5 players to watch in Women's Ashes 2023

England Women (ENG-W) and Australia Women (AUS-W) are all set to face each other in the highly anticipated only Test of the Women’s Ashes 2023. Both teams will play this match at the Trent Bridge in Nottingham tomorrow Thursday, the 22^nd of June. Both teams will be eyeing to win this rivalry having their best players in the side.

The fans and experts of the game already manifesting a great contest between the bat and the ball between both teams. There will be a few names in both teams who will be in the headlines and will also have pressure to perform for their side in this all-important clash.

With said that, here we’ll have a look at the five players to watch out for in this Women’s Ashes 2023 between England and Australia.

Annabel Sutherland

The young all-rounder Annabel Sutherland made her debut in red-ball cricket for Australia Women almost two years back in the year 2021. Although she has played only two Tests since then, but her amazing bowling has impressed everyone.

She has scalped five wickets in the 2 Tests, he has played for Australian women so far with the best figures of 3/69 in an innings. The 21-year-old will also be expected to perform up to the expectations in the upcoming Women’s Ashes 2023. There are very high chances that she gets a chance to make it to the playing XI of the side in this all-important clash.

Alana King

The star bowling all-rounder for Australia Women in white-ball cricket Alana King has played only one Test so far in her very short career of only one and a half years. She made her only Test appearance so far for Australia Women against England Women in the Canberra Test on the 27^th of July 2022 last year.

In that appearance, she scalped 3 wickets and was also impressed with her economical bowling by conceding runs with an economy rate of only 2.77. She will also be one of the names who might catch the eyes of fans or experts during the Women’s Ashes 2023.

Beth Mooney

The star wicketkeeper-batter Beth Mooney is playing for Australia at the highest level of the game for Australia since 2016. Apart from that, she made her first Test appearance for the Australia Women five years back in the year 2017 against England Women in the Sydney Test on the 9^th of November, 2017.

Since then, Mooney has impressed with her performance both with the bat and behind the stumps as well. She has scored 184 runs so far in 7 innings of the 4 Tests, played so far for Australia Women. The 29-year-old has also scored two half-centuries in these appearances. She could play an impactful role in the upcoming Women’s Ashes 2023.

Sophie Ecclestone

The young Chester-based bowler Sophie Ecclestone has amazed everyone with his sensational bowling in Test cricket while playing for England Women. She made her red-ball debut in international cricket in the same Sydney Test when Australia’s Beth Mooney played her first Test. Since then, Ecclestone has played 5 Tests for England.

Bowling in 9 innings of these 5 matches, Sophie has amazingly scalped 17 wickets with two four-wicket hauls with the best figures of 4/88 in an innings and 8/206 in a match. She might be a dangerous factor for Australia to deal with, in the Women’s Ashes 2023.

Nat Sciver-Brunt

The veteran all-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt is in action for England Women in international cricket for almost the last 10 years. She played her first Test against Australia Women in the Perth Test on the 10^th of January, 2014. Since then, Sciver Brunt has played 8 Tests for England Women.

In these matches, she has scored 512 runs with an amazing average of 46.54 including a century and two half-centuries to her name. Apart from that, she has also impressed with her bowling performances scalping 10 wickets and having a best figure of 3/41 in an innings. Notably, she could be a match-defining factor in favour of England during the prestigious Women’s Ashes 2023.