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A late-hitting spree from Elton Chigumbura and Nazmul Hossain Milon helped Sylhet Royals to a four-wicket win over Duronto Rajshahi

The Report by Mohammad Isam20-Jan-2013
ScorecardElton Chigumbura’s all-round performance gave Sylhet Royals their second win•BCB

A late assault from Elton Chigumbura and Nazmul Hossain Milon helped Sylhet Royals to a thrilling four-wicket win over Duronto Rajshahi. Even though both sides were in command in different stages of the game, victory was finally clinched by the Royals thanks to a brilliant all-round show from Chigumbura.Duronto had the game all but wrapped up when they reduced the Royals to 80 for 6 in the 14th over in pursuit of 148 runs. But the match changed its course when Chigumbura cracked Abul Hasan for a six and a four in the following over. After an eight-run over off left-arm spinner Monir Hossain, the pair launched into Sean Ervine, who gave away two sixes in his 18-run over. It helped the Royals cut down the asking run-rate drastically from over 11 per over to 27 off 18 balls. Chigumbura added another six and two more boundaries, before Milon finished the game with a boundary off the first ball of the last over. The pair added 70 runs in just 34 deliveries, though Milon did survive after being caught off a no-ball in the 19th over. Chigumbura, having a lot of experience in Bangladeshi conditions, was unbeaten on 43 off just 21 while Milon, a big-hitting sensation locally, made 33 off 22.Before the final assault, it was the young Duronto spinners who kept things tight with their accuracy and flight. Naeem Islam jnr, Taijul Islam, Monir Hossain and Farhad Hossain shared all six wickets among them. Tamim Iqbal’s plan was to use his experienced seamers for the latter overs, but it backfired along with his decision of not making Farhad complete his quota of four overs after he had conceded just five runs. The faster bowlers – Abul, Ervine and Ziaur Rahman – gave away 74 runs off 5.1 overs, and it hurt Duronto badly.The Royals however would be somewhat disappointed after giving away such a good start with the ball, and having to fight so hard to win the game.Jahurul Islam pulled the Duronto innings out of an early scare, as he batted confidently. Offspinner Sohag Gazi had captain Tamim Iqbal caught and bowled off the first ball of the match, and soon, Duronto’s experiment of using Mukhtar Ali as an opener also backfired when he was caught behind off the same bowler, in the third over.From 9 for 2, Jahurul added 63 for the third wicket with Moeen Ali, who batted scratchily for 35 deliveries to make just 24. Jahurul however struck five fours and a six in his 38-ball 50, and ensured his team reached a decent score before getting out in the 19th over. Ziaur also hit a six and three boundaries in his 19-ball 21 before Ervine and Farhad scampered to put up a respectable total.The Royals bowlers were initially led by Gazi’s two wickets but Chigumbura’s three wickets and offspinner Mohammad Nabi’s four tight overs ensured control. Dirk Nannes, who flew in the day before, looked tame and as a result, went wicketless despite being the most experienced in the attack.Before their next matches in Khulna, Duronto would eagerly want their foreign signings to arrive as they have had to function with just 12 players.

