The Monk’s Tale. That will be the one that England will be reading here in Canterbury as they contemplate a heavy loss in the women’s Test that leaves them needing to win all three Twenty20 matches to win the Ashes.
The Independent: Women’s Ashes – Katherine Brunt bowls like the wind despite the rain
Match Reports, Print, Sport, The IndependentMoving day. In golf, the penultimate day of a four-day tournament is termed as such because it is when competitors try to set themselves up for the final push in the last round. On the third day of the four-day women’s Ashes Test match here at Canterbury it was Australia who, 106 runs ahead overnight, entered the field of play hoping to move far enough out of reach of England to orchestrate a first Test win on English soil since 2001.
The Independent: Women’s Ashes – Megan Schutt opens up imposing lead as struggling England go slow
Match Reports, Print, Sport, The IndependentIt was a day for the cricketing purists. In an England innings which featured 436 dot balls and saw them bowled out for just 168 to trail the visitors on first innings by 106 runs, the Australian contingent of the healthy Canterbury crowd spent much of it mulling over unwanted reminders of the last time these two teams met in a Test on English soil.
The Independent: Women’s Ashes – Jess Jonassen fights back for Australia after Anya Shrubsole’s early heroics
Match Reports, Print, Sport, The IndependentIn a devastating spell either side of lunch, Anya Shrubsole tipped the balance England’s way on day one of the women’s Ashes Test here in Canterbury. However, an unbeaten 95 down the order by Australia’s debutant Jess Jonassen frustrated the home side later in the day to leave the match evenly poised with the visitors on 268 for 8.
The Independent: Women’s Ashes – England turn to Fran Wilson to check Aussie momentum
Features, Print, Sport, The IndependentEngland head into the first and only Test of their Ashes series on Tuesday knowing that Australia, now 4-2 up in the multi-format series after taking the One Day Internationals 2-1, have found the X-factor so sorely lacking at present in their men. Captain Meg Lanning is living up to her status as number one batter in the world having struck a sublime century in the second ODI to take her series tally to 195.
The Independent: Women’s Ashes – Australia take command of series with 89-run win in final ODI meeting
Match Reports, Print, Sport, The IndependentEngland will have to come from behind if they are to retain the Women’s Ashes after Australia won the last of the three-match Royal London one-day internationals in Worcester by 89 runs.
The Daily Mail: How England bowler Katherine Brunt shed the burden of bullying to face the Aussies
Interviews, Print, Sport, The Daily MailKatherine Brunt, England’s passionate opening bowler, never set out play to play cricket.
Not seriously at least. ‘I never saw cricket as a long-term career,’ says Brunt.
The Independent: Natalie Sciver is going places thanks to roving lifestyle
Interviews, Print, Sport, The IndependentNatalie Sciver was just another fan when, along with two and a half million others, she tuned in to watch England beat Germany for the first time in 31 years at the Women’s football World Cup last month.
The Independent: Women’s Ashes – Lanning leads the way as Australia pull level in Ashes
Match Reports, Print, Sport, The IndependentEngland’s vice-captain, Heather Knight, last night rued the missed opportunities that propelled England towards a 63-run defeat to Australia in the second oneday international of the women’s Ashes which leaves the series level at 1-1.
The Sun: Women’s Ashes – Nat’s amazing
Match Reports, Print, Sport, The SunEngland’s women cricketers showed Alastair Cook and Co how to do it with a convincing Ashes win over Australia.
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