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Live Reporting

by Timothy Abraham

  1. Matthew Mott
    Ex-England and Australia coach on TNT Sports

    That's a regulation catch in the covers, they don't come easier than that really.

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

    Add another to the tally.

  3. dropped catch

    Mooney dropped on 8

    Aus 186-3

    Sophie Ecclestone must be fuming.

    A fourth chance of the day goes down off her bowling as Beth Mooney pushes the ball uppishly into the covers.

    It should be a fairly straightforward catch but it goes through the hands of Ryana Macdonald-Gay and Mooney gets two.

  4. Aus 184-3

    Lead by 14

    England have finally persuaded the umpires that the ball needs to be changed but the replacement doesn't make a huge difference in this over.

    Just a couple from Nat Sciver-Brunt's latest.

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  6. Aus 182-3

    Lead by 12

    Drag down from Sophie Ecclestone to end the over and Beth Mooney punishes it.

    The left-hander is back quickly and pulls firmly through square leg for four.

  7. Aus 176-3

    Lead by 6

    England try to put a bit of pressure on Beth Mooney early in her innings by bringing in a couple of close fielders.

    However, the left-hander is unfazed and pushes through a gap in the covers for two.

    Later in the over, Annabel Sutherland looks to get things moving, hitting over mid-off but without much timing and has to settle for a couple.

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

    EcclestoneEPA

    It's just amazing how Sophie Ecclestone can toil away for hours. It's such a consistent action.

  9. Aus 171-3

    Lead by 1

    Sophie Ecclestone rattles through another good over, another maiden.

    Annabel Sutherland tries to use her feet a couple of times but the accuracy of the England spinner means she is still not able to find a gap.

    A bit of aggression by Ecclestone at the end of the over too, hurling the ball back to Amy Jones behind the stumps after Sutherland patted it back to her.

  10. Aus 171-3

    Lead by 1

    KnightGetty Images

    Just a single off Nat Sciver-Brunt's over but it brings as big cheer from the home fans at the MCG as it moves Australia into the lead.

  11. Matt Clinch
    BBC Test Match Special

    The problem with Australia is that you get one batter out and someone equally as good steps out.

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

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    England needed that one. Watching live, I thought it hit pad first but after watching the replay, I thought it was bat first. It's understandable why Alyssa Healy is upset at that call.

  13. Aus 170-3

    Wicket maiden for Sophie Ecclestone as new batter Beth Mooney sees off the last one in the over.

    Yep, it's Mooney in now. Things don't get any easier for England's bowlers.

    There is still Ellyse Perry, Ash Gardner and Tahlia McGrath to come but one at a time, eh?

  14. Michelle Goszko
    Ex-Australia batter on BBC Sounds

    It would be fair to say that Alyssa Healy is not happy, shaking her head, hands on hips. It was very close, I felt it may have got inside edge but that was hard to overturn.

    You could look at it 15 times and have 15 different answers. It looks like it hit bat and pad simultaneously.

  15. wicket

    WICKET

    Healy lbw b Ecclestone 34 (Aus 170-3)

    Gone!

    No conclusive evidence either way on whether it's bat or pad first, says the third umpire, so it sticks with the on-field decision.

    Ball-tracking confirms it was going on to hit the top of middle and a distinctly unimpressed Alyssa Healy has to go.

    A much-deserved wicket for Sophie Ecclestone after those three missed chances off her bowling in the first session of the day.

    Healy unhappy as Ecclestone takes wicket despite Australia review

  16. Well, good luck to the third umpire figuring this one out.

    It is incredibly close whether it's bat or pad first.

  17. Matt Clinch
    BBC Test Match Special

    I reckon that's hit pad first.

  18. Michelle Goszko
    Ex-Australia batter on BBC Sounds

    There might've been an inside edge.

  19. Australia review

    Sophie Ecclestone hits Alyssa Healy on the front pad and up goes the umpire's finger.

    The Australia captain reviews immediately, though, so must be confident that she's hit it.

    But was it pad first?

  20. Matt Clinch
    BBC Test Match Special

    I'm not sure that England will win this battle with the umpires to change the ball.