• Australia spinner Molineux takes three key wickets
Three days in, the Taunton Test looks likely to end in the same way that 60% of women’s Tests have since they moved to being four-day affairs in the 1970s: as a draw. After a rain-affected second day, any other result relied on a show of aggression from either side: instead Australia delayed their declaration for another 23 overs; while England, forced on to the back foot after being left five down and still 138 runs away from the follow-on target, were compelled to defend for much of the extended evening session.
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Written by Raf Nicholson at Taunton
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jul/20/england-australia-womens-ashes-test-day-three-report-cricket under the title “Women’s Ashes: Australia and Sophie Molineux turn the screw on England”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
