Tammy Beaumont’s superb maiden Test century led England’s fightback with the bat, after Annabel Sutherland’s earlier hundred had put Australia in pole position.
It was a day of runs at Trent Bridge, as just five wickets fell across 95 overs where the bowlers were looking to the skies in the hope of finding the assistance that they weren’t getting from the pitch. Beaumont, in particular, was phenomenal, bringing up her hundred off 152 balls and guiding England to the close on 218 for two, in reply to Australia’s 473.
