England Women Vs Australia Women 2nd Odi 16 July 2023

2nd ODI • Southampton

AUS-W

282/7 (50)

ENG-W

279/7 (50)

AUS-W won by 3 runs

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Playing XI

Player of the Match Alana King

3/44

Player of the Series Natalie Sciver

AUS-W

ENG-W

Info

Australia Women

282/7 (50)

Batters

Alyssa Healy

86.67

c A Capsey b LK Bell

Phoebe Litchfield

57.14

lbw b LK Bell

Ellyse Perry

124

73.39

c (sub CE Dean) b S Ecclestone

Beth Mooney

78.57

c LK Bell b S Ecclestone

Tahlia McGrath

55.56

c AE Jones b S Glenn

Ashleigh Gardner

89.19

c S Ecclestone b LK Bell

Annabel Sutherland

106.38

c A Capsey b S Ecclestone

Georgia Wareham

264.29

Not out

Jess Jonassen

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 10)

TOTAL

(50 Ov, RR: 5.64)

282/7

Did not Bat

Alana King, Megan Schutt

Bowlers

EXT

4.10

9.44

4.40

4.00

6.22

7.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Phoebe Litchfield

lbw b LK Bell

1-7

1.3

Alyssa Healy

c A Capsey b LK Bell

2-27

5.1

Beth Mooney

c LK Bell b S Ecclestone

3-88

18.3

Tahlia McGrath

c AE Jones b S Glenn

4-102

21.1

Ashleigh Gardner

c S Ecclestone b LK Bell

5-158

33.2

Ellyse Perry

c (sub CE Dean) b S Ecclestone

6-239

46.3

Annabel Sutherland

c A Capsey b S Ecclestone

7-240

46.6

England Women

279/7 (50)

Batters

Sophia Dunkley

43.33

b G Wareham

Tammy Beaumont

96.77

b A King

Heather Knight

63.16

lbw b A King

Natalie Sciver *

111

112.12

Not out

Alice Capsey

28.57

c A Gardner b A King

Danielle Wyatt

66.67

c A Sutherland b A Gardner

Amy Jones

108.82

c M Schutt b A Gardner

Sophie Ecclestone

50.00

lbw b A Gardner

Sarah Glenn

62.86

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 6, NB: 0, W: 7)

TOTAL

(50 Ov, RR: 5.58)

279/7

Did not Bat

Kate Cross, Lauren Bell

Bowlers

EXT

5.40

6.83

4.40

2.00

5.25

4.70

8.60

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Sophia Dunkley

b G Wareham

1-66

11.3

Heather Knight

lbw b A King

2-86

17.2

Tammy Beaumont

b A King

3-107

21.1

Alice Capsey

c A Gardner b A King

4-123

23.6

Danielle Wyatt

c A Sutherland b A Gardner

5-144

28.5

Amy Jones

c M Schutt b A Gardner

6-201

38.1

Sophie Ecclestone

lbw b A Gardner

7-203

38.4

Match Info

Date & Time

16 Jul, 03:30 PM IST

Venue

The Rose Bowl, Southampton

Match

2nd ODI,

Womens Ashes

Umpires

Jasmine Naeem (England), M Burns (England), Sue Redfern (England, TV)

Referee

Wayne Noon (England)

Toss

England Women elected to bowl

2 1wd 1 0 0 1 1

Over 47

Runs: 6

1 0 1 4 1 1

Over 48

Runs: 8

1lb 2 1 1 1 0

Over 49

Runs: 6

1 1 4 2 2 1

Over 50

Runs: 11

All Overs

Player of the Match Alana King

3/44

Player of the Series Natalie Sciver

Commentary

That brings us to the end of our coverage of the Women's Ashes for today. Australia have retained the Ashes with one game left in the series, which'll be played on Tuesday at Taunton. Join us right here on Sportskeeda for our coverage of the same, and keep an eye on our tabs for a lot more! This is Rajarshi, signing off on behalf of my friend Pradeep. Good night!

Alyssa Healy, Australia captain: It was a really good game of cricket. Both sides really hung in there, Nat Sciver played an incredible innings and thought it was going to get away from us. Full credit to the girls, they showed their grit and determination, and got us over the line. Georgia Wareham's knock swung the momentum back towards our changing room at the break. We took a buzz out of their plans. Darcie's good, the way (Alana) King bowled today showed the depth that we have. We still haven't played our best cricket yet, which I think is a little bit scary at times. We're chuffed, we just came here to win the Ashes. We retained them so far, but there's still one game to go. So we're looking forward to put our best foot forward again, the fact that the Ashes are coming back is exciting. Full credit to the group for getting it done!

