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Gardener cuts down England as Australia win Trent Bridge Test

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Australia's Ashleigh Gardner tore through England's rear guard to help the visitors win the one-off test match at Trent Bridge by 89 runs on the fifth day on Monday, despite a battling half century by Danni Wyatt.England emerged at 116-5 chasing a target of 268 with Wyatt and Kate Cross at the crease, but Gardner's devastating performance put paid to their hosts' slim hopes of victory in a single session.The off-spinner picked up all five final day wickets to go with the three she had on day four, beginning with getting Cross caught behind on 13 runs to deny England the start to the day they needed.Amy Jones was next to depart, losing her wicket for four runs, after she charged down the pitch only to see Gardener's delivery beat the outside edge and go through to Alyssa Healy, who completed the stumping despite a fumble.Sophie Ecclestone was dismissed lbw for 10 runs before Gardner bowled Lauren Filer for a duck and wrapped up the victory by getting Wyatt (54) out lbw to finish with figures of eight for 66 in the innings and 12 for 165 in the match - both Australian women's cricket records."I wouldn't have dreamt of it but I guess it just shows that having five days in the test match is incredibly important," said Gardner, who was named player 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 give holders Australia four points in their quest to retain the Ashes and the teams now move on to the three match Twenty20 International series that begins on July 1 at Edgbaston."I really thought we were going to do it this morning, so I'm pretty disappointed," Wyatt said. "It was pretty hard to bat out there."There is a

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Ashleigh Gardner took eight wickets in England's second innings as Australia's women secured victory in the one-off Ashes Test match by 89 runs on Monday. Chasing the highest run chase in women's Test history of 268 to win, England were all out for 178 as Gardner took all five wickets to fall on the final day. Defeat at Trent Bridge gives England a mountain to climb if they are to reclaim the Ashes. Australia's Test win is worth four points in the multi-format series with three one-day internationals and T20 matches to come, each worth two points. The Australians are world champions in both white-ball formats and also proved just too good with the red ball after a tight contest that went all five days in front of record crowds for a women's Test in England.

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