Report for the second One-Day International between England and Australia at Southampton’s Rose Bowl Cricket Ground. Sunday, at the Rose Bowl Cricket Ground in Southampton, the second One-Day.
game of the Women’s Ashes 2023 will be played. The multi-format series’ championship game between two ferocious rivals couldn’t have been more thrilling.
Despite suffering losses in all three forms, the defending world champions Australia, who dropped the opening ODI of the three-match series on Wednesday in Bristol, may not have ever felt vulnerable. This is their first defeat in 16 ODIs because of their consistency.
They also lost 1-2 last week in the T20I series, which was their first series loss since the 2017–18 season. In addition, this is the first time the Australian women have dropped three straight international games since February 2017. The significance of this significant comeback for the English women is that they are now tied at 6-6 with only a few matches left, having trailed 0-6 after the sole Test and the first T20I.
The victory in the second and third One Day Internationals (at Taunton) will help England recapture the Ashes, though. The Rose Bowl Cricket Ground’s 2nd ODI between England and Australia for women’s pitch report
The last women’s ODI at the Rose Bowl was played between the hosts and India in August 2006. In fact, the last international match at Southampton was the third T20I of England’s tour of South Africa in July 2022.
It doesn’t mean that there have been no cricket activities on the field since then. In the ongoing Vitality T20 Blast 2023, in eight matches played at this venue, the average score posted by nine teams in the competition is 168 runs.
Playing on the Southampton pitch won’t allow free scoring. The surface tends to hold the ball, making it conducive to spinners to come into play early on. Having said that, once the batsmen settle and get accustomed to the pace of the surface, You can take the bowlers to get cleaned.
The match’s outcome will rely on how well both teams’ spinners bowl, since the pitch is likely to favor both bowlers and batters.