The males’s Ashes sequence is on a break for every week after a humdinger at Edgbaston in the opener the place Australia prevailed by two wickets. However, cricket followers in the UK will discover no scarcity of leisure as ladies are in motion in a five-day Ashes Test. Australian pacer Mitchell Starc, who missed out on a spot in the Ashes opener, made his presence felt with an endearing gesture in Nottingham on Thursday, June 22.
Starc was seen standing in a queue ready for his flip to get the tickets to the England-Australia W-Ashes Test. The tall left-armer was clearly there for his wife Alyssa Healy, who made her Test captaincy debut at Trent Bridge in the absence of common skipper Meg Lanning. The picture of the identical has gone viral as the followers cannot cease praising the duo’s love for one another as each Starc and Healy have been seen in the previous supporting one another in their respective matches.
Starc, who was half of the World Test Championship (WTC) final-winning Australian crew did not play the primary recreation however is predicted to be again in the line-up at Lord’s in the second Test, most likely on the expense of Scott Boland, who was rendered toothless by Joe Root and Co.Â
As for the ladies’s Ashes Test, stand-in Australian captain Healy gained the toss and selected to bat first. Debutant Phoebe Litchfield got here out to open alongside veteran Beth Mooney. The left-hander performed a couple of beautiful photographs earlier than Kate Cross dismissed her for 23. Mooney then stitched a 48-run stand with star all-rounder Ellyse Perry earlier than getting out for 33 to debutant Lauren Filer. Perry and Tahlia McGrath then took the Australian aspect by to lunch on 100/2 with none extra hiccups.Â
Since, it is a uncommon 5-day Test, the result’s doubtless and therefore, Healy and Co. shall be desirous to get an enormous first innings rating to place strain on England.
