AUS Women vs ENG Women, 3rd T20I at London, Women's Ashes, Jul 08 2023 - Match Result

RESULT
3rd T20I (D/N), Lord's, July 08, 2023, Australia Women tour of England
(13.2/14 ov, T:119) 121/5

ENG Women won by 5 wickets (with 4 balls remaining) (DLS method)

Player Of The Match
46 (23)
alice-capsey
Player Of The Series
272 runs
danni-wyatt
Match centre 
Scores: K Vairavan | Comms: Srinidhi
Scorecard summary
Australia Women 155/7(20 overs)
England Women 121/5(13.2 overs)
46 (23)
2/35 (3)

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.

13.2
4
Jonassen to Gibson, FOUR runs

England win the series at Lord's! Full ball around off, brings out her reverse sweep to third man for four

Two needed from five balls

13.1
W
Jonassen to Knight, OUT

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

Heather Knight lbw b Jonassen 6 (5b 1x4 0x6 9m) SR: 120

2 needed from 6 balls. Knight on strike

end of over 136 runs • 1 wicket
ENG-W: 117/4CRR: 9.00 RRR: 3.00 • Need 3 from 6b
Amy Jones0 (1b)
Heather Knight6 (4b 1x4)
Georgia Wareham 2-0-10-1
Megan Schutt 3-0-35-2
12.6
Wareham to Amy Jones, no run

Tossed up around leg stump, moves away a bit and looks to send this to leg side and misses. Playing against the spin

12.5
W
Wareham to Nat Sciver-Brunt, OUT

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

Nat Sciver-Brunt b Wareham 25 (25b 2x4 0x6 38m) SR: 100
12.4
1
Wareham to Knight, 1 run

Full ball outside leg, reverse swept to deep point for a run

12.3
4
Wareham to Knight, FOUR runs

Charges down and smashes it over mid-off for four! It was a full ball around off stump. 3 runs to win

12.2
Wareham to Knight, no run

Brings out the reverse sweep but straight to Jonassen at backward point

12.1
1
Wareham to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 1 run

Pushed to short fine leg for a single

8 from 12 needed

end of over 1214 runs • 1 wicket
ENG-W: 111/3CRR: 9.25 RRR: 4.50 • Need 9 from 12b
Nat Sciver-Brunt24 (23b 2x4)
Heather Knight1 (1b)
Megan Schutt 3-0-35-2
Georgia Wareham 1-0-4-0
11.6
1
Schutt to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 1 run

On a length around off, pulled down to deep square leg

11.5
2
Schutt to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 2 runs

Wareham with an excellent dive to stop the boundary! Worked towards deep square leg

11.4
1
Schutt to Knight, 1 run

Full length ball on leg stump, pushed to deep midwicket

11.3
W
Schutt to Capsey, OUT

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.

Alice Capsey c Gardner b Schutt 46 (23b 4x4 2x6 30m) SR: 200
11.2
4
Schutt to Capsey, FOUR runs

Smashed down the ground towards long-on for four

11.1
6
Schutt to Capsey, SIX runs

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

end of over 114 runs
ENG-W: 97/2CRR: 8.81 RRR: 7.66 • Need 23 from 18b
Alice Capsey36 (20b 3x4 1x6)
Nat Sciver-Brunt21 (21b 2x4)
Georgia Wareham 1-0-4-0
Annabel Sutherland 2-0-18-0
10.6
1
Wareham to Capsey, 1 run

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

10.5
1
Wareham to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 1 run

Low full toss around off, put away to deep midwicket

10.4
1
Wareham to Capsey, 1 run

Tossed up around leg stump, charge down to hit towards long-on

10.3
1
Wareham to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 1 run

Full length ball on middle, goes back and pull this away to deep square leg

10.2
Wareham to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run

Fuller on the stumps, drills it to backward point

10.1
Wareham to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run

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

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
A Capsey
46 runs (23)
4 fours2 sixes
Productive shot
pull
10 runs
2 fours0 six
Control
83%
EA Perry
34 runs (25)
3 fours1 six
Productive shot
pull
17 runs
2 fours1 six
Control
68%
Best performances - bowlers
Nat Sciver-Brunt
O
4
M
0
R
31
W
2
ECO
7.75
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
1W
M Schutt
O
3
M
0
R
35
W
2
ECO
11.66
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
1W
Match details
Lord's, London
TossEngland Women, elected to field first
Series
Season2023
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Match numberWT20I no. 1508
Match days08 July 2023 - daynight (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
PointsEngland Women 2, Australia Women 0