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Heather Knight was left fuming after the match was stopped resulting from rain© X (Twitter)
England confronted a stunning six-run (DLS methodology) defeat within the second T20I of the continuing ladies’s Ashes towards Australia on Thursday. With this win, Australia are 2-0 forward within the three-match T20I sequence and have already gained the Girls’s Ashes. The match, which was curtailed by rain, noticed a superb preventing knock from England skipper Heather Knight whereas chasing the revised goal of 175. Knight scored 43* off 19 balls however her aspect nonetheless fell brief by six runs, which pressured the England skipper to offer a controversial gesture.
Within the final over of the match, England 22 off 6 balls to win. Knight hammered a boundary on the very first ball of the over of Annabel Sutherland and England had been hopeful of a surprising win. Nevertheless, destiny had different plans in retailer because the rain acquired heavier and match needed to be abruptly stopped.
With a rating of 168/4 in 19.1 overs, England had been six runs in need of DLS par rating. Ensuing which, Australia had been declared the winners. Knight, who was batting at 43*, couldn’t imagine this and threw her bat on the bottom in anger.
Heather Knight throws her bat in frustration.
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Later, she picked up the bat and disappointingly walked again to the dugout.
After the sport, Knight admitted that her response was an emotional one and the umpires made the appropriate choice.
“It was brilliant game of cricket. Felt like I could get us over the line. I felt really set, and I had some really good boundary options on a very good cricket wicket. It was an awesome crowd and they deserved a finish, and you could hear the frustration from the fans that that we were going off, and the game wasn’t able to reach its conclusion,” she added.
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