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Ashleigh Gardner gives Australia women’s Ashes win over England

Ashleigh Gardner took eight wickets in England’s second innings as Australia’s women secured victory in the one-off Ashes Test match by 89 runs on Monday.

Chasing the highest run chase in women’s Test history of 268 to win, England were all out for 178 as Ashleigh Gardner took all five wickets to fall on the final day.

Defeat at Trent Bridge gives England a mountain to climb if they are to reclaim the Ashes.

Australia’s Women’s Ashes win is worth four points in the multi-format series with three one-day internationals and T20 matches to come, each worth two points.

The Australians are world champions in both white-ball formats and also proved just too good with the red ball after a tight contest that went all five days in front of record crowds for a women’s Test in England.

Ashleigh Gardner’s three wickets towards the end of play on Sunday left England up against it at 116-5 overnight.

The hosts added 25 to their tally before Kate Cross edged behind off Gardner.

Amy Jones added just four before she was stumped but Danni Wyatt’s half-century got the target down to double figures with three wickets still in hand.

However, those final three wickets fell for just three runs as Gardner removed Sophie Ecclestone, Lauren Filer and Wyatt for figures of 8-66 in the innings and 12-165 in the match.

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Brook, Gardner named ICC Player of the Month for December 2022

DUBAI: England’s young batter Harry Brook and top-ranked all-rounder in Women’s T20Is Ashleigh Gardner capped off a remarkable by claiming the ICC Men’s and Women’s Player of the Month Award for December 2022 respectively.

Young right-handed English batter Brook, who made an instant impact in the longest format of the game, got the reward for his consistent brilliance as he bagged the player of the month award for December 2022.

Brook accumulated 468 runs with the help of three centuries and a fifty in the away Test series against Pakistan which played a pivotal role in earning him the prestigious title and edge past Pakistan skipper Babar Azam and Australia’s Travis Head.

Meanwhile, Gardner beat the other two nominees – England’s youngster Charlie Dean and New Zealand batter Suzie Bates – to end the year 2022 on a higher note as she claimed the coveted player of the month award for December.

Gardner enjoyed a splendid individual T20I series against India, amid which she picked up the joint-most seven wickets and also accumulated 115 runs at an average of more than 50.

Her all-round performance against India, not only earned her the Player of the Series Award and propelled her to the heights of the Women’s T20I All-rounder rankings to overtake West Indies skipper Hayley Matthews but she has now named the player of the month by the ICC.

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Gardner neutralizes Renuka’s brilliance to stun India in CWG opener

BIRMINGHAM: Indian pacer Renuka Singh dismantled Australia’s top order before Ashleigh Gardner stole the show with a valiant 52 not-out and powered her side to a thrilling victory over India in the Commonwealth Games 2022 opener.

Coming out to bat at 34/4 while chasing 155, Australia’s middle-order batter Gardner displayed sheer grit as she steered her side over the line with an astonishing and unbeaten knock of 52.

The right-handed batter stopped the flow of wickets for India with her valiant effort and at the same time kept Australia in the hunt as she ticked the scoreboard at a decent pace. Gardner remained unbeaten on 52 off 35 deliveries, laced with nine boundaries.

Right-handed batter Grace Harris remained the other notable run-getter as she chipped in with a valuable 37 off a mere 20 deliveries with the help of five boundaries and two sixes.

Harris, alongside Gardner, put on an important 51-run partnership for the sixth wicket to strengthen Australia’s position in the game.

Following Harris’ dismissal, Gardner then joined hands with Alana King and put on an astounding 47-run unbeaten partnership for the second wicket which powered Australia to claim a scintillating victory in 19 overs. King scored 18 off 16 deliveries.

For India, Renuka led the way with four wickets for a mere 18 runs, while Deepti Sharma claimed two. Meghna Singh, on the other hand, made one scalp.

Batting first, India finished at a commendable 154/8 in the allotted 20 overs at the back of an outstanding half-century from their skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and opening batter Shafali Verma, who remained two runs short of the milestone.

Kaur led from the front as she top scored for the side with 52 off 34 deliveries, laced with eight boundaries and a six, while Verma scored 48 off 33 balls including nine boundaries.

Opening batter Smriti Mandhana scored a quickfire 24 off 17 balls at top of the order to provide her side with a flying start. The rest of the Indian batters, however, remained unable to get into the double figures.

Lef-arm spinner Jess Jonassen was the pick of the bowlers for Australia as she bagged four wickets for 22, while Megan Schutt claimed two. Darcie Brown, however, struck out a batter.

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Australia’s star all-rounder Ashleigh Gardner tests COVID positive

CHRISTCHURCH: Australia’s star all-rounder Ashleigh Gardner has tested COVID-19 positive ahead of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2022, starting from tomorrow.

The Australian side, jolted by a fresh blow on the eve of the Women’s World Cup as their in-form all-rounder Ashleigh has contracted the widely spread virus.

According to cricket.com.au, Ashleigh will miss at least the first two matches of Australia’s ODI World Cup campaign after her contraction to the virus.

Ashleigh will now isolate in Christchurch for ten days following New Zealand government health rules, which will keep her out of the action in Australia’s games against England on Saturday and Pakistan on Tuesday.

The star-allrounder is however likely to make her way back into the side before Australia’s fixture against New Zealand on March 13 in Wellington.

Fast bowling allrounder Annabel Sutherland and spin-bowling allrounder, Grace Harris are probable to replace Ashleigh in the side’s first two matches of the World Cup campaign.

It is worth mentioning here that the ICC Women’s World Cup 2022 will begin on Friday with hosts New Zealand taking on West Indies in Mount Maunganui.

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