Ashes: England left deflated as Ashleigh Gardner inspires Australia to victory

Australia’s Ashleigh Gardner tore by means of England’s rear guard to assist the guests win the one-off check match at Trent Bridge by 89 runs on the fifth day on Monday, regardless of a battling half century by Danni Wyatt.

England emerged at 116-5 chasing a goal of 268 with Wyatt and Kate Cross on the crease, however Gardner’s devastating efficiency put paid to their hosts’ slim hopes of victory in a single session.

The off-spinner picked up all 5 ultimate day wickets to go together with the three she had on day 4, starting with getting Cross caught behind on 13 runs to deny England the beginning to the day they wanted.

Amy Jones was subsequent to depart, dropping her wicket for 4 runs, after she charged down the pitch solely to see Gardener’s supply beat the surface edge and undergo to Alyssa Healy, who accomplished the stumping regardless of a fumble.

Sophie Ecclestone was dismissed lbw for 10 runs earlier than Gardner bowled Lauren Filer for a duck and wrapped up the victory by getting Wyatt (54) out lbw to end with figures of eight for 66 within the innings and 12 for 165 within the match, each Australian girls’s cricket information.

“I wouldn’t have dreamt of it but I guess it just shows that having five days in the Test match is incredibly important,” mentioned Gardner, who was named participant of the match.

“As a bowling unit we just said to keep the stumps in play as long as possible. It was just awesome to put a performance on for the team.”

The win offers holders Australia 4 factors of their quest to retain the Ashes and the groups now transfer on to the three-match Twenty20 International collection that begins on July 1 at Edgbaston.

“I really thought we were going to do it this morning, so I’m pretty disappointed,” Wyatt mentioned. “It was pretty hard to bat out there.

“There is a sense of missed opportunity, we will have a chat in the changing room about it. There are a lot of positives so we have to try to dust this down and smash them in the white ball stuff.

“There’s a few tired bodies out there and now we just need to dust ourselves off and get ready for the next challenge.”