The England women’s team showed great determination in their second innings of the Women’s Ashes Test to ensure that the one-off match ends in a draw at Canberra on Sunday. The visitors’ top and middle-order fought hard on Day 4 of the contest before their tail-enders ensured that the Aussies were not walking away with a win.
While the Test match might have ended in a thrilling draw, the cricket enthusiasts witnessed an adorable moment on social media not on the field but in the dressing room as a cricketing couple, Mitchell Starc and Alyssa Healy hogged the limelight on the final day of Test. The rain had interrupted Day 3’s play on Saturday as the players of both teams had to be inside their respective dressing rooms.
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Meanwhile, wicketkeeper batter Alyssa Healy was caught having a chat with her hubby and the Australian men’s cricket team’s frontline fast bowler, Mitchell Starc in the dressing room during the rain break. As the duo was seen sharing an enchanting moment, Alyssa Healy gave Mitchell Starc a donut but, the fast bowler shared it with his better half. The video has been posted by 7 Cricket on their official Twitter handle.
https://twitter.com/7Cricket/status/1487636817071546382?s=20&t=yrCdMz9w8kwyMEIcn_utqA
Coming back to the Test, England skipper Heather Knight’s fighting unbeaten knock of 168 powered them to 297 in reply to Australia’s first innings total of 337/9. With a first-innings lead of 40, the hosts decided to declare their second innings at 216/7 riding on a vital 63 from Beth Mooney who had played with a broken jaw as the Aussies gave the visitors a target of 257 runs.
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In reply, openers Tammy Beaumont and Lauren Winfield-Hill added 52 runs for the first wicket before captain Knight chipped in with a vital 48. The middle-order including the likes of Nat Sciver (58) and Sophia Dunkley (45) contributed immensely but, when they were dismissed, it seemed that it would open up the floodgates for the Australian bowlers to run through the tail and they nearly got the job done.
However, tail-ender Kate Cross, who was surrounded by all the fielders in the last over of the day successfully defended a high full toss from Alana King and earned a hard-fought draw for England.
