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Best performances - Batsmen

DN Wyatt
52(40) 8x4 - 0x6
Control %80%
  • Productive Shot
  • cut shot
  • 11 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
0 8 3 7 17 2 6 9
TM McGrath
TM McGrath
48(35) 8x4 - 0x6
Control %73%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 13 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
4 0 8 5 9 3 9 10

Best performances - Bowlers

CE Dean
CE Dean
O4
M0
R28
W2
Eco7
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
M Schutt
M Schutt
O4
M0
R32
W2
Eco8
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH

Match Details

Toss

England Women , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Series result

Australia Women led the 3-match series 2-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

19.15 start, First Session 19.15-20.45, Interval 20.45-21.05, Second Session 21.05-21.35

Match days

23 January 2025 - night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Scorer: M Venkat Raghav | Commentator: Alan Gardner

11.02pm: Okay, that's a wrap from Manuka Oval. Something fitting about England losing again as the rain buckets down - it's been that sort of tour for Heather Knight and her team. The best they can do from here is play for pride in the final T20I, at Adelaide Oval on Saturday, and next week's day-night Test. We'll be back for all of that, of course. For now, Gnasher's report is your next port of call, and we'll have more to come. Thanks for your comments, from myself, Alex and Raghav, it's goodnight. Bye!

10.54pm: The umpires are talking to Knight and McGrath, they're shaking hands. This is all over, as the rain pours down. Australia win by six runs on Duckworth-Lewis-Stern, and with that they have sealed the series, too - 10-0 up with six points still on the table. England once again come up short, despite showing a lot more character with the bat

Tahlia McGrath is Player of the Match: "My heart rate has only just settled down, it was pretty tense, looking at DLS and the radar. Team performance, everyone played their role. Grace [Harris] at the back end, showed her power and class. All the bowlers, tough to bowl in these conditions. [DLS] Hard trying to work it all out, constant conversations with players working out strategies. Glad it's over. [Series win] So pleased, we're still not done but glad to win it outright."

England captain Heather Knight: "Brilliant game of cricket, felt disappointed for the crowd that it couldn't reach its climax. Felt like we were really in it, it was a tough ask but we got that partnership together and it felt like it was on, felt like I was set. Danni [Wyatt-Hodge] was outstanding, the way she started the innings. The rain break upset our rhythm a bit. Proud of the girls, to chase that was a tough ask. Shame it couldn't reach its crescendo. Had some positives today. We weren't quite able to restrict them at the end but proud of the way the girls fought."

10.49pm: McGrath is talking to the umpires - and they are going off! Knight is furious, she tosses her bat in frustration. The DLS par score is 174, and there's every chance that will be the decider now. The rain does look to be coming down pretty heavily, to be fair to the umpires. And England scooted off the field pretty sharpish earlier on (when they were ahead on DLS). But it would be an unfortunate way for the game to end with such a close finish boiling up

19.1
4
Sutherland to Knight, FOUR, slashed through backward point! Knight makes some room and hammers the ball into the gap, brings the equation down to 18 off five

Raining again, and Australia have missed the cut-off, so only three fielders are allowed outside the ring. Sutherland to bowl

END OF OVER:
19 | 10 Runs 1 Wkt | ENG-W: 164/4 (22 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 8.63, RRR: 22.00)

  • Heather Knight39 (18b)
  • Kim Garth3-0-31-1
  • Tahlia McGrath2-0-18-0

Another huge moment in this chase. Means England will need 22 from the last over

18.6
W
Garth to Nat Sciver-Brunt, OUT, NSB drags on! A big wicket and, perhaps even more crucially, another dot ball. Garth hung the ball out wide and Sciver-Brunt threw the hands, head down and hoping - only for a thick inside edge to ricochet into off stump

Nat Sciver-Brunt b Garth 22 (27m 20b 2x4 0x6) SR: 110

18.5
1
Garth to Knight, 1 run, full and straight, smashed through square leg, picks out the fielder again! Just a single

Andrew Leckonby: "DLS proving to be uncannily accurate after all...Fascinating to watch it ball by ball. Definitely out of place for some to mock it earlier."

18.4
4
Garth to Knight, FOUR, short ball, tries to tuck her up - but Knight gets it over short fine leg! There was a shout of "catch!" but it runs away. She has to throw the bat here, and does so to good effect
18.3
2
Garth to Knight, 2 runs, full and wide, Knight is across and opens the face to get two more through third as King scampers after it
18.2
1
Garth to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 1 run, short of a length, 104kph, boshed out to deep midwicket

Here's Ryan: "This is starting too look quite dangerous for Australia with how these two are playing "

ENG Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st46DN WyattME Bouchier
2nd52DN WyattSIR Dunkley
3rd1Nat Sciver-BruntSIR Dunkley
4th65HC KnightNat Sciver-Brunt
5th4HC KnightAE Jones