A wrap of the third day of the eighth round of Ranji Trophy matches in Group C

ESPNcricinfo staff24-Dec-2012
ScorecardMedium-pacer Sandeep Warrier skittled Jharkhand’s top-order with a six-wicket haul in two matches to help Kerala register an innings win in Mallapuram. Jharkhand, after conceding a 205-run lead in the first innings, made steady progress on the third morning to get to 85 for 2. But Warrier removed Sunny Gupta and Saurabh Tiwary off consecutive balls and later, added two more wickets to leave Jharkhand reeling on 134 for 6. There wasn’t much resistance after that as Chovvakkaran Shahid ran through the tail. No. 3 Ishank Jaggi watched the wickets tumble from the other end and was the last batsman to be out – to Warrier – as Kerala collected seven points for the big win and drew level with Jharkhand on the points table.
ScorecardResilient half-centuries by Parvez Rasool and Ram Dayal turned a dire situation for Jammu and Kashmir at the start of the day into a position of advantage against Himachal Pradesh. J&K were effectively 5 for 3, but Rassool stitched two important partnerships – 73 for the fourth wicket and 61 for the sixth – to push the team ahead. In what has been a low-scoring match till now, the two fifties by Rasool and Dayal were also the highest scores by any batsmen and took J&K to 248, setting Himachal a target of 238. When Himachal came into bat towards the end of the day, Dayal made immediate impact, removing Himachal’s top-scorer from the first innings, Aatish Bhalaik, in his second over. The game is set nicely with Himachal needing another 203 runs to win, and J&K nine wickets away from what would be their third win.
ScorecardAssam took a healthy first-innings lead against Andhra after Tarjinder Singh scored his second century of the season. Assam had started the day 83 runs behind Assam’s total and with eight wickets in hand, they were set to take the lead. However, Assam were given a brief hope when they picked up the two overnight batsmen in the third and fourth over of the morning. It turned out be a mirage as they had to wait 66 overs for their next wicket. By that time, Assam were ahead by 95 runs and they declared after adding another 50. Andhra’s batsmen safely negotiated the remaining eight overs.
ScorecardTripura bagged four Goa wickets towards the end of the day after adding 108 runs to their overnight and set sights on a first-innings lead. Nirupam Sen Chowdhary scored a half-century to take the team total to 278 after Abhijit Dey, unbeaten on 75 at the end of the second day, scored only a run this morning before edging the ball to the wicketkeeper. Chowdhary found support in the lower order and with Bunti Roy, who scored 39, he added 58 runs for the ninth wicket.In response, Goa lost Swapnil Asnodkar and Manvinder Bisla to Manisankar Murasingh with only 12 runs on the board. Their situation was further compounded by the loss of two more wickets by the end of the day, still 214 runs behind.

There were reasons to be cheerful at Tunbridge Wells on Friday afternoon, including a century for Hampshire’s opening batsman Liam Dawson.

Mark Pennell at Tunbridge Wells08-Jun-2012
ScorecardLiam Dawson scored his first century of the season•Getty Images

There were reasons to be cheerful at Tunbridge Wells on Friday afternoon, including a century for Hampshire’s opening batsman Liam Dawson.After a 27 and-a-half hour delay between Mark Davies deliveries for inclement weather, the players finally got back onto the park for an entertaining final session that lasted 44 overs. Having started his over just after 12.30pm on Thursday, Davies, the former Durham seamer, lolloped in from the Pavilion End just after 4pm to complete the 34th over of the Hampshire innings with the visitors on 90 for 3 in their first innings.In the interim, there had been heavy overnight rain, gales had swept the ground and the umpires Richard Illingworth and the aptly named Steve Gale, had held four pitch inspections. The officials finally declared the bowlers’ run-ups fit for play, but Kent were still made to wait for their first breakthrough in almost two days.Hampshire’s fourth-wicket pair Simon Katich and Dawson appeared in little or no trouble in surviving on a pitch that had sweated under covers for the best part of a day and both men deserved their 50s.Katich swept to his first, from 99 balls and with five fours. Dawson joined him with a flurry, pulling a four and a six in the first over of spin from James Tredwell, he posted his half- century from 117 balls with a six, and six fours.Tredwell soon regained his composure to snare Katich leg before when the Aussie left-hander padded up to an arm ball; then Sean Ervine’s push drove a Matt Coles offcutter onto leg stump via a thin inside edge.Coles, who continues to catch the eye with aggressive bursts of distinctly sharp seam bowling, then pinned Michael Bates with a bumper that slipped through the grille and snapped a front tooth in half.Bates changed his helmet and bravely re-took his guard but, with his score on 30, he followed one from Charlie Shreck that shaped away off the pitch and – ala pre-match fielding drills – steered it tamely to Tredwell at second slip.With the sun out for the first time in three days, Dawson took his chance to shine by reaching his century with a crisp, cover-driven four off Tredwell that clattered into the boundary boards. He reached three figures from 204 balls and was still there on 111 when play ended for the day at 6.30pm.

