Heather Knight keeps England's Ashes hopes alive

13 Jul, 2023 8:56 AM, Thu

Heather Knight keeps England's Ashes hopes alive

An unbeaten 75 from Heather Knight in what was Britain's most noteworthy fruitful run-pursue assisted the hosts with causing a third-successive loss for Australia in the continuous Cinders series and draw level with them on six focuses. Knight's work overshadowed that of Beth Mooney (81 not out) as the home side finished the pursuit with 11 balls and two wickets in excess. However Australia lost commander Alyssa Healy in the first finished - to Kate Cross - after she picked to bat first in Bristol, the guests were quickly restored continuously wicket stand worth 61 between Phoebe Litchfield and Ellyse Perry. When Nat Sciver-Brunt broke that substitute the thirteenth over with the wicket of the previous, out came Beth Mooney to assume responsibility for the innings. Britain were cheeky on the field as gets went down and Mooney herself was a beneficiary of several repreives (a dropped get and a missed baffling), which she completely gained by. The Bristol surface wasn't the most straightforward to bat on and runs didn't stop by too effectively, with Mooney taking 99 balls for her unbeaten 81 and Perry requiring 51 for her 41, as well as three dropped gets. Be that as it may, Australia were moved forward by the appearances of Tahlia McGrath (24 off 36) and Ashleigh Gardner (21 off 24) preceding Jess Jonnassen added 30 off 39 to drag Australia to what appeared to a triumphant aggregate. Australia's 263/8 looked much more impressive when Sophia Dunkley was tidied up by Perry in the third over of Britain's pursuit. However at that point came a hurricane stand between Tammy Beaumont (47 off 42) and Alice Capsey (40 off 34) worth 74 runs off only 55 balls to set the ball moving for Britain. In the space of 3.1 overs be that as it may, Britain lost both the set players and went through a short falter until commander Knight assumed command over the procedures. She was still rapidly running out of accomplices at the opposite end as Australia dug their heels in the wake of breaking the huge stand. The hosts took steps to flip the pursuit around and hold the Remains with two games to save when Britain went from 103 for 1 in the thirteenth over to 163 for 4 in the 26th. Nat-Sciver Brunt's excusal saw Britain falter a lot as any semblance of Danielle Wyatt, Amy Jones and Sophie Ecclestone traveled every which way, no doubt stirring up a lot of dismay for their chief at the opposite end who was pursuing a solitary fight. Notwithstanding, from 235 for 8 when the pursuit was still inside Britain's grip, out strolled Kate Cross to guarantee her commander's 28th ODI fifty wouldn't arrive in a horrible reason. She trucked four limits in a windy, unbeaten 19 off 20 balls and upheld her skipper in a heavenly exertion - 75* off 86 with six fours and a six - to bring the group back home toward the beginning of the penultimate over. Subsequent to going 6-0 up with wins in the oddball Test and the opening T20I, Australia have now lost three progressive restricted overs games worth two focuses each to leave the Ladies' Remains tantilizingly ready with two ODIs to go. Brief Scores: Australia 263/8 in 50 overs (Beth Mooney 81*, Ellyse Perry 41; Nat Sciver-Brunt 2-38, Lauren Bell 2-56) lost to England 267/8 in 48.1 overs (Heather Knight 75*, Tammy Beaumont 47; Ashleigh Gardner 3-42) by 2 wickets

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Rank Team Rating Points
1 India 118 5298
2 Australia 116 3936
3 South Africa 112 3357
4 Pakistan 106 2762
5 New Zealand 101 3349
Rank Player Name Points
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2 R.G. Sharma 765
3 Shubman Gill 763
4 H.T. Tector 746
5 V. Kohli 746
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2 J.R. Hazlewood 688
3 A. Zampa 686
4 Kuldeep Yadav 665
5 Mohammad Nabi 656
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2 Shakib Al Hasan 292
3 Sikandar Raza 288
4 A. Vala 248
5 M.G. Erasmus 242
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1 Australia 124 3715
2 India 120 3108
3 England 108 4111
4 South Africa 104 2179
5 New Zealand 96 2121
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1 J.E. Root 899
2 K.S. Williamson 859
3 D.J. Mitchell 768
4 S.P.D. Smith 757
5 R.G. Sharma 751
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1 R. Ashwin 870
2 J.J. Bumrah 847
3 J.R. Hazlewood 847
4 P.J. Cummins 820
5 K. Rabada 820
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2 R. Ashwin 322
3 Shakib Al Hasan 303
4 J.E. Root 282
5 J.O. Holder 270
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2 Australia 257 11040
3 West Indies 255 12502
4 England 253 9876
5 New Zealand 247 12113
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2 S.A. Yadav 805
3 P.D. Salt 800
4 Y.B.K. Jaiswal 757
5 Babar Azam 755
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3 Rashid Khan 668
4 G. Motie-Kanhai 664
5 P.W.H. De Silva 663
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