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When a Draw is a Victory

England v Australia – Third ODI Taunton, 18 July On another tense and exhilarating day England achieved the apparently impossible. Here are a few stats to swivel the eyes: Australia hadn’t lost an ODI series since 2013. England beat Australia in the Ashes series of seven matches 4-3. Australia retain the Ashes. The series ended

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Catches win matches, or do they?

England v Australia First ODI Bristol, 12 July 2023 Have you studied sports psychology? No? Nor have I. So how do we explain how this game turned out the way it did? England won an extraordinary third match on the trot against an Australian eleven that is quite unused to reverses. In Australia’s innings England

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England ODI Squad Ashes 2023

After the Trent Bridge test match Jon Lewis has made two changes for his ODI squad to face Australia in the final trio of games in the 2023 Ashes. Tammy Beaumont and Lauren Filer reappear at the expense of Alice Davidson-Richards and Emma Lamb. Heather Knight (captain, Western Storm) Tammy Beaumont (The Blaze) Lauren Bell

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‘Aussie fans are leaving the ground’

England v Australia – Third T20 Lord’s – Attendance 21,610! England achieved the impossible by beating the world champions for the second time in three, to inflict a first series defeat on the Aussies for six years. Gold shirts were spotted leaving the ground before the final action. For most of the Australian innings the

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‘Australia never lose’

England v Australia – T20 The Oval Teams: England Heather Knight (captain), Lauren Bell, Alice Capsey, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Danielle Gibson, Sarah Glenn, Amy Jones, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Danielle Wyatt Australia Beth Mooney, Alyssa Healy (captain), Tahlia McGrath, Ashleigh Gardner, Ellyse Perry, Grace Harris, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Wareham, Jess Jonassen, Megan Schutt, Darcie

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Can I play, please?

Who to choose for the rest of the Ashes Series On the first of next month England and Australia switch from the sublime, a five-day test match, to ..(ahem), a T20 blast/thump/smash/bash. But this will still form part of the ongoing Ashes series. After their loss at Trent Bridge, it presents England with a near

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The Ashes Test – Fifth and Last Day

Trent Bridge The call for 5-day tests was justified. This was a great game of cricket. Whatever England achieved – and it was plenty – the Australians found an answer, as they nearly always do. The final turning point came late yesterday, when the heart of England’s batting was shredded. That third Innings After a

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Ashes to Dust

The Ashes Test – Fourth Day Ecclestone, the One-woman show Sophie Ecclestone returned the remarkable figures of 77.1-16-192-10 across two innings. On a burning hot day she wheeled away selflessly, while Heather Knight’s choice of bowlers and bowling changes came under question. But neither Ecclestone’s bowling nor Tammy Beaumont’s record-breaking batting could give hope of

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