Women's Ashes 3rd ODI England v Australia July 18 2130hrs @ Taunton
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they were also setting themselves up for quite the fall, with Healy calling a 16-0 win when they were 6-0 up....sometimes cricket has a habit of biting you on the arse...
Maybe ... but they didn't lose.
They went there to retain the ashes and they did.
Yeah would have been great to win each series, but other than the last game and the test, it was tight and they could have won all of them because they were in them all. And let's be honest, with Lanning they probably would have, just for her captaincy, field placements etc.
The test should be worth more points than the ODIs and T20s
And commonwealth Gold
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Almost feels like a failure this series… lost the chance to really snag the win overall.
Dont' think women's cricket has that luxury. Respect paid to the traditional format of the game with a test then 6 games that will attract an audience to women's cricket is the right call.
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She didn't call a 16-0 win she said they would love to win 16-0.
Again that's not what she said
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Colour me shocked the only decent bat was Perry and Gardner to a degree. Bats have been letting the side down all series long. Pitch was flat shouldn’t be too many excuses.
Healy is more cooked than Warner and we make her captain for some reason.
Healy is more cooked than Warner and we make her captain for some reason.
Pretty stiff the English girls winning 4 of the 7 games in the series, but not win the ashes. Well done to our girls, but maybe get rid of the points, and just go by the win/loss/draw results of each match.
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Very much feels like a loss not a drW
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Remember when Australia won both the ODI and T20I series 2-1 in 2013/14, but England still went home with the trophy??
"Self proclaimed" lmao. Good one
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Mooney is one of the best openers in the world, why are we batting her in the middle order?
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Another score in the 90s for Perry.
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If they weren't giving games to Litchfield now, in a few years' time the question will be "why oh why didn't Australia give more top order opportunities to young players sooner?" As for the other spot at the top: Healy averages 44 as an opener, 16 elsewhere in the batting order. For the more versatile Mooney, it's 48 and 58.
The only other option that makes real sense would be to leave Litchfield out if she's not scoring runs (which is the case in the last few matches, after looking good in a number of previous innings without making a big score), elevate Mooney, then put a young player in at 5 who's more suited to that position.
I guess currently they see that young player is Flintoff, who hasn't shown as much as Webb, but is 3 years younger. Or, they see it being Sutherland, and once promoting her up the order, there's a comfy no.7 spot for Flintoff to slot into. They might not even have to drop Litchfield to do that next match, depending on Perry's knee.
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