Ashes rivals Ashleigh Gardner and Tammy Beaumont have known as for extra Take a look at cricket to be performed in future sequence between their sides.
England opener Beaumont and Australia all-rounder Gardner are set to go face to face within the multi-format girls’s sequence, which begins with the primary ODI in Sydney this weekend, however got here collectively to talk up for a rise in Take a look at matches.
The present schedule sees three 50-over video games, three T20s and a solitary long-form sport, resulting from be staged this time as a day-nighter on the historic Melbourne Cricket Floor.
However there’s a feeling in each dressing rooms that night up the programme would add to the spectacle.
“Personally I might like to see three, three and three. I might simply like to play extra Take a look at cricket towards England,” stated Gardner.
“Taking part in the one Take a look at appears like a little bit of a novelty at instances. We’ve got good white-ball video games towards England and different groups around the globe, however the best way our groups match up it could be a very cool Take a look at sequence.”
Beaumont, who hit an England document rating of 208 within the sides’ final assembly in 2023, echoed her opponent’s sentiments.
Ashes Schedule
- Jan 11 – 1st ODI, Sydney
- Jan 13 – 2nd ODI, Melbourne
- Jan 16 – third ODI, Hobart
- Jan 20 – 1st T20, Sydney
- Jan 23 – 2nd T20, Canberra
- Jan 25 – third T20, Adelaide
- Jan 30-Feb 2 – Solely Take a look at, Melbourne
“I utterly agree with Ash. I might like to see three, three and three,” she stated.
“The most effective factor in regards to the Ashes is the narrative, the rivalry and the way it builds over time. As a gap batter that’s why you like the sport, it’s a battle of making an attempt to get one up over a gap bowler. It builds much more in Take a look at cricket.”
Within the present format either side takes two factors for profitable a white-ball match, whereas the one Take a look at which concludes the sequence carries an extra weighting with 4 factors up for grabs.
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