Australia Women's team skipper Alyssa Healy won the toss and opted to bat in the one-off Test match of the Women's Ashes 2023 series at the Trent Bridge on Thursday.
England head coach Brendon McCullum feels the first Ashes Test "validated" his team's aggressive strategy and expects his side to "go a little harder" in the second Test at Lord's next week.
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting hit out at Ollie Robinson after his name was drawn into an Ashes sledging argument that ignited in the first Test at Edgbaston and offered some words of advice to the England pacer.
The Knight-led side will feature in the only Test to be played from June 22 to 26 at Nottingham. This will be the first five-day Test for England women on English soil.
England Test skipper Ben Stokes believes that the seven-day break will be sufficient for his bowling attack to recover ahead of back-to-back fixtures at Lord's and Headingley in the Ashes 2023 series
Australia batter Marnus Labushagne's reign at the helm of ICC Test rankings came to an end with England's Joe Rot sealing his place at the top after the first Ashes 2023 Test match
Andy Pycroft of the ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanctions after the teams were ruled to be two overs short of their targets after time allowances were taken into consideration.