{"id":311566,"date":"2023-06-25T01:13:14","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T01:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=311566"},"modified":"2023-06-25T01:59:56","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T01:59:56","slug":"first-in-all-forms-gardener-mastery-keeps-aussies-on-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=311566","title":{"rendered":"'First in all forms': Gardener mastery keeps Aussies on top"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aussie all-rounder Ashleigh Gardner starred with the ball in hand to give the tourists a slim first-innings lead despite double century from Tammy Beaumont.<\/p>\n

Gardner finished with figures of 4-99 from her 25.2 overs, as England was bowled out for 463, before Australia ended day three on 0-82.<\/p>\n

After removing England captain Heather Knight<\/a> late on day two,\ufeff Gardner found the edge of Natalie Sciver-Brunt, breaking the long stand for Australia's third wicket.<\/p>\n

Sciver-Brunt was fast-approaching triple figures when Gardner went quick and flat outside off and caught the edge of the England star, with Alyssa Healy taking the chance behind the stumps.<\/p>\n

SCORECARD:<\/strong> Women's \ufeffAshes Test<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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"That is a big, big wicket," Isa Guha said in commentary.<\/p>\n

The wicket put an end to the 137-run partnership\ufeff between Beaumont\ufeff and Sciver-Brunt.<\/p>\n

Watch the day five highlights package in the video player above!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"Gardner<\/p>\n

Every ball of the<\/strong><\/em> Women's Ashes<\/strong><\/em><\/a> will be live, free and exclusive on<\/strong><\/em> 9Now<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, and if you miss any of the action you can find full highlights and exclusive replays after every day's play<\/strong><\/em> here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

\ufeffGardner then clean-bowled Sophia Dunkley for nine, quickly leaving England positioned at 4-318.<\/p>\n

Dunkley was looking to get comfortable but a full delivery around off stump soon saw her off stump fly.<\/p>\n

"Ash is a quality bowler, she's first in all forms of the game\ufeff, especially T20 cricket, but that one has grabbed, it's turned and it's got her a wicket, it's got her a big wicket," former Aussie vice-captain Rachael Haynes said on commentary for Nine.<\/p>\n

\"Gardner\u00a0dismisses<\/p>\n

TEXTBOOK CATCH ENDS DEBUT KNOCK\ufeff<\/h3>\n

Darcie Brown combined with Jess Jonassen to end the explosive run of Danni Wyatt.<\/p>\n

A Test fifty on debut was within reach for Wyatt but \ufeffBrown soon put an end to it.<\/p>\n

Wyatt looked to send the ball \ufeffpast second slip but instead guided the ball in the direction of Jonassen, who with a shuffle to her right took an easy catch.<\/p>\n

\ufeffWyatt's innings ended on a strong 44.<\/p>\n

\"Aussies<\/p>\n

GARDNER ENDS \ufeffBEAUMONT'S REIGN<\/h3>\n

Tammy Beaumont was finally dismissed by Gardner after two days of chaos and 200-plus runs.<\/p>\n

Read more about Beaumont's record-breaking knock HERE<\/strong><\/a>.\ufeff<\/p>\n

\"Gardner<\/p>\n

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Aussie all-rounder Ashleigh Gardner starred with the ball in hand to give the tourists a slim first-innings lead despite double century from Tammy Beaumont. Gardner […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":311570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311566"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=311566"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":311578,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311566\/revisions\/311578"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/311570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=311566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=311566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=311566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}