England and Australia faced each other in a thrilling second Women’s ODI where the Aussies registered a nail-biting victory. With the th??rilling triumph, the touring party also retained the Women’s Ashes 2023.

Put in to bat, Australia began their innings with Alyssa Healy making quick start. Ellyse Perry play?ed a vital role, anchoring the innings with a well-constructed knock of 91 runs off 124 deliveries, including 9 fours and 1 six.

Beth Mooney added 33 runs off 42 balls, while Ashleigh Gardner and Annabel Sutherland made valuable contributions of 33 runs and 50 runs respectively. Georgia Wareham provided a late surge, smashing? 37 runs off just 14 balls, including 3 fours and 3 sixes. In the end, Australia posted a competitive total of 282 runs for the loss of 7? wickets in their allotted 50 overs.

In response, England kept themselves in the fight with vital contributions from star batters. Tammy Beaumont played a crucial innings, scoring 60 runs off 62 balls, including 8 fours. Captain Heather Knight made 12 runs off 19 balls, however, it was Natalie Sciver, who was the standout performer for the hosts as she almost pulled off a s?tunning win.

Nat Sciver played a brilliant knock of 111 runs off 99 balls, comprising 10 fours. However, the rest of the batting lineup failed to contribute significantly. Amy Jones added 37 runs off 34 balls, but the lower middle-order couldn’t accelerate the scoring rate. In the end, England fell just short of the target, finishing with a total of 279 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in their allotted 50 overs.

For Australia, Gardner and Alana King were the impressive bowlers, both claiming 3 wickets each. Gardner bowled impressively, conceding 54 runs in her 10 overs, while King gave away 44 runs in her quota of 10 overs. Georgia Wareham also chipped in with a wicket.

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In the 13th match of the ongoing ICC Women’s World Cup 2022, South Africa defeated England by 3 wickets to regi??ster their third consecutive win in the multi-tea??m tournament.

Put in to bat first, England lost two wickets cheaply, and that’s when all-rounder Nat Sciver walked in to the middle. She looked in good touch and was taking her team on the road to recovery. But, an unusual dismissal led to her departure when she swung at a poor ball down the leg-side from fast bowler Masabata Klaas.

It all happened during the 12th over of England’s innings. Klaas delivered a short ball that Sciver looked to pull through the square leg. The white-leather smacked into Sciver’s hip before ricocheting off the back of her bat and lobbed directly towards Lizelle Lee at first slip and she took a comfortable catch.

After seeing the freakish dismissal, even the commentary team was in disbelief. Former England international Alex Hartley, who was on air, said: “I have absolutely no idea how on earth Nat Sciver has just done that. I’m not being funny, that is the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen on the cricket field.”

Here is the video:

UM HOW?!?!?!

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Sciver’s wicket left England reeling at 47/3 before opener Tammy Beaumont and wicketkeeper Amy Jones added a 1??07-run partnership to resurrect t??he innings.

Both Beaumont and Jones score half-centuries as England posted a respectable total of 235/9 at the Bay Oval. Proteas all-rounder Marizanne Kapp was the star with th?e ball, picking up a five-wicket haul for 45 runs in 10 overs.

In reply, South Africa chased down the target with three wickets in hand, thanks to opener Laura Wolvaardt, wh??o top-scored (77 off 101 balls) with the help of ei?ght boundaries.

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