WATCH: Darcie Brown shatters Maia Bouchier’s middle-stump on Day 3 of Pink-Ball Test | Women’s Ashes 2025

The thrill and excitement of the one-off Test between Australia and England continued on Day 3 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) with another stellar performance from Australia with the bowl to assert dominance over the visitors and lay their hands firmly on the proceedings of the Test match. The highlight of England’s 2nd innings was the impeccable dismissal of the English opener Maia Bouchier as Darcie Brown annihilates her middle-stump thus giving an earl♒y breakthrough to her team.

Maia Bouchier’s horror-show with the bat continued

The dreadful performance from the English opener in the Women’s Ashes 2025 continued as she was sent back to the pavilion early in the 2nd innings in England’s quest to somehow save the Test match after a assertive performance from the home side with the bat to score 440 runs on the board in their 1st innings and put together a lead of 270 runs for E𝕴ngland to chase down.

The incident occurred early on the 4th over the 2nd English innings. A late in-swinger from Brown was completely misjudged by Bouchier which missed her bat complܫetely and struck her middle-stump instead. The English batter was dismissed for the 8th time in this series showcasing her disappointing form in this series.

Here’s the video 

Middle stump UPROOTED! 🪓

Darcie Brown 🔥🔥 | |

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England sustain a massive defeat

After Bouchier’s early dismissal, Tamsin Beaumont and skipper Heather Knight tried to stabilize the England’s innings in their attempt to prevent the humiliation of a complete white-wash at the hands o0f the Australian side. However, the partnership finally ended after Ashleigh Gardner sent Knight back to the pavilion. The two batters added 73 runs between them.  Evantually, England were bundled out for 148 in their second innings, losing the game by ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚan innings and 122 runs.

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