Nat Sciver-Brunt hit one other century as England claimed a Girls’s Ashes sequence draw with a 69-run win over Australia beneath the DLS technique on Tuesday within the third and closing one-day worldwide at Taunton.
Victory noticed the multi-series format drawn 8-8 on factors — the identical rating as when England final prevented Ashes defeat in Australia 5 years in the past — and meant England had gained each the ODI and Twenty20 sequence 2-1.
Urn holder Australia had already retained the Ashes by successful the second ODI in Southampton on Sunday.
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England trailed 6-0 after the opening two matches of the multi-format sequence — the solitary take a look at and the T20 opener — however rallied to win 4 of the remaining 5 white-ball contests.
“To win two sequence in opposition to the world champions in each codecs is sensible,” stated England captain Heather Knight, who scored 67. “The Ashes had gone the opposite day and the frustration got here out then. However the character within the facet to show it round right here was unbelievable.”
Recent from her unbeaten 111 at Southampton, Sciver-Brunt made her second hundred in three days — 129 runs from 149 balls — as England was put into bat and completed on 285-9 to set Australia a difficult goal. Sciver-Brunt scored a fourth century from 5 ODIs in opposition to Australia, and the seventh of her England profession on this format.
Sciver-Brunt’s resistance lastly ended within the forty eighth over as Jess Jonassen tempted an airborne pull into the protected arms of Ashleigh Gardner.
Gardner took 3-39 in 10 overs, and Jonassen 3-30 in 5.
Australia’s goal was decreased to 269 from 44 overs by rain and, regardless of Gardner offering temporary hope with 41 from 24 balls, the guests have been bowled out for 199 in 35.3 overs as England ran out snug winners to the delight of a capability crowd. Ellyse Perry top-scored with 53.
“We didn’t recover from the road within the white-ball stuff however I’m proud the best way the sequence has unfolded. It’s been a tremendous spectacle for cricket usually and actually cool to be a part of it,” Australia captain Alyssa Healy stated.
“It’s no secret we haven’t performed our greatest all through the whole sequence . . . We’ll sit again now and see what’s not fairly gone properly for us. In the long term it’d do us good to have these reflections and know that we may be higher.”