Women's Ashes 2nd ODI England v Australia July 16 1930hrs @ Southampton

[Doggy]

Winner

 

[jhong]

Got there , just .

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Never in doubt

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Phew

 

[10Dulkar]

Well done, girls!

 

[Moonwatcher]

If Wareham scores 22 from the 50th over Australia lose.

 

[Doggy]

If Wareham scores 20 from the 50th over Australia lose.

If my aunty had balls she'd be my uncle.

Same could be said if NSB was caught

 

[IKnowtheDog]

Bit concerning the last 2 ODIs have not been able to clean up the tail.

Anyway task achieved.

 

[010203]

It's been nice to not have people wetting the bed whenever England's ladies got themselves into a position where they could win.

 

[Substance]

Still would like to outright win the series in 2 days.

 

[Doggy]

Bit concerning the last 2 ODIs have not been able to clean up the tail.

Anyway task achieved.

The men have the same issue

 

[Moonwatcher]

If my aunty had balls she'd be my uncle.

Same could be said if NSB was caught

I'm saying how important the over was.

 

[Moonwatcher]

England have such a solid top 6. Each one of them capable of taking the game to the 50th over from any position.

 

[Bradesmaen]

If only Meg was back, her captaincy is much needed and Healy can then be dropped for her incredibly poor form.

 

[10Dulkar]

If only Meg was back, her captaincy is much needed and Healy can then be dropped for her incredibly poor form.

Who would keep wicket?

Hope Meg is OK.

 

[Bradesmaen]

Who would keep wicket?

Hope Meg is OK.

Auto wickie.

 

[cats_09]

Who would keep wicket?

Hope Meg is OK.

Mooney or Redmayne

 

[Freezin]

Surely Mooney over Healey as keeper and bring in another batter, as Healy has been disappointing with the bat this tour bar that 50 in the test match. Schutt also been under par as well.

 

[DEVO]

Talia McGrath and Darcie Brown has been a little disappointing as well.

 

[Freezin]

Probably a good effort by the Aussies in the context of things to retain the Ashes, considering a few have been under par. A few English players have had standout performances....to ultimately no avail

 

[Moonwatcher]

Need to win the final match and the series. A drawn series would be disappointing.

 

[cats_09]

Need to win the final match and the series. A drawn series would be disappointing.

And a drawn series after winning the test match would mean that England won both the T20 & ODI mini series within The Ashes

 

[CrowBloke]

I intended to go to bed @0100, then my cricket-addicted brain kept saying;
JUST ONE MORE OVER, JUST ONE MORE OVER etc
so I ended up watching all of it.
Australia got outta jail, imo.

LOVED Wareham's 26-run over, WOW, without even one 4 of which we get done (well-noted by Moonwatcher above).
King's jaffa to dismiss Beaumont, not as much in-dip or turn as Warne's "Ball of the Century", but I'd call it the ball of the series. Absolute classic leg-break, beautiful!!
I know Glenn's 22* was her highest score but the dot balls she played deprived S-K of valuable balls to hit. Meh, slings and arrows ...

This is a really interesting article with good insight on the game/series:

Australia’s use of extra spin rewarded with retention of women’s Ashes

The tourists played three specialist slow bowlers to beat England, learning a lesson from their male counterparts in 2005

www.theguardian.com