One player has been called into hearing by the BPL on Monday after a man was arrested the previous night for his suspected involvement in spot-fixing in the BPL

ESPNcricinfo staff27-Feb-2012One player has been called into a hearing by the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) on Monday after a man was arrested the previous night for his suspected involvement in fixing in the BPL*.Sajid Khan, a Pakistani citizen, was approached by Chittagong Kings officials during their game against Barisal Burners at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Sunday evening. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) security staff stopped him near the players’ zone, which he was trying to access.The BCB security chief, Col (rtd) Mesbahuddin Serniabat, told that the BCB had kept an eye on Sajid since the matches held in Chittagong, and finally captured him on Sunday. “His movement was very suspicious and we followed him from Chittagong,” he said, adding that they had handed him over to the Mirpur police, who were supposed to raid the man’s hotel room.It is understood that the security officers found the bank account number of one player of the Chittagong Kings and the e-mail address of another who is playing for the Dhaka Gladiators in Sajid’s mobile inbox.”He [Sajid] has been handed over to the police so the investigation is now in their hands,” BCB media committee chairman Jalal Yunus said. “The BCB has zero tolerance in this matter and i hope we get to the bottom of this.”**An official of the Chittagong franchise, requesting anonymity, has told ESPNcricinfo that Sajid had been found talking to some of their foreign players during the tournament, eliciting suspicion after sitting directly on top of the players’ dugout and dressing room during the matches held in Mirpur.The incident occurs just over two weeks after Dhaka Gladiators captain Mashrafe Mortaza reported to his franchise that he had been approached by a fellow cricketer regarding potential spot-fixing during the BPL. The BCB has formed a four-member committee to inquire into the allegation.Edited by Dustin Silgardo*February 27, 2012 8:20GMT: This lead has been edited from a previous version
**February 27, 2012 8:30GMT: This quote has been edited from a previous version

A round-up of the action from the fifth match-day of the ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier in Bangladesh

ESPNcricinfo staff20-Nov-2011South Africa Women have qualified for the Women’s World Cup after thrashing Zimbabwe Women in Fatullah and reaching the semi-finals of the qualifiers. It was a mismatch with South Africa having won all their games before the encounter and Zimbabwe having lost their three games. Zimbabwe managed to bat their 50 overs after being put in but only reached 103, which South Africa chased in just 12 overs without losing a wicket. Only four of Zimbabwe’s batsmen reached double figures in their crawl of an innings and offspinner Sunette Loubser took 5 for 9. Shandre Fritz raced to 69 off 45 balls to take South Africa to a thumping win.

Joining them in the 2013 World Cup in India will be West Indies Women who cemented their place in the semi-finals with an 80-run win against Bangladesh Women in Mirpur. Stafanie Taylor’s tremendous run continued as she hit her third consecutive score of over fifty. Shanel Daley also got a half-century as West Indies reached 217 for 8 after being put in. Daley and Taylor had built the innings carefully and Stacy-Ann King gave it momentum, hitting three sixes in her 24 off 18 balls. Bangladesh’s innings never got going and though they had lost only two wickets by the 26th over they had crawled to 67. The run-rate was slow throughout and Bangladesh were bowled out for 137 in 47.4 overs. Bangladesh though still have a chance to qualify for the semi-finals since they finished third in Group B and will meet the second-placed team from Group A in a play-off.Bangladesh lost to Sri Lanka in two games before the qualifiers began and their coach Mamatha Maben recognised it would be a tough game but said she hoped her side had improved enough to win. “We’ve not performed to our full potential in previous matches against Sri Lanka but we are getting closer each time we play them and hopefully Tuesday’s game will be the game we finally beat them,” she said.”I have always said as a side we’re a good bowling and fielding team who is learning, but we are lacking in the batting department. That lacking was seen today against West Indies who proved to be a tough opposition and showed our batters what they need to be doing.

That team is Sri Lanka Women, who romped to an eight-wicket victory against United States of America Women in Savar. USA chose to bat but only one of their batsmen reached double figures as they slumped to 53 all out. Remarkably, USA played 49.4 overs to reach that low total. Shashikala Siriwardene took 3 for 9 in her 10 overs. Sri Lanka have made a habit of losing wickets in easy chases and did so again, stumbling to 15 for 2. The outcome was never in doubt though and Prasadani Weerakkody scored 22 not out as Sri Lanka got home in the 19th over.

