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England women v Australia women – 1st Women’s Ashes NatWest International Twenty20, The Essex County Ground, Chelmsford

England women won the toss and elected to field

Australia women – 122-8 (Ellyse Perry 30, Meg Lanning 28, Natalie Sciver 2-18)

20 overs

England women – 125-3 (Sarah Taylor 50, Charlotte Edwards 39, Erin Osborne 2-22)

17.3 overs

England women won by 7 wickets

England women secure 2 Women’s Ashes points

Australia Women 1st innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s SR
Elyse Villani c & b Anya Shrubsole 1 5 8 0 0 20.00
Ellyse Perry b Natalie Sciver 30 37 44 2 0 81.08
*Meg Lanning c Lydia Greenway b Danielle Hazell 28 25 27 3 1 112.00
Jess Jonassen c Jenny Gunn b Natalie Sciver 15 16 21 1 0 93.75
Alex Blackwell c Anya Shrubsole b Jenny Gunn 19 16 20 1 0 118.75
Grace Harris run out ( Anya Shrubsole ) 3 3 6 0 0 100.00
Jess Cameron not out 12 9 14 1 0 133.33
+Alyssa Healy run out ( Katherine Brunt ) 4 4 6 0 0 100.00
Erin Osborne run out ( Lydia Greenway ) 1 1 1 0 0 100.00
Sarah Coyte not out 6 4 4 0 0 150.00
Extras (b 0, lb 0, nb 0, w 3) 3
Total (8 wkts, 20 overs) 122

Fall of Wickets:
1-5 (Elyse Villani, 1.5 ov, 5 runs), 2-50 (Meg Lanning, 9.3 ov, 45 runs), 3-67 (Ellyse Perry, 12.1 ov, 17 runs), 4-84 (Jess Jonassen, 14.6 ov, 17 runs), 5-98 (Grace Harris, 16.4 ov, 14 runs), 6-103 (Alex Blackwell, 17.1 ov, 5 runs), 7-109 (Alyssa Healy, 18.3 ov, 6 runs), 8-111 (Erin Osborne, 18.5 ov, 2 runs)

Did not bat:
Megan Schutt

Bowling Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Extras Dot Balls
Katherine Brunt 4 0 18 0 12
Anya Shrubsole 3 0 15 1 2 w 11
Jenny Gunn 3 0 21 1 6
Danielle Hazell 4 0 21 1 12
Heather Knight 3 0 29 0 1 w 0
Natalie Sciver 3 0 18 2 5
England Women 1st innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s SR
*Charlotte Edwards st Alyssa Healy b Erin Osborne 39 42 50 3 0 92.86
Lauren Winfield c Elyse Villani b Ellyse Perry 1 4 9 0 0 25.00
+Sarah Taylor st Alyssa Healy b Erin Osborne 50 43 51 4 0 116.28
Natalie Sciver not out 20 10 20 3 0 200.00
Katherine Brunt not out 13 7 8 2 0 185.71
Extras (b 0, lb 0, nb 1, w 1) 2
Total (3 wkts, 17.3 overs) 125

Fall of Wickets:
1-5 (Lauren Winfield, 2.3 ov, 5 runs), 2-82 (Charlotte Edwards, 13.4 ov, 77 runs), 3-104 (Sarah Taylor, 15.5 ov, 22 runs)

Did not bat:
Heather Knight, Lydia Greenway, Dani Wyatt, Danielle Hazell, Anya Shrubsole, Jenny Gunn

Bowling Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Extras Dot Balls
Ellyse Perry 4 0 26 1 1 w 13
Megan Schutt 2.3 0 21 0 4
Sarah Coyte 3 0 23 0 3
Jess Jonassen 3 0 24 0 2
Erin Osborne 3 0 22 2 1 nb 5
Grace Harris 2 0 9 0 4

 


Team Line-ups:


England Women:

*Charlotte Edwards, Lauren Winfield, +Sarah Taylor, Natalie Sciver, Katherine Brunt, Heather Knight, Lydia Greenway, Dani Wyatt, Danielle Hazell, Anya Shrubsole, Jenny Gunn.


Australia Women:

Elyse Villani, Ellyse Perry, *Meg Lanning, Jess Jonassen, Alex Blackwell, Jess Cameron, +Alyssa Healy, Grace Harris, Erin Osborne, Sarah Coyte, Megan Schutt.


Current score: England 4 – 8 Australia

Courtesy of the ECB.  More information can be found about the England women’s cricket team on the ECB website here