END OF OVER:
20 | 5 Runs 2 Wkts | ENG-W: 186/9 | RR: 9.30

  • Charlie Dean2 (2b)
  • Ashleigh Gardner4-0-39-2
  • Tahlia McGrath3-0-30-1

7.37pm: That was a strange innings from England, collapsing from 100 for 1 off 11.1 overs to 119 for 6 off 15 - then somehow scrambling up to 186 for 9 after 20, thanks to some big-hitting at the back end. Australia will wonder how they let things slip but Danni Wyatt was somewhere near her best, and Ecclestone's cameo has ensured England have a total to defend. Suds will be back shortly.

Sampath Bandarupalli from our stats team in Bangalore tells me this is the second-highest total that Australia have conceded in a women's T20I.

Danni Wyatt is speaking to Sky near the dugout: "It was a little bit tricky. We're really happy with 186 but we're going to have to bowl really well to restrict them. I thought I would keep batting my way, and keep thinking: boundaries. Charlie Dean has been bowling really well in practice. Really confident that the bowlers can do the job for us tonight. Really important game for us so let's hope we can win it."

19.6
W
Gardner to Ecclestone, 1 run, OUT, swung out to deep midwicket and Dean races back for two at the bowler's end... but Gardner realises that Ecclestone is dawdling, so throws to Healy who whips off the bails with Ecclestone short of her ground

S Ecclestone run out 22 (28m 12b 2x4 1x6) SR: 183.33

19.5
1
Gardner to Dean, 1 run, skips down to turn a yorker into a full toss, which she pushes back down the pitch. It bounces up and over Gardner, so Ecclestone will have the strike for the last ball
19.5
1w
Gardner to Dean, 1 wide, fired down the leg side, left alone

Australia Women in England 2023 News

AUS Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st59AJ HealyBL Mooney
2nd6BL MooneyTM McGrath
3rd6BL MooneyA Gardner
4th4EA PerryA Gardner
5th21EA PerryGM Harris
6th29EA PerryA Sutherland
7th35EA PerryG Wareham
8th8EA PerryJL Jonassen
9th15EA PerryM Schutt