Summary

Live Reporting

by Matthew Henry & Timothy Abraham

  1. Australia 73-1 at drinks

    Phoebe Litchfield skips down the track to Nat Sciver-Brunt and chips over the in-field to pick up a couple. That has been her get-out shot whenever England have looked to squeeze her for runs.

    Drinks.

  2. Aus 69-1

    Phoebe Litchfield has chewed up 39 balls for her 17 and invariably she's looking busy at the crease now, attempting to kick on.

    Lauren Filer offers Ellyse Perry a short wide one and she stylishly upper-cuts it for four through backward point. Perry looks like she means business.

  3. Michelle Goszko
    Ex-Australia batter on BBC Sounds

    I've been impressed with Nat Sciver-Brunt today, she's been a key person for England here.

  4. Henry Moeran
    Test Match Special commentator

    Elysse Perry picks up lengths so well.

  5. Aus 62-1

    Nat Sciver-Brunt has occasionally dropped it a little short. She gets away with a delivery which sits up which Ellyse Perry pulls square before a fine stop on the boundary.

  6. Henry Moeran
    Test Match Special commentator

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    This is a ground where Ellyse Perry averages more than 100.

  7. Michelle Goszko
    Ex-Australia batter on BBC Sounds

    The hallmark of Ellyse Perry's career has been finding the gaps.

  8. Aus 57-1

    Lauren Filer is summoned back to the attack by Heather Knight.

    Phoebe Litchfield and Ellyse Perry content to knock her into the gaps for the time being. Four singles off the over.

  9. Bell's work paying off

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    That wicket from Lauren Bell came with a little hint of away movement.

    The outswinger is something Bell has been working on since the start of the English summer.

    She has remodelled her action over the past year to allow her to bowl it with ups and downs along the way.

    Bell spoke about the journey last year.

  10. How's stat?!

    Soham Sarkhel
    CricViz analyst

    Only two games won by the team batting first in eight result ODIs at the Junction Oval. Both of those instances were back in 2010 with Australia scoring 238 and 240 (45-over game) against New Zealand.

  11. Aus 53-1

    Nat Sciver-Brunt is into her second over.

    The seagulls pecking away at the edge of long-off scatter after Phoebe Litchfield frees her arms and whacks the England all-rounder down the ground for four.

    That will give Litchfield a lift after a rather indifferent start.

  12. How's stat?!

    Soham Sarkhel
    CricViz analyst

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    Alyssa Healy v Lauren Bell in ODIs: four innings, two dismissals, 16 runs off 30 balls.

  13. Aus 48-1

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    Ellyse Perry gets a nip-backer from Lauren Bell and the England seamer has her hands on her head. A few deliveries later and Perry confidently pings it through point for four to get off the mark.

  14. Matt Clinch
    BBC Test Match Special

    Beautiful delivery from Lauren Bell, England finally have a breakthrough.

  15. Michelle Goszko
    Ex-Australia batter on BBC Sounds

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    That was a lovely delivery from Bell. The ball just angled in and kissed the outside edge of Alyssa Healy's bat, she didn't have a stable base to hit from.

  16. wicket

    WICKET

    Healy c Jones b Bell 29 (Aus 43-1)

    Lauren Bell punches the air and bellows "Get in!"

    It's a cracker of a ball to get the Australia captain, who had looked in brilliant touch.

    Alyssa Healy is drawn forward to a delivery on a tricky length and it ends up nipping away to take the edge. Amy Jones gobbles up the catch.

    Bell takes the wicket of Healy

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

    I think England did bowl well in the first match, they just need people to bat for longer.

  18. Aus 43-0

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    Lauren Filer is replaced by Nat Sciver-Brunt, who starts with a short-ish ball which sits up and is emphatically pulled for four by Alyssa Healy.

    Danni Wyatt-Hodge is on the player mic and she thinks the pitch is quite similar to the first ODI.

    "I reckon we'll see quite a lot of turn again out here," she says.

  19. How's stat?!

    Soham Sarkhel
    CricViz analyst

    Since the start of 2024, England have picked up at least one wicket in the first 10 overs in 14 out of 16 games before today. Overall, they have picked up 28 wickets in 16 games in this phase, their average of 25.8 the second-best for any team after Australia's 23 in this timeframe.

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

    What Australia won't want to do is let Lauren Bell settle in.