English batter became the first England woman cricketer to score a double hundred in Test cricket with 208 against the first Ashes Test.
Australia asserted their dominance on the third day of the one-off Ashes Test, building a lead of 92 runs over England, despite Tammy Beaumont’s record-breaking innings of 208.
The hosts were bowled out for 463 in their first innings at Trent Bridge, trailing Australia by just 10 runs. However, openers Beth Mooney and Phoebe Litchfield guided the visitors to a comfortable 82-0 by the close of play.
Beaumont’s remarkable knock, the first double-century in England women’s cricket, initially put England in a favourable position. However, some loose bowling at the start of Australia’s innings re-lieved all pressure on the visitors. Beaumont sur-passed an 88-year-old record set by Betty Snowball, who scored 189 against New Zealand in 1935, thereby achieving the highest individual score for England women.
England began the day trailing Australia’s first-innings total of 473 by 255 runs. —AFP
