Ladies’s Ashes: England captain Heather Knight soaks up The Oval ambiance as hosts maintain sequence alive | Cricket Information

England captain Heather Knight mentioned she made certain to absorb the ambiance as England beat Australia by three runs within the second T20 worldwide at The Oval to maintain the multi-format Ladies’s Ashes sequence alive.

England have to win each single one of many remaining white-ball video games in an effort to regain the Ashes, having misplaced the series-opening Take a look at match and first T20I at Edgbaston on Saturday.

However England lowered Australia’s sequence result in 6-2 with a win in entrance of a 22,000-strong crowd at The Oval and Knight pressured that the workforce are merely taking issues “one sport at a time”.

“What a sport!” Knight mentioned on the post-match presentation. “A reasonably-much packed home at The Oval… I took a go searching on the finish and soaked all of it up.

“It was in all probability all the time going to be an in depth one, however we acquired over the road and I am actually pleased with how the women performed.

“We have nonetheless acquired extra within the tank and areas the place we are able to positively get higher. To win at solely 80 per cent is an excellent effort.

“One sport at a time. The equation may be very easy and hopefully we are able to have the gang on our aspect and one other good one at Lord’s.”

‘Ecclestone buzzing at win to maintain Ashes dream alive’

Danni Wyatt was the star for England on Wednesday night time, her swashbuckling 76 off 46 balls on the high of the order serving to propel the hosts to their file T20I rating in opposition to Australia of 186 – even regardless of a middle-order collapse of 5-19 within the house of three calamitous overs.

In reply, Australia too had a significant middle-order wobble after captain Alyssa Healy (37 off 19 balls) had helped get the workforce off to a blistering begin, with 58 fired from the opening six-over powerplay.

Sophie Ecclestone once more impressed, taking 2-35, as did leg-spinner Sarah Glenn (2-27), with Ecclestone’s wicket of Ashleigh Gardner (9) her a centesimal in T20I cricket in simply her 72nd sport – changing into the quickest participant to achieve the milestone.

Ellyse Perry (51no off 27) took Australia shut, even cracking two sixes off Ecclestone’s remaining two balls of the sport, however by that time the competition was already over.

Chatting with Sky Sports activities after the sport, Ecclestone mentioned: “We mentioned we’d like maintain the dream alive and we’ve.

“We knew what we would have liked to do, that was to exit and win – and we play higher once we take pleasure in ourselves.

“Getting hit for 2 sixes, I do not care! I simply bowl every time Heather [Knight] tells me to and I find it irresistible. I like being underneath stress within the final over and I am completely buzzing to recover from the road.

“The gang had been all behind us, which is nice and we go once more on Saturday. It should be unbelievable, to play at Lord’s is the dream so it will be actually thrilling to get there.”

‘England crowds serving as twelfth particular person for workforce’

England opener Tammy Beaumont, a part of the Sky Sports activities commentary workforce on Wednesday night time, believes the file residence crowds for the sequence to date are having a large affect on the workforce’s performances.

“I feel the crowds are lifting the women, they’re actually on England’s aspect,” Beaumont mentioned. “You have nearly acquired that twelfth particular person across the floor lifting you.”

Former Australia batter Mel Jones added after England’s triumph: “It leaves us with what is going to hopefully be a packed-out Lord’s to assist England getting again into the sequence.

“They have two factors, Australia have six to their identify. It is nonetheless a really powerful ask.

“It is a cliche to say ‘one sport at a time’, however I feel Heather Knight is correct. You may’t get too far forward of your self on this state of affairs.

“You have to end off this T20 sequence after which reassess. Take the little wins; in the event that they win at Lord’s, that is a [T20] sequence win inside the context of this Ashes sequence, which is one thing they have not finished in opposition to Australia for fairly a while.”

What’s subsequent?

The T20I sequence decider takes place at Lord’s on Saturday Wednesday (6.35pm begin), with reside protection on Sky Sports activities.

The multi-format sequence then switches to 3 one-day internationals, with fixtures at Bristol on Wednesday July 12 (1pm begin), the Ageas Bowl on Sunday July 16 (11am begin) and Taunton on Tuesday July 18 (1pm begin).

Ladies’s Ashes schedule (all video games reside on Sky Sports activities)

• Take a look at match (Trent Bridge) – Thursday June 22 – Monday June 26 – Australia received by 89 runs
• First T20 worldwide (Edgbaston) – Saturday July 1 – Australia received by 4 wickets
• Second T20 worldwide (The Kia Oval) – Wednesday July 5 (6.35pm begin)
• Third T20 worldwide (Lord’s) – Saturday July 8 (6.35pm begin)
• First one-day international (Distinctive Stadium, Bristol) – Wednesday, July 12 (1pm begin)
• Second one-day international (The Ageas Bowl) – Sunday July 16 (11am begin)
• Third one-day worldwide (Taunton) – Tuesday July 18 (1pm begin)