It's reminded me that I've got a lot of cricket left: Beaumont on her epic 208

It has been a special week for Tammy Beaumont in red-ball cricket as the opening batter notched up a record-breaking 208-run knock to power England to 463 runs in the first innings of the one-off Test against Australia at Trent Bridge. 

The 32-year-old stepped onto the field on the back of a double century in the warm-up fixture in Derby and followed it up with yet another masterclass in reply to Australia's 473. 

"I have absolutely no idea how I've done it twice in two weeks. All those people messaging me last night saying, 'Double up, double up', I was like, 'shut up, you're jinxing me here," she said. 

"But we've talked about rehearsing the big moments and our mindset for five-day cricket, and I guess I've just found a little purple patch of controlling my mind, controlling my emotions, staying calm and clear," she added. 

The right-handed batter endured a difficult phase in the last 14 months as she was dropped from the T20 squad for the Commonwealth Games and the T20 World Cup in February. 

The time away from the team helped Beaumont work on her game which has yielded her massive dividends, as she intends to play for England in all three formats of the game. 

"It's certainly not been on my mind the last three or four days. Test match cricket is very different to T20 cricket. But I think how I've worked this winter on my game, and that probably has played an impact in me trying to find that motivation to get better and to improve."

"I've worked on trying not to get hit on the front pads so much and get out LBW, and that came about from trying to be more aggressive in the T20 game and access midwicket, and because of that, I'm defending the ball better, so I guess in an indirect way, it's definitely played a part."

"But it's also reminded me that I've got a lot of cricket left that I want to play for England. Whether that's in T20 cricket or not, who knows at the moment, but I certainly want to keep getting better and keep representing our team," she further added.

With a slender lead of 10 runs after the first innings, Australian openers Beth Mooney and Phoebe Litchfield started the second outing in an aggressive fashion and notched up an unbeaten 82-run stand in 19 overs. 

With two days of play remaining, Ash Gardner insisted Australia will push for a result and is hopeful of the wicket deteriorating at some point in the game. 

"We've never played a five-day Test match, so knowing that that wicket will deteriorate at some point, spin is going to play a huge role for the rest of the game," Gardner said. 

"There hasn't been a lot of bounce, but in that last little period you saw balls that were bouncing and some that were staying quite low. There are some cracks appearing which could play into our hands."

"For us, it's about being really relentless on our length. Something we speak about a lot as a group is being really diligent with that and always attacking the stumps to bring all modes of dismissal in, and I think that's super important when you're going into day five of the Test match, which we don't normally do."

"There's still so much time in the game - there's still 180 overs to go - and we're not used to that, but it's an exciting prospect," she concluded.