England Women vs Australia Women, 3rd T20I - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Series: Womens Ashes, 2023 Venue: Lord's, London Date & Time: Jul 08, 06:35 PM LOCAL
AUSW 155/7 (20)
ENGW 121/5 (13.2)
England Women won by 5 wkts (2nd innings reduced to 14 ovs due to rain DLS target 119)
PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Alice Capsey
PLAYER OF THE SERIES
Danielle Wyatt

Knight lifts the trophy as England celebrate a special series win over Australia. They've also managed to keep the Ashes alive with these two wins back to back. The action now moves to the ODIs. Australia still lead the multiformat series 6-4, and a win will be enough to retain the Ashes. That's all for now. Hope you enjoyed our coverage. It's a goodbye from Sagar Chawla on behalf of Harish and MS Ramakrishnan.

Knight: Feels so good. Talked about trying to win the series yesterday. 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 it was below par (Australia's score). Was a decent deck. That was our worst fielding performance. Credit to the way we went about it. On different days, different people are performing. The crowd lifted us tonight. Really appreciate the support. Still a long way to go. One game at a time.

Healy: They played fearless cricket and won. Credit to them. It's the T20 format - when you're not on, you can be pounced upon by teams. We go on to the ODI format which we love. I thought the girls did an outstanding job tonight. Schedule's been quite hectic, girls will enjoy a bit of rest and perhaps some golf.

Wyatt, POTS: Just keep it simple and react. just a matter of watch the ball and stay calm. I've got dodgy wrists (looking to improve on-side play?). Heading off to Wimbledon tomorrow, should be a nice day.

Capsey, POTM: It's been unbelievable. To have them here was amazing (family). 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.

22:08 Local Time, 21:08 GMT, 02:38 IST: England have taken the mighty Australia down in the T20Is. It's 2-1 to them, coming back from 0-1 down. And the Ashes are still alive! The chase was reduced to 14 overs today after the rain came down in the innings break. They needed 119 in 14 overs, and they've got there fairly comfortably thanks to contributions from Danielle Wyatt, Nat Sciver Brunt and a gem from Alice Capsey. Capsey struck the ball beautifully, scoring 46 off just 23 balls which all but sealed the deal. To be fair to Australia, the conditions weren't easy to bowl with the outfield quite damp after the rain. They struggled with the wet ball, and couldn't keep the runs down. And Capsey was just too good as well.

13.2

Jonassen to Gibson, FOUR, it's done now! Gibson goes for a reverse-sweep first ball and gets it past short third! England win the T20I series 2-1 to keep the Ashes alive!

Danielle Gibson, right handed bat, comes to the crease

13.1

Jonassen to Knight, out Lbw!! Knight is given out LBW, and she goes for a review. She went across the stumps looking to sweep, got struck on the pad and up went the finger. Is that missing off stump with the angle from over the wicket? No, it's clipping. Umpire's call. The job is still not done for England. Knight lbw b Jonassen 6(5) [4s-1]

Jonassen to Knight, THATS OUT!! Lbw!!

Jess Jonassen [1.0-0-14-0] is back into the attack

Knight is given out LBW, and she goes for a review. She went across the stumps looking to sweep, got struck on the pad and up went the finger. Is that missing off stump with the angle from over the wicket? No, it's clipping. Umpire's call.

England need just two runs off the final over. Only two fielders are at the boundary - both on the leg-side

12.6

Wareham to Jones, no run, big slog from Jones first ball. She misses, and it wasn't far from leg stump either

Amy Jones, right handed bat, comes to the crease

12.5

Wareham to Nat Sciver-Brunt, out Bowled!! Not a great choice of shot and she chops it back onto the stumps! Sciver-Brunt looks to cut a ball that's neither too short, nor too wide. All she gets is a thick inside edge. Nat Sciver-Brunt b Wareham 25(25) [4s-2]

Wareham to Nat Sciver-Brunt, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!

12.4

Wareham to Knight, 1 run, reverse-swept to deep point

12.3

Wareham to Knight, FOUR, tossed up just outside off, Knight jumps down the pitch and lofts it over mid-off. Huge roar from the crowd as England are now only 3 away

12.2

Wareham to Knight, no run, goes for a reverse-sweep but fails to beat backward point

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