nitschke	c & b Colvin	36	122	159	4	0	29.50
Kate Blackwell	c Marsh b Colvin	33	73	84	5	0	45.20
Ellyse Perry	c Marsh b Shaw	6	36	52	1	0	16.66
Leonie Coleman †	lbw b Guha	8	15	21	1	0	53.33
Sarah Andrews	not out	9	19	33	1	0	47.36
Kirsten Pike	b Colvin	4	7	10	1	0	57.14
Emma Sampson	not out	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 2, nb 1, w 2)	7
TOTAL	93 Ov (RR: 2.48, 353 Mts)	231/9d
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Melissa Bulow, 7.2 ov), 2-33 (Alex Blackwell, 13.2 ov), 3-34 (Karen Rolton, 13.4 ov), 4-141 (Shelley Nitschke, 56.5 ov), 5-198 (Lisa Sthalekar, 77.6 ov), 6-204 (Kate Blackwell, 80.5 ov), 7-217 (Leonie Coleman, 85.6 ov), 8-219 (Ellyse Perry, 90.3 ov), 9-231 (Kirsten Pike, 92.4 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Nicky Shaw	24	8	58	1	2.41	-	-	-	1	0
Isa Guha	23	6	60	4	2.60	-	-	-	1	1
Beth Morgan	14	6	27	1	1.92	-	-	-	0	0
Holly Colvin	21	6	42	3	2.00	-	-	-	0	0
Laura Marsh	7	1	25	0	3.57	-	-	-	0	0
Rosalie Birch	4	0	15	0	3.75	-	-	-	0	0

England Women 2nd INNINGS (Target: 142 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Caroline Atkins	lbw b Perry	8	24	30	1	0	33.33
Beth Morgan	c KA Blackwell b Sthalekar	13	92	108	0	0	14.13
Claire Taylor	not out	64	142	168	11	0	45.07
Lydia Greenway	lbw b Nitschke	26	31	32	5	0	83.87
Sarah Taylor †	c KA Blackwell b Sampson	12	24	25	2	0	50.00
Charlotte Edwards (c)	not out	14	26	30	2	0	53.84
Extras	(lb 7)	7
TOTAL	56.3 Ov (RR: 2.54, 198 Mts)	144/4
Did not bat: Rosalie Birch, Nicky Shaw, Laura Marsh, Isa Guha, Holly Colvin
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Caroline Atkins, 8.3 ov), 2-61 (Beth Morgan, 28.6 ov), 3-92 (Lydia Greenway, 39.4 ov), 4-121 (Sarah Taylor, 48.1 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Emma Sampson	11.3	3	28	1	2.43	-	-	-
Ellyse Perry	13	6	17	1	1.30	-	-	-
Lisa Sthalekar	13	4	49	1	3.76	-	-	-
Sarah Andrews	4	2	9	0	2.25	-	-	-
Kirsten Pike	2	0	10	0	5.00	-	-	-
Shelley Nitschke	13	3	24	1	1.84	-	-	-

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MATCH DETAILS

Bradman Oval, Bowral
Toss	England Women, elected to field first
Series	England Women tour of Australia and New Zealand
Season	2007/08
Player Of The Match	Isa Guha
Series result	England Women won the one-off match
Match number	WTEST no. 131
Match days	15,16,17,18 February 2008 - day (4-day match)
WTEST debut	Ellyse Perry Emma Sampson Kirsten Pike Leonie Coleman
Umpires	Paul Reiffel Rod Tucker
Match Referee	Tim Donahoo

CLOSE OF PLAY

Fri, 15 Feb - day 1 - ENG Women 1st innings 22/0 (Caroline Atkins 14*, Beth Morgan 7*, 16 ov)

Sat, 16 Feb - day 2 - ENG Women 1st innings 222/7 (Rosalie Birch 1*, Laura Marsh 2*, 117 ov)

Sun, 17 Feb - day 3 - AUS Women 2nd innings 195/4 (Lisa Sthalekar 95*, Kate Blackwell 27*, 74 ov)

Mon, 18 Feb - day 4 - ENG Women 2nd innings 144/4 (56.3 ov) - end of match

MATCH NOTES

General

Scorers: RL Sanday & CG Wilcoxon
England Women 1st innings
SC Taylor 50 off 119 balls, 155 mins, 6x4
CM Edwards 50 off 114 balls, 131 mins, 6x4
Australia Women 2nd innings
LC Sthalekar 50 off 102 balls, 114 mins, 9x4
England Women 2nd innings
SC Taylor(2) 50 off 104 balls, 122 mins, 9x4

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AUS Women Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
MJ Bulow	caught	11	47
AJ Blackwell	bowled	1	3
KL Rolton	caught	34	93
LC Sthalekar	lbw	2	22
S Nitschke	caught	4	18
KA Blackwell	run out	45	132
EA Perry	run out	21	77
LA Coleman	caught	13	50
SJ Andrews	caught	6	23
KE Pike	bowled	10	29
EM Sampson	not out	0	1
Extras	(lb 1, nb 6)
Total	154(10 wkts; 81.5 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
NJ Shaw	19	9	18	2	0.94
IT Guha	18.5	1	40	5	2.12 (5 nb)
HL Colvin	8	2	35	0	4.37 (1 nb)
BL Morgan	10	3	20	0	2
LA Marsh	16	10	20	1	1.25
RA Birch	10	3	20	0	2

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	2	Melissa Bulow	Alex Blackwell
2nd	28	Karen Rolton	Melissa Bulow
3rd	7	Karen Rolton	Lisa Sthalekar
4th	19	Karen Rolton	Shelley Nitschke
5th	3	Karen Rolton	Kate Blackwell
6th	50	Kate Blackwell	Ellyse Perry
7th	28	Leonie Coleman	Kate Blackwell
8th	1	Sarah Andrews	Kate Blackwell
9th	16	Sarah Andrews	Kirsten Pike
10th	0	Emma Sampson	Kirsten Pike

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