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2025-01-23 12:41:00
England stay winless within the Girls’s Ashes as Australia gained a dramatic rain-affected encounter by six runs within the second T20 to finish an outright collection victory.
Set a difficult 186 to win in Canberra, England wanted 18 from the final 5 balls with Heather Knight unbeaten on 43 earlier than heavy rain fell and no additional play was attainable.
England completed on 168-4, an agonising six runs wanting the required rating set by the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) technique.
The end result sees Australia take a 12-0 lead within the points-based multi-format collection, which ends England’s hopes of a draw.
Rain had additionally disrupted the vacationers’ chase after 8.4 overs, with England two runs forward of DLS at 69-1, nevertheless it eased sufficient for play to renew with no overs misplaced.
Knight’s good partnership of 65 in 6.5 overs with Nat Sciver-Brunt stored England in competition all through earlier than the ultimate end result was taken out of their palms and the captain walked off visibly upset.
Opener Danni Wyatt-Hodge’s 52 from 40 balls on the high of the order kick-started England’s courageous effort, supported by Sophia Dunkley’s 32, however in the end they have been left to rue a sloppy closing three overs of their bowling innings which conceded 48 runs.
They have been within the recreation when the hosts stuttered to 137-5 after 17 overs, just for Tahlia McGrath and Grace Harris to bludgeon their method to 185-5.
McGrath, standing in for captain Alyssa Healy due to a foot harm, smashed an unbeaten 48 from 35 balls and Harris launched three sixes in her 17-ball 35.
Off-spinner Charlie Dean was the choose of the bowlers with 2-28 however she dropped McGrath on 42 on one other poor evening for England’s catching statistics, with Lauren Bell and Freya Kemp additionally placing down possibilities off Georgia Voll and Annabel Sutherland – they weren’t notably pricey by way of runs, nevertheless it stays an enormous concern for Knight’s aspect going ahead.
The third and closing T20 takes place in Adelaide on Saturday, adopted by the one-off Check match in Melbourne on 30 January.
