England admit need for early wickets after another tough day in Ashes
England admit need for early wickets after another tough day in Ashes
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Danni Wyatt-Hodge admitted England fell short with the bat once again as Australia took another step towards a Women’s Ashes whitewash on day one of the day/night Test in Melbourne. The tourists have endured a chastening time Down Under, racking up 3-0 defeats in the ODI and T20 formats, and must now battle from behind to salvage anything from their four-day clash at the MCG.
They were put in to bat and could only manage a timid total of 170 all out, Maia Bouchier’s first-over dismissal setting the tone for yet more Australian dominance. Nat Sciver-Brunt made a hard-working 51 but it was the only real effort of any substance as Alana King ran through the middle order with figures of four for 45.
The leg-spinner, wheeling away unchanged at the Shane Warne End, killed off any hopes of a fightback. At stumps the hosts were well in control, Phoebe Litchfield and Annabel Sutherland steering the score to 56 for one after Lauren Bell removed debutant Georgia Voll.
Reflecting on her side’s latest underwhelming batting display Wyatt-Hodge, who was one of three senior batters to fall in the 20s, told TNT Sports: “It was a really tough one, you had to really grind for your runs, especially when Kingy was absolutely ragging it on day one.
“It is what it is, it’s what has happened over this whole Ashes series. We would have liked another 50 runs maybe but we’ve got to bring the energy, bowl really well, bowl at the top of the stumps and hopefully get a few early wickets tomorrow.”.
