Women's Ashes top 20: Amanda-Jade Wellington's 'ball of the century'

It was a ball that left commentators gushing and later went viral for its comparisons to Shane Warne's 1993 Gatting 'ball of the century'.

«Amanda-Jade Wellington has bowled an absolute peach.»

«That is the ball of the Test match.»

On the final day of the 2017 day-night women's Ashes Test, Australia were in desperate need of a wicket.

Despite outplaying England up until that point – bowling them all out for 280 before declaring at 9/448, with a 168-run lead – the hosts were struggling to break the opening partnership of Lauren Winfield-Hill and Tammy Beaumont.

The pair had survived a new pink ball under lights at North Sydney Oval the night before and were now set at 0/40, defending as much as possible as they dug in to try and enforce a draw.

Ultimately, it was the 20-year-old Australian Test debutant that found the breakthrough, drawing inspiration from her leg-spinning hero Shane Warne and her experience having bowled to Beaumont many times before.

Wellington had trained alongside Beaumont while both players were contracted to the Adelaide Strikers in the Women's Big Bash League, and that inside knowledge certainly helped Wellington to dismiss the dangerous batter for 70 in the first innings, before seeing her off for 37 in the second.

«It's funny, there's always a big competition between me and Tammy … I know the attacking style she wants to play against spinners, so if I can get a few dots on her early that creates pressure for her to score against me,» Wellington told the ABC.

«I don't know why I was able to get her twice but if you can get that competitive mental edge against any batter, where they start to feel intimidated or stuck inside their own head, then you're already winning the one-on-one battle.»

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