England girls’s cricket recorded an exciting two-wicket win in the primary ODI to degree the Ashes 2023 sequence on Wednesday, July 12. With a win, in addition they ended Australia’s winning streak in 15 ODI matches which stretches again to September 2021, and recorded their greatest run chase in ODI historical past.
After dropping a one-off Test and first T20I match, England made a sensational comeback to take a 3-2 lead (on a degree with six factors) in the seven-match sequence at residence. They gained the T20Is by 2-1 to finish Australia’s invincible standing and now have taken a vital 1-0 lead in three-match ODIs.
Australia posted 263/8 whereas batting first at Bristol’s County Ground with batter Beth Mooney top-scoring with 81* off 99 balls and star all-rounder Ellyse Perry scoring 41 off 51. Young pacer Lauren Bell and top-ranked English all-rounder Natalie Sciver-Brunt took two wickets every for England.
England struggled for a promising begin however skipper Heather Knight performed a captain’s knock by smashing unbeaten 75 runs off 86 balls. Tammy Beaumont and teenager Alice Capsey additionally contributed with 40-plus scores. Pacer Kate Cross scored a vital 19* off 20, in the top, to rescue England with an exciting win with simply 11 balls remaining.
Knight gained the Player of the Match award however she credited England’s win to Cross’ cameo knock to complete the sport. “It feels very good. It was hard work out there. I thought it was starting to slip away. Kate Cross, what a hero. She was nervous when she came in but we broke it down. To beat a very good side is outstanding – and we can be a lot better. It’s been an awesome series. I wanted to be there at the end. It was pure joy.” Heather Knight mentioned in the post-match presentation.
For record books, England’s earlier record run chase in ODIs was towards New Zealand, 245 at Derby in 2021. This was Australia’s first ODI defeat since their loss to India in September 2021 and their first defeat in a 50-over sport to England since 2017. Notably, the Alyssa Healy-led facet additionally recorded three consecutive defeats throughout codecs for the primary time since February 2017, after 136 video games (2327 days).
