Guha dreaming of the 2005 Ashes again as England fight back on both fronts

The 2023 Ashes series has got Isa Guha dreaming back to 2005 and the dual great escapes England pulled off 18 years ago. While the men's victory in 2005 is well remembered, the women produced a dramatic series of their own.

Ad After a draw in the first of a two-Test series, Guha put on 83 runs for the tenth wicket with Katherine Sciver-Brunt to set up a six-wicket win and England's first Women's Ashes triumph since 1963. CricketDisability cricket role model receives Inspire Award at The Oval15 HOURS AGO «I remember that summer vividly,» the former seam bowler said, who is supporting Sage, the Official Insights Partner of the Hundred, and their Sage Small Business XI competition.

«It was the best summer of our lives and being able to do it at the same time as the men was incredible. »I guess the only difference was people didn't know we were playing back then but they do now.

«We were feeding massively off what the guys were doing, I remember that we would get back from a Test match and watch the end of the men's day and we just be so boosted by what they were doing. »It just felt like a one team vibe and that's what I feel like this summer is as well.

«Having John Lewis [England Women head coach] come in from the England men's dressing room, I think has definitely filtered through to the way the girls want to play their cricket and we're seeing that on the field that's definitely been translated.» This time around, England Women went 6-0 down in their multi-format series to the all-conquering Australians to leave them needing to win all of the remaining five matches to wrestle back the trophy for the first time since 2014. Two wins in the T20I series followed to hand a shell-shocked Australia their first series defeat