Summary

  • Australia reach 56-1 after tricky session under lights - report

  • England bowled out for 170

  • Sciver-Brunt (51) only batter to resist dominant hosts

  • King stars with the ball (4-45)

  • Brown (2-47) impresses with pace

  • One-off Test, Melbourne, day one of four

Live Reporting

by Timothy Abraham & Sam Drury

  1. Australia review

    Ash Gardner hits Danni-Wyatt-Hodge on the pad after the England batter comes forward and plants her foot with a defensive shot.

    Turned down. But Australia send it upstairs.

  2. Eng 106-4

    Danni Wyatt-Hodge is rewarded for her patience as she gets a loose one to start with from Ash Gardner and emphatically drives it through the covers for four.

  3. If you're just joining us, here's how Sopia Dunkley fell to Alana King a little earlier.

    King gets Dunkley caught and bowled

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

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    This is a good partnership. Good from Nat Sciver-Brunt who is just absorbing the pressure.

  5. England 102-4 at drinks

    Steady progress in the hour since the interval as the players take drinks.

    Alana King's menace looms large, though.

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

    We could be in for a lovely half an hour.

  7. Eng 102-4

    Slip, gully and a very short extra cover in place for Alana King.

    Danni Wyatt-Hodge is beaten again before finally breaking King's spell with a jab into the covers to pinch the strike.

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

    This is a matchup for me. Danni Wyatt-Hodge loves to come forward but Australia have set a trap up.

    Alana King just needs to be patient and she'll have her.

  9. Eng 101-4

    Alana King with a couple of beauties to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, who is playing straight and is twice beaten on the outside edge.

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

    It's been a good battle so far between the two teams. If Heather Knight went through to lunch, England would probably be in a better position but they've done well here so far.

  11. Eng 101-4

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    Annabel Sutherland is playing the percentages at the moment, just hanging the ball on a fourth or fifth stump line to Nat Sciver-Brunt.

    Sciver-Brunt gently drives the final ball of the over through covers for a couple to take England past the hundred mark.

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

    That flightier, fuller delivery is the one that caught Sophia Dunkley. Danni Wyatt-Hodge manages to read it and flick it to the side.

  13. Eng 99-4

    Alana King has excellent control of length.

    She's teasing Danni Wyatt-Hodge into sweeping, but so far the England batter resists after belatedly turning a preconceived shot into a defensive prod.

    Wyatt-Hodge has a big waft at King's penultimate delivery but cannot make contact.

  14. Eng 99-4

    Close for Australia, who are turning up the heat at the MCG.

    Danni Wyatt-Hodge cuts Annabel Sutherland but the ball falls just short of the two gullies Australia have stationed there in attempt to bring about this mode of dismissal.

    Wyatt-Hodge pinches the strike off the final ball of the over to open her account.

  15. Michelle Goszko
    Ex-Australia batter on BBC Sounds

    It surprised me that Australia didn't bat first, it's perfect batting conditions out there. They're out for blood.

  16. Eng 97-4

    Alana King is mischievously spinning the ball from hand to hand between deliveries. A wicket maiden for the Aussie leg-spinner as Danni Wyatt-Hodge safely negotiates the next five balls.

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

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    It's such a soft dismissal. It's a flighted delivery, probably a little bit too full. Sophia Dunkley has flicked it straight back to Alana King.

    Sophia Dunkley will be furious with that dismissal but it would've brought up Alana King's confidence.

  18. wicket

    WICKET

    Dunkley c & b King 21 (Eng 97-4)

    A lapse in concentration from Sophia Dunkley costs her.

    The England batter gets her footwork in a bit of a mess, ends up going inside out and rather tamely hits the first ball of Alana King's over back to the leg-spinner.

    The umpires briefly check the catch is clean, and Dunkley is on her way.

    King gets Dunkley caught and bowled

  19. Sarah Elliott
    Ex-Australia batter on BBC Sounds

    With Sophia Dunkley, it always feels like there's a chance to sneak one through bat and pad. It always looks like there's a chance for lbw.

  20. Eng 97-3

    Nat Sciver-Brunt and Sophia Dunkley politely shake hands after the second of two singles off Annabel Sutherland brings up their fifty partnership.