Nida Dar scored 124 off 139 balls as Pakistan Women thrashed Japan Women in Savar. Pakistan got 272 after electing to bat and Japan were then skittled for 26 in 28 overs. Japan have not scored more than 71 all tournament but this was their lowest total. Six batsmen got ducks, only one reached double figures and left-arm spinner Sadia Yousuf took 6 for 2 in Japan’s capitulation. Pakistan’s total was always going to be out of reach but Japan may have hoped to put up a better fight.

Pune Warriors finally ended their horror run of seven defeats by limiting fellow stragglers Kings XI Punjab to 119 in Mohali, a target which didn’t tax their batting too much

The Bulletin by Siddarth Ravindran08-May-2011
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Wayne Parnell took 2 for 12 to help restrict Punjab•AFP

Pune Warriors finally ended their horror run of seven defeats by limiting fellow stragglers Kings XI Punjab to 119 in Mohali, a target which didn’t tax their batting too much The defeat means Punjab are now putting together a losing streak to nearly match Pune’s – having gone five games without a win. Legspinner Rahul Sharma was once again the standout bowler for Pune, with South African fast bowler Wayne Parnell and Bhuvneshwar Kumar aiding him in shackling Punjab.Preity Zinta was back to cheer on her side, and the Mohali crowd had something to shout about early on as Paul Valthaty repeatedly crashed the ball through cover for boundaries. Adam Gilchrist came into this game on the back of two ducks, and he couldn’t find his timing today either, swinging Rahul to deep midwicket for 3 off 8 balls. Valthaty was cramped by the lack of room, and when he was given some, he cut at it but Rahul’s extra bounce meant it resulted in a top edge to backward point.Shaun Marsh has been Punjab’s best batsman this tournament, and he showed why with some lovely hits. Yuvraj Singh was dispatched over long-on, Rahul was eased through cover for four, and his younger brother Mitchell was pulled for a boundary. Dinesh Karthik wasn’t as fluent, but in the company of Shaun, the pair guided Punjab to a reasonable 71 for 2 in ten overs.That platform was wasted though as neither batsman went on to make a big score on a slightly sluggish track. A Bhuvneshwar Kumar slower ball accounted for Shaun, who dragged the ball onto the stumps, and a couple of overs later Punjab’s most expensive acquisition, David Hussey, nicked to the keeper. They were floundering at 94 for 4.Karthik couldn’t quite hit top gear and there was a wicket in almost each of the final six overs as the innings fell apart to a series of attempted big hits.Punjab’s bowlers needed to be accurate and incisive if they were to stand a chance, and they began well, with a maiden from Praveen Kumar. The next three overs, though, were plundered for 30 runs, and in a match where the fielding standards were shoddy, Jesse Ryder was given a let-off by Valthaty in the fourth over. There was more fortune for Pune as Manish Pandey survived a dead-on lbw shout in the fifth over, bowled by Bhargav Bhatt, two balls after Ryder was dismissed.Robin Uthappa came out swinging, and though they were several fresh-air swishes, he found the boundary three times to whittle down the target with a quick 22. Pandey was dismissed after a relatively quiet 28, which had two of his trademark forehand smashes down the ground. If the wickets of Pandey and Uthappa gave Punjab some hope, Yuvraj extinguished that by clubbing Bhatt for two sixes and two fours in an over.

An allround performance from Nida Dar propelled Pakistan women to a 10-wicket victory over Bangladesh women in the final of the inaugural women’s cricket tournament in the Asian Games in Guangzhou

