Capsey’s searching six didn’t have the legs at 121-3, and the innings took another twist when Nat Sciver-Brunt was caught reverse sweeping to Georgia Wareham.īut you always sensed the day would belong to England. By the time Capsey, England’s 18-year-old wonderkid crunched three consecutive boundaries they were sauntering along at 8.5 an over, dancing into uncharted territory.Įxcept Australia, like they always do, felt their way back into the contest. Tammy Beaumont and Capsey fed off a subpar diet of Australian seam bowling and sensing Australia were off the boil, England kept finding the gaps.
It arguably never looked in doubt after England took a sizeable chunk out of the chase early on. It’s exciting that it’s 6-6 and we haven’t played our best cricket yet.” We weren’t at our best today but in pressure moments like that we got over the line, where previously we might have crumbled a bit. “Even in the T20s, we were probably playing at 80 per cent. “This whole series,we haven’t been at our best,” England’s teen prodigy smirked. That was the sort of tortuous battle the hosts were up against, but Knight’s side has refused to be intimidated by the eye-catching statistics that have routinely been wheeled out to underline Australia’s supremacy in this series.Ĭapsey even took the opportunity to fire a warning shot to Australia. In the last five years, Australia have lost one ODI. She probably plays it the best out of the whole group.”Įven if England go on to lose this Ashes, they can be proud of the fight they have shown for this is a side defying history. “She batted brilliantly, but you can’t look too far past the rock that is Heather Knight. “Crossy can bat at three,” joked Alice Capsey, who revealed Cross was one for practising ramps in training. Tailender Kate Cross rallied with her - executing an audacious ramp towards the end that would be the envy of any top order batter - her own contribution of 19 helping to see England home. Her troops around her came and went and by the time she wafted a nerveless six over the food huts outside the ground, England needed 12 from the final four overs.
Knight put in a captain’s performance, anchoring her side’s innings with an unbeaten 75.
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But when your Ashes series is on the line, you crack on and do it. Never before had Heather Knight’s team beaten an Australian outfit when requiring a chase of more than 250. After inflicting three consecutive defeats over Australia across all formats for the first time in six years, why can’t they win this thing?Īshes cricket isn’t complete without the drama and there was no shortage of it at sold-out Bristol, where Australia won the toss and posted a daunting target. They did it in scintillating style, posting their highest ever ODI run chase of 264 with 11 balls remaining and now they can surely dare to dream. England followed up their two ego-bruising T20 triumphs by swatting away Australia yet again with another sensational victory to keep their Ashes series alive. In the end, it was easy peasy, if a little nerve wracking. By Fiona Tomas, at the Seat Unique Stadium
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