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A moment Tammy Beaumont will never forget.

Can Australia strike early on the morning of the third day? The first session could be crucial as the tourists attempt to reign in England’s growing momentum.

Tammy Beaumont on joining the ‘club’ after reaching Test hundred: “Heather said to me when I came into the changing room ‘welcome to the club’ – I didn’t realise she meant the all three formats one, I thought she just meant an Ashes hundred,” the 32-year-old said.

“It’s always good to look back at personal milestones and nice to tick that one off – something that I thought probably might evade me as I’m coming to the later half of my career.”

On Sophie Ecclestone’s maiden five-wicket haul: “There’s not enough adjectives for how good Sophie Ecclestone is and how good she can be. To bowl 40-odd overs in the first innings of a Test match, how she held an end like she did and also challenge to look like she would take wickets consistently – maybe if Mo’s finger doesn’t hold up, she’ll have to go off there or something.”

Heather Knight, speaking to Sky Sports on Tammy Beaumont’s hundred: “She had a really tricky period against leg spin in the middle but fought through that. She’s joined the club of a hundred in all formats, which she reminded me of [Knight is the other Englishwoman to have achieved it]. It’s hard work being out in the field for so long but the concentration and skill level she showed was outstanding.

“We spoke about having a real clear plan about how we were going to score. There are not too many demons in the pitch. It was just about getting in and playing every ball on its merits. If you target the pads and set straight fields, it can be quite hard to score, but we spoke about being really decisive about the balls we want to attack.

“You are so used in white ball cricket to feeling bat on ball, so it is hard to not follow the ball. It is trying to be really disciplined about the balls you want to attack. That movement and intent to score helps you when you are both playing and leaving.”

Despite admitting she has ticked an item from her bucket list in compiling an Ashes Test ton, Tammy Beaumont said she will rank its significance at the end of the match which marks the start of the multi-format series.

“There were probably moments where I thought I wasn’t going to face enough balls to get there but it put the team in a good position,” she said.

“If we go on to win this Test match then it would be right up there. It’s great to tick it off and as a kid, I dreamt of scoring an Ashes Test hundred. But as I’ve gone on, it’s contributing to the team.

“If you apply yourself as a batter there’s definitely runs out there to be had and so far our batters have pretty much looked at ease.

“I guess I got lucky with one but then again I’ve probably had a couple of unlucky decisions in the last month or so in regional cricket – luck came at the right time.”

England will look to continue to whittle down Australia’s lead as day three of the Women’s Ashes gets underway at Trent Bridge.

Tammy Beaumont led England’s fightback with an outstanding maiden Test hundred as the home side closed the second day of the multi-format Ashes series opener on 218/2, 255 behind Australia’s imposing first innings total.

This innings a decade on from her Test debut carried Beaumont into an exclusive group as just the second woman to register a ton across all three international formats, joining England captain Heather Knight, with whom she shared a crucial 115-run stand as the hosts launched a robust fightback.

Earlier, Australia capitalised on England’s aching limbs – they were kept in the field for 124.2 overs – as the visitors added 235 for the last four wickets, largely thanks to a maiden international century from Annabel Sutherland.