Ashleigh Gardner has produced the second-best Take a look at match bowling figures by a lady to spin her facet to an 89-run Ashes Take a look at victory over England at Trent Bridge.
Gardner claimed 8-66 within the fourth innings to wrap up the only Ashes Take a look at, as England have been all out for 178 in pursuit of 268 for victory.
It took Gardner’s haul for the match to 12 wickets, making for the perfect of all time by an Australian lady and second of all time behind Shaiza Khan, who took 13/226 for Pakistan in opposition to West Indies in 2004 in Karachi.
The outcome means Australia might want to win solely two of the six white-ball matches to retain the Ashes within the multi-format collection.
“I would not have dreamt of it, nevertheless it simply exhibits having 5 days in a Take a look at to get a result’s tremendous essential,” Gardner stated.
“There was a little bit little bit of luck concerned within the situations, however I believe as an entire bowling unit we bowled effectively all through, tried to bowl in partnerships and I used to be the fortunate one to get the wickets.”
England had made a promising begin to the day once they whittled away the required runs to 127.
Nevertheless it was once more Gardner who turned the screws.
She made the breakthrough when she bought the sting of nightwatcher Kate Cross on 13, earlier than Amy Jones was stumped by Alyssa Healy on 4.
And identical to that, the sport was all however up for England, as Gardner took all three of the ultimate wickets to seal the match.
Gardner gained a Belinda Clark Award and was the WBBL’s participant of the event final summer season.
However this Take a look at has been her crowning glory.
She spun Australia again into the match within the first innings when England have been in management at 2-288 in reply to Australia’s 473, with figures of 4-99.
Her wickets included the important thing trio of Tammy Beaumont on 208, Heather Knight on 57 and Nat Sciver-Brunt.
Within the second innings with England cruising at 0-55 in pursuit of 268, it was Gardner once more.
She took the wickets of Beaumont, Knight and Sciver-Brunt Within the house of three overs.
It was solely becoming that Gardner did the job once more come Monday, along with her figures overtaking Betty Wilson’s earlier greatest figures by an Australian with 7-7 in 1958.
However she was not alone in profitable the match for Australia, after counteracting England spinner Sophie Ecclestone’s 10-192 for the match.
Ellyse Perry’s 99 on day one laid the foundations for the vacationers, whereas Annabel Sutherland hit an unbeaten 137 at No.8 to make sure they’d attain an enormous first-innings complete with their tail wagging.
Healy’s rear-guard second-innings 50 with two fractured fingers was additionally essential, giving Australia one thing to bowl at after a mid-innings collapse of 6-49 left them prone to shedding the match.
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