Never doubtful. Yes, Australia did lose three wickets early on; however, the second the great two gamers in the global came collectively became the moment the contest got here to a near. They are unstoppable, and standing is unbeaten at 87, while the prevailing run is. Lanning’s aspect is now one win away from going through this tour undefeated. As for Knight’s group, they’re nowhere for the time being. Thanks for your organization at the OBO these days. We’ll be returned to Bristol on Wednesday night for the final Women’s Ashes T20. Bye for now!

17.5 overs: Australia 122-three (Lanning forty-three, Perry 47) Target 122. Brunt drifts onto Perry’s pads, and she allows it in its manner. Brunt roars with frustration. Perry becomes the primary player in guys’ or girls’ T20 worldwide cricket to accumulate a thousand runs and a hundred wickets. Just first-rate. Brunt sprays an extensive, and Perry gets off strike with one, so there won’t be a fifty. Lanning has one run left to win it… And she does, with an unmarried at the back of the point. They’ve accomplished it comfortably.

Seventeenth over Australia 113-three (Lanning 41, Perry forty-one) Target 122. Ecclestone enters her closing over, but it doesn’t rely now on phrases of this’s the result. Can she get another wicket? She won’t, but it’s miles a hard set to break out, three singles their lot. The spinner finishes with 1/18.

Sixteenth over Australia one hundred ten-three (Lanning 39, Perry forty) Target 122. Perry brings up the Australian 100 with style, dancing down the song at Marsh and clobbering her over the midwicket rope. Six of the best! Lanning fancies a half-century herself, dancing too earlier than directing over mid-off with a no-fuss for four greater. Too easy. 12 off it.

Fifteenth over: Australia ninety eighty-three (Lanning 34, Perry 33) Target 122. Sciver drops quickly to Lanning, who desires it all, carting her through backward rectangular at the front foot into the gap – goodbye. The all-rounder wins the threshold to finish, but Lanning is deep within the crease, reducing, jogging away for another four. Eleven off the over. Game over.

14th over: Australia 87-3 (Lanning 25, Perry 31) Target 122. Brunt is lower back now, too, and tries to bang it briefly at Perry to begin her sparkling set; however, the celeb is having none of that, leaning lower back to cream her via midwicket for four. The 50-partnership comes up (from forty-three balls) off the following ball. There is no way that England can contain the runs remaining from here – they need wickets, pronto.

Thirteenth over: Australia 80-three (Lanning 24, Perry 25) Target 122. Ecclestone, who has 1/6 from her two overs, is returned for her 0.33. Another crucial over England’s first-rate bowler has to break this up. Perry is right enough to cut the distance at backward factor for a pair to start, repeating the dose to the other point facet for two more. She saves an extraordinary shot for later inside the over, dancing and clipping over midwicket into space for a well-timed boundary. Ecclestone forces a miscued push to mid-off to finish; however, the over has long gone for 9. Australia wants forty-two runs from forty-two balls to wrap up the T20 mini-collection.