My ratings for the women
Tammy Beaumont- 9/10 for first innings 208 passing Betty Snowball as highest English female test runscorer. Would have been 10 but should have pushed to drop down order for second innings.
Emma Lamb - 6. Women don't play enough tests to learn
Heather Knight (c) - 6. Useful 50 but perhaps not aggressive enough in field placings
Nat Sciver-Brunt - 5 Useful 78 in first innings but poor with ball and dropped a relatively simple C&B
Sophia Dunkley - 4 not a test player
Danii Wyatt - 8 two useful knocks but should have pushed to open second innings
Amy Jones - 4 glovework poor, batting worse. Time for a new face for T20s?
Sophie Eccleston- 8 took 10 wickets in match but should look at Gardiners 8 for. Batting poor
Kate Cross -7. Not an opening bowler but tried her best
Lauren Filer - 8 real find. Managed 77.6 mph but now needs Issy Wong to push her to 80
Lauren Bell - 6 The Shard was ineffective but good learning experience
Wouldn't disagree with much of that but
1. Ecclestone is a far better bowler than Gardner. The Australian has far better bowlers around her and didn't have to bowl a ridiculous 70 overs in the match
2. Can someone explain what Bell brings to the team. It is inexplicable that she was picked ahead of Wong.
3. The England bowling ( Ecclestone excepted ) was poor and fielding even worse.
4. Sadly the only players who would get in the Australia team are Beaumont and Ecclestone.
