We were trying to win it, just lost time: Meg Lanning after Women’s Ashes Test ends in dull draw

It was once the manner in which the Test ended in a draw that annoyed the observers and questioning the systems of Australia.
Australia retained the urn after the only Test of the 2019’s Women’s Ashes ended in a draw on Sunday after none of the teams had been able to force the pace on Day Four.
After passing on the follow-on score of 271 after Australia’s first innings of 420 for 8, England declared handing the visitors with a lead of 145 and looked to go the sport along, with 81 overs left in the day.
Yet with the aid of Tea, Australia — who have been 280 runs in advance with forty one overs final — didn’t provide any indication that they would declare and strive to bowl England out for the win.
When the captains shook hands, Australia had motored along to 230/7, with the overall lead standing at 375.
It was the manner in which the Test ended in a draw that frustrated the observers and questioning the strategies of Australia.
Lanning defended the move, saying there had been several considerations that went behind the decision.
“We concept about (declaring) and had a appropriate chat about what our preferences were, and whether we ought to pressure a result,” the ICC internet site quoted Lanning as announcing after the match, “but we looked at how many overs have been left, especially given how many wickets had been falling.
“Test cricket’s supposed to be difficult and a tough battle, and I suppose it truly is precisely what it was. Both groups had been attempting to get an advantage. I don’t assume it was entirely both team’s fault the place we ended up in the game.
“At unique points, we were trying to win it; we simply misplaced time at some stage in and it bought to a factor the place we felt we couldn’t win the game,” she added.
England instruct Mark Robinson refused to question Australia’s approach, pronouncing they had been properly inside their rights to strive and store the Test.
“We misplaced two sessions (to rain), which makes it absolutely hard, does not it?” he said.
“They’re pretty inside their rights to shut up keep and shut the sport down and continue them. Fair play to them. We’ve bought to congratulate Australia. They’ve performed better cricket than us and they’re the holders of the Ashes again. To Meg, who is an top notch leader, you say ‘well done’,” he added.
Australia have shared points with England after a rain-affected Test, which leaves their general sequence lead at 8-2, thanks to their 3-0 win in the ODI series that preceded.
England can, at best, draw level on factors with Australia from right here on, and that is if they win all three matches in the upcoming T20I series opening Friday.
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