A colleague responsible for our video clips has just bemoaned having to constantly update the drops montage. I don't reckon his work is done yet today...

Nat Sciver-Brunt with a tight over. Just a single from Ash Gardner's bat off it.

Srinivas Vijaykumar
Cricviz analyst

Ryana MacDonald-Gay has been the pick of the bowlers today. She's induced a false off 23% of her deliveries - the highest of all bowlers, creating chances more often than the others today.

Three potential catches have been dropped off her bowling in this innings.

You can see the life draining out of England in the field here.

Ryana MacDonald-Gay chews gum and puffs out her cheeks. She manages to bowl a maiden over. The young England seamers get a pat from Tammy Beaumont for her efforts between overs.

England's ground fielding has not been much better.

Beth Mooney whips a short ball from Nat Sciver-Brunt behind square where Sophia Dunkley is within touching distance and pulls out a diving attempt to stop it, but cannot get prevent it slipping over the rope for four.

Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on TNT Sports

I hate the dropped catches reel is longer than 20 seconds. It should be a clip, not a highlights reel.

Henry Moeran
Test Match Special commentator

Australia just adding insult to injury.

Salt in the wound, as Ash Gardner finishes the over by thrashing Ryana MacDonald-Gay through the covers for four.

Heads down all over the shop here for England.

Henry Moeran
Test Match Special commentator

Another one. It's amateur.

Sarah Elliott
Ex-Australia batter on BBC Sounds

You can just see the anguish on Heather Knight's face.

You've got to feel for the bowlers here.

Gardner dropped on 12published at 98.4 overs

98.4 overs

Butter fingers in the slips again as Ryana MacDonald-Gay is unable to get any reward for her diligent bowling.

Sophie Ecclestone shells another - England's sixth dropped catch of the day - after Ash Gardner's drive flied through to slip.

MacDonald-Gay had started celebrating before the reality dawned on her.

Ash Gardner and Beth Mooney show a little more intent to Nat Sciver-Brunt with their strokeplay, but the result is still a single apiece.

No boundaries since the 94th over. You could call this period of pressure being applied, but given how many runs Australia have on the board, and the body language of Gardner and Mooney, that would be overselling it somewhat.

Matt Clinch
BBC Test Match Special

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This should be the period of the match where the ball is most dangerous because of the lighting.

Michelle Goszko
Ex-Australia batter on BBC Sounds

You'd think that under the lights the ball might start to swing a little.

The lights have not really brought that much threat from England's bowlers but Australia's run-rate appears to have slowed down a fair bit. A leg bye and a single off Ryana MacDonald-Gay's latest over.

Michelle Goszko
Ex-Australia batter on BBC Sounds

It would be great if Australia could get England under the lights but they probably want to run up their score. Australia would love to bat once.

Yes, it was like a scene from Alfred Hitchcock's 'The Birds' yesterday when what felt like hundreds of gulls descended on the MCG outfield.

No sign of them today, yet, though. as the sun starts to set in Melbourne.

Nat Sciver-Brunt into the attack. Beth Mooney and Ash Gardner content to knock it into the gaps for a single each.

Michelle Goszko
Ex-Australia batter on BBC Sounds

It's like a one day field at the moment. There's no pressure being put on at all.

I'm still waiting for the seagulls to come in.

Ash Gardner and Beth Mooney pick up a single apiece off Ryana MacDonald-Gay as Jon Lewis looks on pensively from up in the stands.

Here's how England bagged the wicket of Annabel Sutherland a little while ago.