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by Sam Drury & Timothy Abraham

  1. Ben Cameron
    BBC Test Match Special

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    Lauren Bell's discipline takes down Phoebe Litchfield.

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    WICKET

    Litchfield c Jones b Bell 45 (Aus 99-2)

    'Fantastic' Bell removes Litchfield for 45

    Breakthrough for England!

    It's superb from Lauren Bell, she has kept probing away around off stump and now she has her reward.

    The ball is angled across the left-handed Phoebe Litchfield, who is tempted into the drive and feathers behind.

    A much-needed wicket for the tourists.

  3. Aus 98-1

    Four dots from Sophie Ecclestone and Phoebe Litchfield skips down the pitch to her and works her into the leg side for a single. Annabel Sutherland drives the final ball of the over to keep the strike.

  4. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

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    Lauren Bell is bowling absolutely brilliantly here. She's been hammering the top of off stump really well.

  5. Aus 96-1

    Trail by 74 runs

    A good battle between Phoebe Litchfield and Lauren Bell unfolding here. The Aussie left-hander picks up a single with a drive off the final ball of the over to keep the strike.

  6. Aus 95-1

    Lauren Bell starts her next over with three dots to Phoebe Litchfield.

    Both Litchfield and Annabel Suthrland are into the 40s now. How much will England rue the two chances they dropped off the latter?

    England fielding woes continue as two catches dropped

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    Srinivas Vijaykumar
    Cricviz analyst

    In the last Ashes Test in Nottingham, Sophie Ecclestone bowled 78 overs out of the 204 overs bowled by England in the Test - almost 40% of the overs.

  8. Aus 95-1

    "Yes Soph..." bellows Amy Jones behind the stumps to England's left-arm spinner. She's not the most vocal of wicketkeepers, overall, is Jones.

    Two runs off the over. Sophie Ecclestone will have a lot of bowling to do today, you would imagine.

  9. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

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    This is a good battle between Lauren Bell and Phoebe Litchfield.

    Who's going to get that breakthrough first?

  10. Aus 93-1

    Heather Knight has her collar turned up at slip, steely look in her eyes.

    Lauren Bell joins up six more dots against Phoebe Litchfield.

  11. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Australia have been able to rotate the strike against Sophie Ecclestone. Something that England struggled to do against Alana King.

  12. Aus 93-1

    Phoebe Litchfield pokes at the third ball of Sophie Ecclestone's latest over and it takes the edge, but goes wide of Heather Knight at slip and the Aussie left-hander picks up a single.

    Three dots follow from the England left-arm spinner.

  13. Aus 89-1

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    Lauren Bell bowling at a decent pace, and good lines.

    She beats a drive from the left-handed Phoebe Litchfield then twice beats the outside edge of her defensive prod.

    A maiden.

  14. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    If I was England, Sophie Ecclestone gets two breaks today, one at lunch and one at tea.

  15. Au 89-1

    Sophie Ecclestone continues to probe, but there's the unerring sense England will pay for those two missed chances earlier.

  16. Aus 86-1

    Lauren Bell replaces Lauren Filer, and she has a more conventional field.

    A decent start from the England seamer who finds some useful lengths. Three runs off the over.

  17. Sarah Elliott
    Ex-Australia batter on BBC Sounds

    The fitness of this England squad is something that's been questioned this series. Today will be the ultimate test.

  18. Aus 83-1

    Sophie Ecclestone drops one short to Phoebe Litchfield at the start of her next over, and the Aussie all-rounder ruthlessly swivels and pulls it to the fence for four.

    The first half hour of day two has been a tale of missed chances for England, however.

  19. Sarah Elliott
    Ex-Australia batter on BBC Sounds

    I think England have bowled really well in these first few overs of the day. They're definitely creating chances. But there's a boldness and confidence in the way Australia bat.

  20. Aus 78-1

    Lauren Filer bowling a disciplined line to Annabel Sutherland and Phoebe Litchfield. Just the single off the over.