The one and only Test match of the womens Ashes is going on really well. Both the teams are looking very competitive. They have ensured that this is treated as the most important match of the tournament. Among all of this, Tammy Beaumont turned out to be the best batter of the match.
Tammy first scored a brilliant century, but her hunger for runs continued even after that. Later on, she went on to score a mammoth 208 runs for England and put her team’s total score close to Australia’s first inning.
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Importance of Beaumont’s inning
It can be easily said that without innings of Tammy, it would have been impossible for the English team to reach a score of 463.
- She went on to score 27 fours in her innings, and that was putting constant pressure on the Australian bowlers.
- In her innings of 208 runs, her strike rate was 62.84. That was really quick as per the Test cricket standards.
- With the help of this innings, Knight, and Sciver-Brunt were able to make good partnerships with Beaumont.
Key moments in the English innings
There were several important innings played by the English batters. Some of them are mentioned below.
- H Knight went on to score 57 runs. That was certainly an important inning, especially when Beaumont needed a partner on the other end to take the score to close to 500.
- Nat Schiver Brunt was another good batter of the English inning. She scored 78 runs off 111 balls. At a strike rate of 70.27. In this inning, she went on to hit 12 boundaries.
The above performance clearly shows that these performers are going to have an important role to be played in the second innings. As this article is being written, at the end of day 3 Australia has scored 82 without any loss. Let’s see who wins this important match.