Heather Knight [England captain]: Nat was outstanding, got us so close, need to get better in those kind of situations but outstanding fight by the girls, I thought we had it in the end, but credit to Australia, another brilliant game and ODI series is on the line still. It's been an outstanding series, best series in the Women's game of cricket, unfortunately on the wrong side of it. We've probably conceded way too many in the end, but we pulled things back in the middle, could've taken a few wickets at the end, they got away but it was a chaseable total in the end, lots of moments in the close game and sometimes you accept it's a good game of cricket, girls will learn a lot from it. Disappointed, we fought hard in the series, the momentum and the way we played, we had the belief we would win, we can still win the ODI series, that'll be a massive achievement. Australia played well, we're two evenly matched teams, it's all about how we handle big moments, we got close but an opportunity to win the series on Wednesday.

Alana King is the Player of the Match! Here's what she has to say: Big relief for the Aussie girls, all to play for in this one and we stoked came away with the win and retain the Ashes. It all comes down to match ups, we got a pretty strong unit over the years and I was ready as I can, I grabbed it with both hands. Got to control the controllables, I can't control my selection, my team-mates ensure if I can do my work with the team management. We have a discussion at the innings break, talked about getting the rhythm, the wind played it's part but it's all about assessing the conditions quickly, communicate that with all the bowlers in the group. [On Beaumont's dismissal] May be, as I said, I'm stoked to be back in the side and play for my role to this side. [On how long the bottle of champagne is going to last] I don't know, ask the captain (chuckles)!

Match summary:

Australia win by 3 runs

Ellyse Perry 91(124) | Alana King 3/44 (10)
Natalie Sciver-Brunt 111*(99) | Sophie Ecclestone 3/40 (10)

The 37-run cameo from Georgia Wareham in the first innings proves to be decisive at the end! It was a see-saw battle throughout the run-chase, and the Australia bowlers, their spinners in particular, get the job done for them! Natalie Sciver-Brunt dragged the game to the last over, keeping the hosts in the hunt, but the lack of boundaries against Jess Jonassen proved to be fatal for the hosts.

England will have their batting order to blame, partly, for the lack of application and shot selection from some of their batters at various stages of the game. They lost wickets at stages where they needed a partnership to take control of the game, and that turned out to be their undoing eventually. Tammy Beaumont and Sophia Dunkley got them off to a bright start, with the former doing the most of the scoring.

Beaumont took a liking to Gardner and King's spin in the powerplay, and brought up a half-century in quick time. The wicket of Sophia Dunkley, down to a rather ordinary paddle sweep from the opener against Wareham's leg break, brought about a much needed opening for the visitors. The boundaries began to dry up after that as Heather Knight and Beaumont looked to consolidate.

Alana King, who took a bit of beating in her first couple of overs, came back in grand fashion, dismissing Knight, Beaumont and Capsey in the span of five overs. The wicket of Beaumont was one for the ages - the ball spun right past the blade of the well-set batter and crashed onto the top of off stump. England were in desperate need of some stability, and they found so in the form of Natalie Sciver-Brunt.

The veteran England all-rounder paced her innings really well, finding the ones and twos frequently. She found a handy partner in Amy Jones, who looked to get going right away, playing her dabs and cuts behind the wicket effectively. The duo brought up a 50-run partnership with 13 overs remaining, and it seemed like England had a foothold in the run-chase once again.

Ashleigh Gardner then turned things around, swinging the tide towards the hosts with back-to-back wickets. Sarah Glenn then gave company to Natalie Sciver-Brunt, but the lack of boundaries in the slog overs came back to haunt the hosts. The fact that Sarah Glenn was stuck at the striker's end, unable to rotate strike on numerous occasions, didn't do the hosts any favours either. In the end, the Australian spinners bowled 8 out of the 10 overs at the death, and got the job done.

She couldn't! It was the most admirable, the most stupendous effort from Natalie Sciver-Brunt, but she and England fall short in the end! Jess Jonassen whacks the stumps out at her end, having sealed the deal this time! The Women's Ashes stay with Australia!

overs

279 /7 score

runs

Natalie Sciver *

111 (99)

Sarah Glenn

22 (35)

Jess Jonassen

0 /43

49.6 Jess Jonassen to Natalie Sciver-Brunt, AUSTRALIA HOLD ON TO THEIR NERVE! Australia retain the Ashes!! What a game we've just witnessed, Natalie Sciver-Brunt is down on her haunches but take a bow, what an innings that was. Length delivery on the off-stump, Sciver-Brunt needed to clear the boundary but she mistimed it down to long and all she gets is a single. Australia level the ODI series!

One big hit to keep England in the Ashes. Can Natalie Sciver-Brunt do it?

49.5 Jess Jonassen to Natalie Sciver-Brunt, length delivery on the off-stump, Sciver-Brunt smacked it down to wide long-on. Fielder gets around with a dive and parries it to Gardner and they come back for a brace.