END OF OVER:20 | 8 Runs 2 Wkts | ENG-W: 132/9 | RR: 6.60
- Fran Wilson23 (22b)
- Megan Schutt4-0-22-4
- Ellyse Perry4-0-26-2
8.35 pm "Mixed all sorts [catching]. Some rubbish and some golds. Credit to England for their recovery, but our bowlers did really well too," Healy says. And that's a pretty fair assessment. Australia reduced England to 4 for 16 in the fifth over, with Megan Schutt showing class, swinging the new ball and bowling unplayable legcutters with the old one.
Then Danielle Wyatt, playing her first innings of the series, alongside Nat Sciver, put on a partnership of 64 off 49 balls. If England do win, that will be touted as the game-changing play. Both women weathered the pressure - quite apart from the scoreboard variety England have to win all three games to win the Ashes. A total of 132 is a pretty good recovery.
CharlieJ: "Top 4 wickets for Oz crucial, I can't see a recovery from 16/4 but if a couple of top 4 get in then it will be a game over very quickly."
S Ecclestone st †Healy b Schutt 6 (2b 0x4 1x6) SR: 300.00