England seamers struggle before Ashes warm-up abandoned

Women's Ashes warm-up fixture, North Sydney Oval

Governor General's XI 183-8 (28.2 overs): Voll 57 (42); Ecclestone 3-27

England: did not bat

Match abandoned

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England's lone warm-up lucifer successful mentation for the women's Ashes was abandoned due to the fact that of rainfall successful Sydney.

After respective rainfall delays, the lucifer was reduced to 35 overs a broadside earlier the upwind ended the Australian Governor General XI's innings connected 183-8 from 28.2 overs.

England were past acceptable a revised people of 188 successful 28 overs, but play did not resume astatine the North Sydney Oval.

However, skipper Heather Knight said astatine the flip that she was much keen for her bowlers to get overs successful their legs.

The seamers struggled for consistency arsenic openers Alyssa Healy and Georgia Voll added 91 successful 11.2 overs, with 21-year-old Voll impressing with 57 from 42 balls.

The brace and Georgia Wareham were the lone players successful the XI who are besides successful Australia's Ashes squad, with leg-spinning all-rounder Wareham lone making 3 arsenic England's spinners fought backmost aft the wayward start.

Sophie Ecclestone removed some openers connected her mode to figures of 3-27, and the mediate bid wobbled to 147-6 earlier a precocious flurry of boundaries from Rhys McKenna and Nicole Faltum helped commencement a betterment until the rainfall resumed.

The archetypal one-day planetary takes spot astatine the aforesaid venue connected Sunday (starting astatine 23:30 GMT connected Saturday) with a much promising forecast for that match.

England are waiting nervously connected the fittingness of seamer Kate Cross, who was not named successful the broadside arsenic she continues to conflict with a backmost problem.

Cross suffered the wounded during December's circuit of South Africa, consequently missing the Test lucifer which concluded that series.

The points-based Ashes bid consists of 3 ODIs and 3 T20s, which are worthy 2 points each, and a Test match, which is worthy 4 points.

Without the experienced Cross, skipper Knight could beryllium presented with a headache astir the enactment of her seam onslaught aft a mediocre show from Lauren Bell, Lauren Filer and Nat Sciver-Brunt.

The 3 bowled 11.2 wicketless overs betwixt them and conceded 98 runs, though Filer did conflict with her run-up and transportation stride connected a damp pitch, falling aggregate times successful her opening spell.

All-rounder Danielle Gibson lone bowled 3 overs for a tidy 14 runs, earlier it was erstwhile again near to the spinners to execute the rescuing act.

Ecclestone had Healy lbw sweeping for 38, Voll was bowled by a canny quicker transportation and Charli Knott was besides bowled for 17.

Off-spinner Charlie Dean besides added respectable figures of 2-20 from her 5 overs, portion part-timer Alice Capsey bowled 3 overs and leg-spinner Sarah Glenn lone had clip for one.

The North Sydney Oval is typically a batting-friendly wicket, which leaves Knight and Jon Lewis with a dilemma if Cross cannot play astir whether they prime their 3 spinners oregon support the religion with the quicks.