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Can't believe I last updated this thread pre-Covid, the ladies have played some brilliant matches since then. The Test in the 2021-22 Ashes down under was a classic, Australia making an aggressive declaration that nearly backfired on them as England steamed in on the target, only to collapse in the last half-hour and cling on for a draw; the 2022 World Cup was also a memorable one, England losing their first three matches in the group stage only to roar back and win the remaining four, including a final-wicket squeaker of a chase versus New Zealand. Katherine Sciver-Brunt has bowed out, but young Alice Capsey is already being touted as a future captain, and the growth of professionalism promises a conveyor belt of talent coming up in Capsey's wake.

In the here and now, third day of this Ashes Test, Tammy Beaumont scores a first English female double-century in the process of setting a new record Test score for an Englishwoman, her 208 surpassing the 189 scored by Betty Snowball in 1935. Alas, the bowlers spent the evening dishing up pies for the Aussies, and they close almost a hundred ahead with two days remaining. I understand the pull of Trent Bridge as a venue, but it was always liable to be a flat deck there, and I'm not sure that helps England's cause in this one.