ESPNcricinfo staff19-Nov-2010An allround performance from Nida Dar propelled Pakistan to a 10-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the final of the inaugural women’s cricket tournament at the Asian Games in Guangzhou,China. This is Pakistan’s first gold medal in the tournament and has already been welcomed by their supporters at a time when the men’s game is reeling from a succession of controversies and the country is battling the fallout of devastating floods that affected 21 million people this summer.”We are excited and happy,” Sana Mir, the captain said. “Pakistan must be proud of us. The way the women’s team has played and the way they have handled themselves on and off the field is really wonderful for Pakistanis living in Pakistan and abroad. There are lot of good things happening in Pakistan and this is one of them.”Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari hailed the team’s win, describing the performance as “as a gift to the nation riding on a series of crises”.In what turned out to be a one-sided final, Pakistan chose to field and their bowlers, led by Dar’s offspin, ran through the Bangladesh batting line-up. Only Rumana Ahmed (16) and Salma Khatun (24) managed to reach double figures as Bangladesh were bowled out for 92 off their 20 overs. Dar picked up three wickets, conceding just 16 runs in four overs.Pakistan made short work of the chase as the openers, Dar and Javeria Khan, reached the target in just under 16 overs. Dar raced to 51 off 43 deliveries with seven fours while Khan made a more sedate 39 with three boundaries.Dipu Rai Choudhury, the Bangladesh coach, was disappointed with the loss, but was still pleased with the team’s overall performance in the tournament. “If we had won today, we would have been heroes here. But we are still heroes,” he said.The bronze medal was won by Japan, who beat China by seven wickets. China were restricted to 65 for 6 off their 20 overs before Japan reached their target with four balls to spare.Japan captain Ema Kuribayashi, who plays club cricket in New Zealand, top-scored for her side with a steady, unbeaten 24. “We fought with calmness and concentration. We just tried to avoid getting out. We were focusing on doing our jobs,” she said, adding that the win would be a major boost to the sport in Japan.

Sachin Tendulkar led India’s attempt to stay alive in the series on an attritional day at the SSC

The Bulletin by Siddhartha Talya28-Jul-2010
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How they were out
Sachin Tendulkar made his 48th Test century•Associated Press

Sachin Tendulkar led India’s attempt to stay alive in the series on an attritional day at the SSC, battling his way, supported by VVS Laxman and Suresh Raina, to a determined century that took India closer to avoiding the follow-on. This, after Sri Lanka’s spinners brought the Test back to life just when it seemed the bat would dominate for the third successive day.The conditions on Day 3 were still batsman-friendly but the Sri Lankan bowlers varied their pace and lengths with greater skill than their Indian counterparts to create chances. However, India survived a couple of nervy moments that helped turn the third day, if only slightly, in their favour. When on 29, Tendulkar attempted to upper-cut Dilhara Fernando and was dropped by wicketkeeper Prasanna Jayawardene. And an appeal against Raina was turned down in the final session when he was struck on the pads by a straighter delivery from Tillakaratne Dilshan; replays suggested the ball would have gone on to hit leg.Charged, yet again, with the responsibility of reviving the Indian innings, Tendulkar batted with assuredness amid the pressure. The spinners didn’t extract much turn though they did generate good bounce, but Tendulkar adapted well, opting to deal with the length deliveries outside off with caution while treating the ones that were pitched short harshly. He struck Suraj Randiv for eight boundaries through the off side – point, cover and past slip – and comfortably picked off deliveries bowled on his pads for a couple more. The one time he did step out to the spinners was when he brought up his half-century, a clean strike over long-on.Tendulkar played the ball late on a slowish track, and targeted Randiv while approaching his century, reaching the landmark, his 48th in Tests, with a sweep through square leg. He also ensured a steady flow of singles with Raina, whose strokeplay masked the nerves of a batsman making his first Test appearance.

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• Sachin Tendulkar’s unbeaten 108 is his 48th Test hundred, and his 94th in all international cricket. It’s his fifth Test century in Sri Lanka; among overseas countries, only in Australia has he scored more hundreds (six).

• Suresh Raina is the second Indian batsman to score more than 50 in his debut Test this year – S Badrinath had scored 56 against South Africa in Nagpur. Virender Sehwag is the only other Indian to achieve this feat since 2000.

• Sehwag became only the third batsman to be dismissed stumped on 99. It’s also the eighth instance of an Indian being dismissed for 99.

• The 165-run stand between Sehwag and Murali Vijay is the fourth instance of a century stand for the first wicket by India in Sri Lanka. It fell six runs short of equalling the record, between Navjot Siddhu and Manoj Prabhakar, in 1993.

