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.

Kent’s Beaumont struck 208 from 331 balls at Trent Bridge. It’s the highest total by an England player in a Women's Test - eclipsing the 189 Betty Snowball had struck against New Zealand in 1935 - and the fifth-best by anyone in the women's game.

But even Beaumont’s heroics weren’t enough in the end for England, who fell 90 runs short of their target.

“When I got dropped from the T20 squad last year, it was a bit of a blow and made me go away and look at whether I even wanted to play anymore, whether it was time, whether I was past it,” revealed Dover-born Beaumont.

“I decided I wasn't! I went away and worked hard, and thought ‘Do you know what? There’s life in the old girl yet’. I’m only 32.

“I worked on a couple of things, changed my mindset about trying to be as positive as possible, take the game to the opposition and get back probably to the Tammy Beaumont of a few years ago.”

Asked about potentially returning to England’s T20 squad, speaking to Sky Sports after day three in Nottingham, she said: “It’s going to take something special to break into that team.

“I absolutely back the girls 100 per cent, I love the T20 cricket they’re playing. I’m desperate to be part of it, yes.

“I’m going to give my all in regional cricket and if I play in leagues around the world and if I get another go it would be amazing, it would be my 100th cap. That would be fun - not stranded on 99!

“But I have also made peace if I never play another T20 for England, that’s fine.

“As long as I go out my way, I’m more than