Gus Atkinson, with his freshly-trimmed bleached hair, has the ball in hand.

This is his first Test on his home ground.

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Full and straight is the way to go at a number 11. Kate Cross does exactly that and she has her sixth wicket of the innings. That brings her career best ODI figures of 6 for 30, and she will, technically, be on a hat-trick when she bowls next. Quite brilliant.

Cross took the first wicket, the last wicket and claimed another four through the middle. This could not have played out any better for the England skipper, even in her dreams.

An hour ago, Ireland were in a strong position at 153-3 with Orla Prendergast ticking along nicely. However, they lost their last seven wickets for just 59 runs. England will be confident of chasing this down.

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England have certainly thought outside the box again with their latest selection.

Josh Hull is a 20-year-old left-arm seamer who has played just 10 first-class matches.

In those matches he has taken 16 wickets at an average of 62.75. In three matches in the County Championship for Leicestershire this summer he has taken two wickets at an average of 182.50.

But England like the look of him. They say he bowls at good pace and swings it from his 6ft 7ins.

"Josh Hull is 6ft foot heaps, bowls left-arm, ranges in pace from 80 to 90mph, swings it not too dissimilar to the likes of Jimmy Anderson. He's 20 years of age, from good farming stock. It's not a huge gamble, is it?," coach Brendon McCullum said this week.

We will surely see Josh Hull bowling shortly. The first thing I can tell you is he is massive.

He's not someone I have seen a load of before - few have, he's only played 10 first-class matches - so it's going to be exciting.

Play should be getting back under way in a minute or two and this session will run to 16:10 as we make up the time lost yesterday.

Alice Tector came down the pitch and took a wild swipe at a Kate Cross delivery. She missed completely but Bess Heath could not gather cleanly behind the stumps.

Hector, though, made no effort to get back into her ground, leaving Heath to pick up the loose ball and whip the bails off. Cross has a fiver-fer on her captaincy debut.

Two wickets in the over for England skipper Kate Cross. Pitches on middle-and-off and clips the top of Jane Maguire's leg stump. Few finer sights for a bowler. Cross has 4-28 from her nine overs so far.

Meanwhile Courteney Cox has just appeared on my TV screen...

Everything has gone right for Kate Cross since losing the toss. She returns to pick up her third wicket of the innings, Ireland's finisher Arlene Kelly finding the safe hands of Ryana MacDonald-Gay at mid-off.

Can Ireland finish with a bit of a flurry and get to say 230, 240? Don't bank on it.

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BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

England flung the bat from the beginning and faced the consequences, especially at that back end.

Ollie Pope was one of those out within that collapse but not before he had made a fine 154. That has secured his future as England's number three for the winter at least.

It's been a funny old morning. England are in a good position but have lost 7-64 to a series of attacking shots...

Ireland have done "ok" - and just "ok" - here. True, it is their best ever ODI score against England already, but that is just a sign of how poorly they have fared in the past.

Orla Prendergast has been the stand-out with 76, but no one else has (yet) passed 37. It feels like they are below par, but that could still change. Arlene Kelly and Alice Tector, the current not out batters, have a little work to do here.

Oh dear. That was not good, not good at at all. And it was the last thing Ireland needed.

Leah Paul dropped a Mady Villiers delivery into the off-side and shaped to run. Arlene Kelly said "no" but Paul could not turn and get back quickly enough. Freya Kemp swooped in and chucked it to Bess Heath who whipped the bails off.

Thanks Sam. First let's have an update from across the Irish sea...

An eventful morning session saw England added 104 runs for the loss of eight wickets under leaden skies.

To look back at all that has gone on and what is still to come this afternoon, it's over to Matthew Henry.

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Ex-Sri Lanka all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

The ball did a lot more today because better lines were bowled.

It's been a happier morning so hopefully Sri Lanka will play more positively.

Dimuth Karunaratne plays and misses at a ball that jags away off the seam from Chris Woakes.

But the Sri Lanka opener safely sees out the last couple and that is lunch.

The match is slightly more evenly poised than it was at the start of the day but England still in a good position given the conditions.

Big appeal for lbw as Chris Woakes strikes Dimuth Karunaratne on the pads.

Not out. Possibly pitched outside leg and might have been going over the top anyway.