Raina was uncertain early on against the round-the-wicket line bowled by the two spinners, failing to pick a legspinner from Mendis and leaving a straighter one from Randiv. But, unlike Tendulkar, it was against the length deliveries that he was most comfortable. He stepped out to both spinners to drive them through mid-on, and struck Dammika Prasad for consecutive boundaries. He was equally solid in defence, offering the full face, and eased towards his maiden half-century with a couple of delicious cover drives off the spinners.Tendulkar began India’s recovery after Virender Sehwag’s swipe on 99 triggered a rush of wickets that undermined a strong start. Facing Randiv’s first delivery of the day, Sehwag stepped out and swung hard towards cow corner, missed and was stumped to become the offspinner’s maiden Test victim.The wickets that followed were a consequence of some crafty bowling from the spinning pair. Mendis snared opener M Vijay with a googly that he failed to pick after erroneously opting to play the length delivery off the back foot. Rahul Dravid was trapped in front with a ball that skidded on before Laxman joined Tendulkar to rebuild the innings.Laxman was edgy during his stay and was troubled by Randiv as he played inside the line while expecting more turn. He got the leading edge twice and edged one to slip on the bounce. He appeared far more comfortable against Mendis, capitalising with a couple of boundaries when he was generous enough to stray on the pads. But his concentration wavered and he didn’t read Mendis’ wrong ‘un and was struck in front of leg stump. His wicket at the stroke of tea shifted a see-saw day Sri Lanka’s way, but Tendulkar and Raina, with a bit of fortune, put India’s survival plans back on track.

Mitchell Johnson is crossing his fingers that the WACA pitch will return to its bouncy ways as he plays a rare game on his home ground

Cricinfo staff13-Dec-2009Mitchell Johnson is crossing his fingers that the WACA pitch will return to its bouncy ways as he plays a rare game on his home ground. Johnson moved to Perth from Brisbane a couple of seasons ago but still hasn’t appeared in a match with Western Australia, although he is back each year to play in the Test.Last year he stormed through South Africa with 8 for 61 in the first innings and is chasing more rewards when the third game against West Indies begins on Wednesday. “It’s been a while since I’ve bowled there, but I’m looking forward to it and hopefully it can be a fast, bouncy one for us,” Johnson told AAP. “We’re hoping for a faster, bouncier wicket and that will suit us more than them.”West Indies have Kemar Roach, who is capable of speeds above 150kph, while the hosts have Johnson, Peter Siddle and Doug Bollinger in their line-up. Siddle has been struggling with a hamstring complaint and Clint McKay, the other fast man in the squad, should come in if Siddle is ruled out.Johnson is not like Glenn McGrath, who targeted specific batsmen, but he has developed a list of key wickets. “It’s always nice to get their top guys out like Gayle, Chanderpaul and Sarwan,” he said. “Nash would probably be in there as well being a mate of mine. He’s done exceptionally well for himself and I was glad I got him out before he got his 100 [in Adelaide]. He was a little upset with it, but I’ll be looking to do the same thing.”

England need 152 on final day with five wickets standing after gripping fourth day at Trent Bridge

