Australia absolutely dominated the ODI's taking a 3-0 lead. Elysse Perry with a spectacular 7/22 in the third ODI.Onto the test match where Australia can retain the ashes with a win (and a draw would mean I think only one win from the T20s is needed)

It has been difficult to keep up with female cricket  with the men’s World Cup, Copa America in football and Wimbledon all on simultaneously. 

This is really disappointing:
https://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/womens-ashes-pitch-farce-exposed-as-disgraceful-blight/news-story/2af50b78757201e5fa93b0015ffa5d44

Congrats to the debutants 
https://www.cricket.com.au/news/toss-teams-australia-england-womens-ashes-test-debut-tayla-vlaeminck-ash-gardner-sophie-molineux/2019-07-18?fbclid=IwAR2H8TARSiJSQJodIWGjBMnp75-QNi56FxoQGl6jRpLEAgml_aZnQV92Hys

Great start to the Test by the Southern Stars. Already in a dominant position as the Poms have to win this to stay alive for the Ashes crown. The incomparable Ellyse Perry is again showing the way for the girls alongside the consistent Rachael Haynes.

Is this game being telecast? If not.. bloody well shud be.

What a class act Ellyse Perry is. The fickle English weather spoilt the day so looks like the Stars have declared at 5-341.

At the moment Perry raised her bat to salute her century she had scored 313 runs from 620 balls without being dismissed in Test cricket. Not even many of our greatest male batsmen can say they did that.

https://live.cricket.com.au/match/2294/44642/england-women-vs-australia-women-womens-ashes-test/scorecard
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After coming home late last night I tried to catch up with this Test, but it must have been rained out.

Pretty amazing feat!

Has Perry been dropped at all in those 620 balls faced?

I could not tell you that DC as I never watched every ball.

As for you missing the cricket last nite.. rain threatened from the start of play and finally came just after lunch. I too planned to sit up and watch it all as Nine never shows replays unlike Fox.

Jonassen caught in gully off Brunt for 8. 

I can’t believe Aus is batting so slowly at 6-356? 

If one did not know the score, one would think Aus were 6 for less than 100. 

Marsh, the right arm Pom finger spinner, is bowling a lot of balls slightly on the leg side. 

Brunt seems to be generating inswing to the left handed batter, which would manifest as an outswinger to a right handed batter. 

Both Molineux and Mooney are lefties playing some good offside shots. 

English spinner, Marsh, generates as much turn as some male Test finger spinners. 

I wanna know why we are still batting. Is Ca thinking we only need to draw this and stop England winning to take home the Ashes.

I have a problem with Molineux's technique. Feet are stuck in cement.. off stump often exposed. Suppose you have to expect this as the women rarely play red ball cricket. This has to be remedied surely by adding a red ball component to the women state tournament.

Lanning waves the girls in finally at 8dec- 420.

One perfect outswinger from Perry in the first over of the English innings! 

It seems 110-112 kph is a reasonable speed for female pace bowlers. 

Schutt seems to gain looping inswing at 105-106 kph. 

Beaumont bowled Perry! 

GEM at no 192 on pay TV, Baggers. 

With Perry’s high leap in her delivery stride, has she had back injury issues? 

What a beautiful smooth bowling action Perry has! 

Great ball Ellyse Perry. 

Thanks DC.. worked that out last nite. Was not  well publicised tho.

She has hit the ball well in some other attacking shots, Baggers. 

Healy and Lisa S were lauding her head being well over the ball in a cut for 4.

No it wasn’t, mate. 

There was also a perfect outswinger that beat the outside edge in the first over. 

Yes she cut well. But at no time did she have her head over the ball nor her stumps protected when playing or defending the strait fuller ball. Watch how there is little foot movement.. plays away from her body.

I’m quite impressed by the standard in women’s Test cricket. 

I might have to attend the Tas women’s team’s games at Bellerive this next season.  

Mate isnt it ridiculous that our women dont play red ball cricket at state level. Yet they have been playing Ashes Tests since the 50s.

Given the fact they only play a Test every two years I am impressed by the techniques of our two superstars, Perry and Lanning. Haynes and Mooney looked good too. 

I didn’t realise they don’t play red ball cricket! 

This current scenario seems absurd. 

Perry has played for the Matildas, the Australian football (soccer) team too. She was a fringe player. 

As a cricketer her all round skills in bowling and batting are extraordinary! 

She was more than a fringe player think you will find. Reason she had to choose between soccer and cricket. Thank goodness she chose cricket. If only our men had a complete cricketer like Ellyse.