- Third T20: England, 119-5, beat Australia, 155-7, by 5 wkts (DLS)
- Australia lead the Ashes 6pts to 4; England win T20 series 2-1
Somehow, despite MCC’s historical antipathy to women’s cricket, Lord’s always seems to be a ground where female cricketers make history. England Women have three times won a World Cup here, in 1993, 2009 and 2017. In 1998, the Harris Garden was their site of choice when, after 64 years of England-Australia contests, the women finally created some “ashes” of their own, in a unique and slightly bizarre ceremony involving the burning of a miniature bat in a wok (handily provided by the MCC kitchen).
Fitting, then, that as the Women’s Ashes series finally returned on Saturday evening for the first time in 10 years, and on a day when the MCC president, Stephen Fry, unveiled a plaque to commemorate the trophy’s creation, it was Lord’s that bore witness to an English victory in front of an historic crowd of 21,610 – smashing the record for a bilateral women’s international in England.
Written by Raf Nicholson at Lord’s
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jul/08/england-chase-down-australia-in-third-t20-to-keep-ashes-hopes-alive under the title “England Women chase down Australia in third T20 to keep Ashes hopes alive”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