Valkerie Baynes25-Jun-2023Another five-wicket haul, and ten for the match, from Sophie Ecclestone set England up for an enticing final-day pursuit at Trent Bridge before Australia roared back via their own game-changer, Ashleigh Gardner, who claimed three key wickets on the fourth evening to turn the Women’s Ashes Test on its head.England were left needing to pull off the highest successful run-chase in Women’s Test history, well beyond Australia’s 198 for 3 in the 2011 Ashes, and surpass their own record for the highest fourth-innings score of 245 for 9 during last year’s draw with Australia in Canberra after they were set a target of 268.Their hopes were dented when Gardner, Australia’s off-spinning allrounder who predicted on the third evening that the tourists could use a pitch displaying some cracks to their advantage on day five, had England’s first-innings double-centurion Tammy Beaumont caught at slip for 22 and removed Nat Sciver-Brunt to a mistimed pull either side of Tahlia McGrath’s lbw dismissal of Emma Lamb.Gardner then trapped Heather Knight lbw as she took three wickets for nine runs in the space of 17 balls to leave England floundering on 73 for 4. Just as Sophia Dunkley and Danni Wyatt had started to steady things for England, Kim Garth had Dunkley caught behind and by the close England still needed 152 runs with five wickets in hand.England had missed six chances against their opponents, who built a 267-run lead firstly on the back of partnerships worth 99 between openers Beth Mooney and Phoebe Litchfield and 50 between Mooney and Ellyse Perry before Alyssa Healy discovered some timely form – and luck – to put on 59 for the eighth wicket with Alana King. That limited the damage as Australia went from 149 for 1 to 257 all out in their second innings, thanks largely to Ecclestone’s 5 for 63 which gave her match figures of 10 for 192.Making Ecclestone’s achievement all the more remarkable was her relentless toil during Australia’s first innings, when she bowled 46.2 overs, 28 of them on the trot, for 5 for 129, her maiden five-for haul in Tests. This haul came from fewer overs, 30.5, but that was still close to double England’s next hardest-working, seamer Kate Cross with 17, and Ecclestone was operating as the hosts’ sole frontline spinner, with Knight sending down five overs in Australia’s second innings and fellow part-time spinner Sophia Dunkley just two in the first.Litchfield had added just one to her overnight score of 41 when she hit an Ecclestone delivery to Cross, who failed to hold on at cover. But Cross was smiling again when she had Litchfield out leaving for a second time in her maiden Test, this time with one that jagged back in sharply from a good length and crashed into the top of off stump four runs shy of a half-century.Related

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Mooney brought up her fifty sweeping Ecclestone to the boundary and survived on 55 when Sciver-Brunt entered the attack having sent down just five overs in Australia’s first innings due to a knee issue but couldn’t hold a firmly struck return catch on her follow-through.Lauren Filer, the young quick, turned things back in England’s favour with two wickets in four balls when she had Perry out chopping on to a short ball and then produced another, fuller, ball that seamed in again to beat McGrath’s flick and deflect off the front pad to peg back off stump.Filer kept the Australians under pressure with her pace and movement, but it was left-arm spinner Ecclestone’s variation in speed which accounted for Jess Jonassen, a quicker ball that was too full for her attempted slog sweep and skidded low under the bat into the stumps. It was the second time Ecclestone, the No. 1-ranked bowler in both white-ball formats, had dismissed Jonassen this match.Annabel Sutherland was promoted to No. 6 after her unbeaten century from No. 8 in the first innings and she received a life on nought this time when she swept Ecclestone hard and low to square leg where Wyatt shelled the opportunity. But then Ecclestone got one to turn in a long way and Mooney edged onto leg stump to fall for 85.Danni Wyatt leaps into Sophie Ecclestone’s arms after taking a catch•Getty Images

When Gardner walked out ahead of Healy – who was staring down the prospect of a double pair in Ashes Tests – the tension mounted, and threatened to boil over when Cross had Gardner pouched at second slip on the third ball she faced. Then Cross fired one in that looked to have missed Healy’s bat by a hair’s breadth first-ball before striking the bottom of Amy Jones’ gloves only for Ultra-Edge to show Healy had got a feather to it and another, albeit difficult, chance had gone begging for England.Healy faced four more balls before she was off the mark, bisecting slip and gully and from there she seemed to settle gradually into her innings, her stunning off-drive to dispatch Filer’s fuller ball down the ground for four proved it. She needed to after Wyatt made up for her earlier blunder when Sutherland spooned Ecclestone to her at square leg, Australia having lost four wickets for 20 runs in the space of 33 balls.Filer was able to exploit one of the cracks Gardner had mentioned when she got one to spit up into King’s back as she took evasive action and, after Healy brought up her fifty with a single towards cover, King edged Lauren Bell to slip.Healy perished spooning a full toss from Ecclestone straight to midwicket and Ecclestone sealed her five-for when she trapped Darcie Brown lbw for a third-ball duck.There hasn’t been a result in a Women’s Test since 2015 when Australia defeated England at Canterbury, but this match is now poised to break a run of six stalemates.