Women's Ashes: England's Tammy Beaumont makes history with double century but Australia in control after day three

24.06.2023 - 19:57 eurosport.com

Tammy Beaumont made history by becoming the first England player to make a double century, but Australia lead by 92 runs after day three of the Ashes at Trent Bridge.

Beaumont’s opener of 208 smashed a record which had stood for 88 years when Betty Snowball scored 189 against New Zealand at Christchurch in 1935.

Ad Beaumont's score is England women's highest in any format. She also becomes just the eighth woman in the history of the game to make a Test double hundred.

CricketBeaumont makes maiden century as England fight back in Ashes on day twoA DAY AGO She was eventually bowled by Ash Gardner having faced 331 balls and was congratulated by every member of the Australian side.

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England have recalled Tammy Beaumont and Lauren Filer to their one-day international (ODI) squad for the women's Ashes series against Australia, the country's cricket board (ECB) said on Monday, after the pair missed out on the three Twenty20 Internationals.

Ash Gardner’s eight-wicket haul leads Australia to Women’s Ashes Test win

After an eight-year wait, the drought was finally broken at Trent Bridge on Monday: a women’s Test ended in a positive result. If it wasn’t the one England had hoped for – Australia crowned the victors by 89 runs – then the hosts had only themselves to blame. The last five English wickets fell within 90 minutes, for the addition of only 62 runs.

Australia's Gardner battled finger injury in record-breaking blitz

A finger injury and lack of sleep did not stop Ashleigh Gardner from starring in the one-off Ashes test as she tore through England's batting line-up and claimed the best match figures for an Australian woman in their 89-run victory.

Ashleigh Gardner Guides Australia To 89-Run Win Over England In Women's Ashes Test

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.

Australia (473 and 257 all out) beat England (463 and 178 all out) by 89 runs in Women’s Ashes Test at Trent Bridge despite Dover-born Tammy Beaumont’s record-breaking first-innings 208

Record-breaking Tammy Beaumont has spoken about how being dropped from England's T20 squad last year fuelled her desire to carry on playing after she scored a double century in the Women's Test defeat against Australia.