England's veteran batter Danielle Wyatt created history as she made her Test debut in Women's Ashes only Test at Trent Bridge, Nottingham on June 22. Wyatt became the first cricketer in men’s and women’s cricket to make her Test debut after playing more than 100 ODIs (102) and T20Is (143).
Wyatt made her international debut in March 2010 against India in Mumbai. It took her more than 13 years to earn the Test cap. In addition to Wyatt, Australia Kim Garth made her Test debut as well. Garth also made her international debut in 2010.
“(Lauren) Filer and Wyatt make their debuts. We want to be positive and always look to take the game forward and put pressure on the opposition. Lauren is quick and she'll take wickets. Same with Danni, she's an attacking player,” England skipper Heather Knight said after winning the toss and opting to field first.
Wyatt who receieved her Test cap from former England cricketer Isa Guha has scored 1,776 runs from 88 innings in ODIs at an average of 23.68 including two centuries and five half-centuries. In T20Is, the 32-year-old has scored 2,369 runs from 122 innings at an average of 21.53 including two centuries and 11 half-centuries.
In the first session, Kate Cross got the breakthrough for England in the ninth over. Cross swung it back to Phoebe Litchfield who could not get bat on ball and got out leg before wicket. Then Lauren Filer registered her maiden Test wicket as she dismissed opener Beth Mooney. Filer almost got the better of Ellyse Perry for 10 but DRS helped her reverse the umpire’s decision.
Tahlia McGrath and Perry shared a 119-run partnership for the third wicket. Sophie Ecclestone, the top-ranked bowler in the world, castled McGrath for a Test-best 61 after finding just enough turn off the pitch but Perry was assured after a nervy start against Filer. Ecclestone went on to take two more wickets as Jess Jonassen and skipper Alyssa Healy failed to impress.
Perry missed her third Test century by just one run. Filer finally got rewarded for hard work as Perry got out for 99. The Australian all-rounder became the fourth batter in the history of women's cricket to get dismissed for 99 in Test cricket.
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