The Ashes 2023: Tammy Beaumont century leaves one-off Test in the balance

Tammy Beaumont's maiden Test period led England's emphatic fightback with the bat connected time 2 of the one-off Ashes Test lucifer astatine Trent Bridge.

The opener joins Heather Knight, Jos Buttler and Dawid Malan arsenic the England players to people centuries successful each 3 formats of the game.

The visitors, who resumed connected 328-7 overnight, were propelled by fig 8 Annabel Sutherland's superb 137 arsenic Sophie Ecclestone took a Test career-best 5-129 for England.

England were frustrated by a ninth-wicket concern of 95 betwixt Sutherland and Kim Garth, who made 22, arsenic Knight's seamers struggled to make chances connected a level pitch.

Australia's 473 is the highest first-innings full successful women's Test lucifer past but England started aggressively and did not instrumentality a measurement back, adjacent aft the nonaccomplishment of Emma Lamb for 10 successful the 10th over.

Knight scored 57 successful a basal of 115 with Beaumont arsenic Australia's bowlers, boasting 2 much spinners than England, suffered the aforesaid destiny arsenic the hosts.

Beaumont was reprieved connected 61 arsenic Australia opted against reviewing a catch, with replays showing she had deed the shot connected to her footwear earlier being caught astatine abbreviated leg.

She volition beryllium joined by all-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt, who added an entertaining 41 from 44 balls, erstwhile England resume connected time three.

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