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. Sarah Elliott
    Ex-Australia batter on BBC Sounds

    We'll start to see how quickly the ball will lose it's hardness.

  2. Eng 72-3

    Darcie Brown is attacking the crease with real purpose. She starts with four dot balls to Nat Sciver-Brunt before England's number four flicks one off her legs for a single.

    England's batters quietly going about their business, picking off the bad ball.

  3. Sarah Elliott
    Ex-Australia batter on BBC Sounds

    England have to keep rotating the strike, they have to keep sharing the workload.

    Australia would love to get another three wickets in this session.

  4. Eng 71-3

    The MCG's capacity is 100,024 and a crowd of 20,000 is expected today. A bigger crowd is expected at the weekend.

    Sophia Dunkley frees up her arms against Alana King and drills a full delivery straight down the ground for four. Nice.

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    What's the crowd like at the MCG? Anything under 40,000 looks empty.

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  6. ouch!

    Aus 67-3

    Darcie Brown digs it in back of a length to Sophia Dunkley, who turns her head away and plays with soft hands. The England batter was expecting a bit more bounce off the pitch.

    A couple of balls later and Brown gets a nasty bouncer to climb into Dunkley, who wears one on her bicep as she attempts to take evasive action.

    Australia turning up the heat.

  7. Sarah Elliott
    Ex-Australia batter on BBC Sounds

    England have a lot to play for. But are they going to be brave and take the game on? Or are they going to occupy the crease?

  8. Eng 66-3

    That's the spirit, Roberto...

    Alana King with a tricky first over for England to negotiate after the interval. She draws Sophia Dunkley into a big waft into the fresh air outside off stump.

    A single apiece off the over.

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  10. Thanks, Sam. What kind of position will England be in when the lights start to come on, I wonder.

    Right, Alana King has the ball in hand. Nat Sciver-Brunt has just remarked her guard.

  11. Right then, the players are heading out for the start of the next session.

    England have a lot of work to do to post a decent first-innings total. To see whether they can manage that, or whether it'll be Australia pushing home their advantage, I'll hand you over to Timothy Abraham.

  12. Not for the first time, England are in dire need of a big knock from Nat Sciver-Brunt.

    The all-rounder has dug in so far and is 20 not out from 57 balls...

    Nat Sciver-BruntGetty Images

  13. Steven Finn
    Former England fast bowler on TNT Sports

    One of the ways Australia are ahead of the rest of the world is their ruthlessness.

    They won't let up. They want 16-0.

  14. Darcie Brown then trapped Tammy Beaumont lbw for eight before Kim Garth returned to break the key partnership between Heather Knight and Nat Sciver-Brunt.

    It was the England skipper dismissed lbw for 25 to leave the tourists 47-3.

    England captain Knight out lbw

  15. Having been put in to bat, it only took four balls for things to start going wrong for England...

    Garth dismisses Bouchier first over in 'perfect start' for Australia

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    If we carry on playing like this then we'll be all out 110-130. We might as well try and smack it to all parts and see if we can up to around 200, annoy them and then pray for some form from the bowlers.

    Andrew, living in Melbourne nostalgically remembering the great day I had when we hammered the Aus women in the football World Cup

  17. How good has Darcie Brown been today? Pace, seam, a wicket...

    Darcie BrownGetty Images

  18. Michelle Goszko
    Ex-Australia batter on BBC Sounds

    The first wicket fell in the first over for Kim Garth, she's been exceptional.

  19. Tea - Eng 64-3

    Probing over from Ash Gardner but Sophia Dunkley survives and that's it for the session.

    Tea on day one and, as has been the case throughout this series, Australia are on top.

  20. Eng 64-3

    Last over of the session and we are going to see some spin. Ash Gardner is on to bowl her first over of the match.

    Sophia Dunkley goes back to defend her first ball. Five more until lunch/ tea/ whatever we're calling this first interval in a day-night Test these days.