England captain Heather Knight cut a frustrated figure after a deluge halted her late charge in the second T20 as they lost by six runs under DLS
Heather Knight remonstrates after match officials decided to leave the field with only five balls remaining of England’s innings.Heather Knight remonstrates after match officials decided to leave the field with only five balls remaining of England’s innings.Australia have won the Ashes outright after sealing victory in the second T20 in Canberra amid a controversial finish as England fought to seal a tight rain-affected run-chase.
But six balls after bringing up her half-century Wyatt-Hodge finally picked out mid-off, and Megan Schutt struck again in the same over, moving the ball in to take out Dunkley’s off-stump. Knight might love batting at Manuka Oval – she has hit two hundreds and four half-centuries at this ground – but 87 from the final 42 balls proved a step too far even for her as the rain grew heavier, and her half-century stand with Nat Sciver-Brunt for the fourth wicket went in vain.
Dunkley followed up her onslaught in Monday’s T20 by smashing Ellyse Perry for a four and a six down the ground, before her slog-sweep for four pushed England ahead on DLS just as the umpires called a halt. With the rain falling hard, England must have been keeping their fingers crossed for an abandonment; instead the hard work of the groundsmen handed them a second opportunity to chase the runs.
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