and despite ellyse perry s unbeatenfifty, england hung on to win. australia still hold a significant lead in the series, with england like the men need to win all their remaining matches to regain the ashes. the next game is at lords on saturday. there is another hugely signicant cricket match going on in bulawayo where scotland can seal qualification for the one day world cup later this year. they re up against netherlands. they batted first and set a target of 278, thanks largely to the batting of brandon mcmullen. he hit 106 of 110 balls. in reply, netherlands got off to a good start, they re currently 95-3. from south east to south west london. the oval to the all england club. it s day four at wimbledon. the star attraction as has been the case for the past decade or so. andy murray up on centre court a little bit later on. chathan pathak s there for us and there s british interest before that, though.
Bas de Leede took a five-wicket haul and then struck his first century in an impressive all-round performance as Netherlands became the tenth and last team to book their spot in the 2023 ODI World Cup after beating Scotland by four wickets in .
ashes test at headingley where australia s mitch marsh has smashed a remarkable counter attacking century in the afternoon session. the touring side lost david warner in the very first over. three more wickets fell before lunch but it could have been better had england not dropped three catches. mitch marsh has punished them too dropped on 12 and responded with a sublime hundred from just 102 balls. he s scored three test centuries all against england. he was dismissed on the stroke of tea for 118 but not before helping wrestle back control. the netherlands have secured a dramatic victory over scotland to seal their place at the 50 over world cup in india later this year. scotland knew a win would be enough and set the dutch 278 to win following brandon mcmullen s century. bas de leede took five wickets. the netherlands needed to knock them off in 44 overs to progress and bas de leede s 123 from 92 balls saw them win in 42.5 overs and progress at the expense of scotland. heavywei