Summary

  • Australia win Ashes outright following victory on DLS method - report

  • England needed 18 runs off five balls when rain forced players from field

  • Australia recover from 114-5 to post 185-5

  • Hosts smash 48 off last three overs

  • McGrath (48*) and Harris (35*) do the damage

  • Second of three T20s, Canberra

Rain stops play with five balls remaining

Live Reporting

by Sam Drury & Mike Peter

  1. Eng 120-3

    Target 186

    There is a crowd of 8,628 an Canberra tonight - comfortably the highest of the series - and they'll be confidence of seeing Australia clinch the series win tonight.

    However, a boundary down the ground for Heather Knight helps keep England in with a chance, albeit it a very slim one.

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

    That is one of Heather Knight's strengths - if you give her just the slightest bit of width, she will go with the spin and lift it up and over extra cover.

    An excellent shot from the captain.

  3. Eng 115-3

    Target 186

    Gorgeous shot from Heather Knight.

    She down the track to Georgia Wareham and plays a lofted drive over extra cover for four.

    England take 13 from the over, they need 14.2 an over the rest of the way to win this one.

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

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    It has been a brilliant spell of bowling in these last few overs from Australia.

    England could have easily won this game, they were ahead before the rain delay but those final few overs of Australia's innings and the runs they scored, have proved to be game-changing.

  5. Eng 110-3

    Target 186

    Four more!

    This time a sweep behind square from Nat Sciver-Brunt. England need to kick on, is that the start of the big push?

  6. Eng 106-3

    Target 186

    A much-needed boundary for England. It's four byes as Georgia Wareham beats Nat Sciver-Brunt all ends up.

    She also gets it just past leg stump and Beth Mooney behind the stumps. Runs for England and they all count.

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    England batters paying too much attention to the DLS par score rather than focusing on chasing down the actual total.

    John, London

  9. Eng 102-3

    Target 186 | DLS par score 118

    From an England perspective, the glass half full view would be that if anyone can get them over the line from here, Nat Sciver-Brunt can.

    While she's there, they have hope.

    But right now, she's struggling. A superb over from Annabel Sutherland costs only three, a leg bye and two singles.

  10. What is DLS?

    Current DLS par 109

    All this talk of DLS, but what actually is it? Well, DLS is short for the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method - a mathematical formula (too complicated to explain here) used to determine a score when rain interrupts play in limited-overs cricket.

    Read more about cricket-related terms here.

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

    Sophia Dunkley got stuck on the crease, it was a fullish delivery and she looked to hit it into the off-side. The DLS score will change again and Australia have got themselves back into the game.

    Australia respond to pressure by adding pressure to the opposition.

  12. wicket

    WICKET

    Dunkley b Schutt 32 (Eng 99-3)

    Schutt double strike swings match towards Australia

    Bowled her! Megan Schutt has swung this game back Australia's way!

    Sophia Dunkley hangs back, is caught on the crease and the ball clatters into off stump.

    Huge wicket in the match, the DLS situation is very much against England and rain is very much on the way...

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

    This changes everything. Danni Wyatt-Hodge cleared that front leg, she gave herself a bit of room and spooned the ball up.

    Tahlia McGrath finally takes a catch successfully, third time lucky.

  14. wicket

    WICKET

    Wyatt-Hodge c McGrath b Schutt 52 (98-2)

    This time the catch is taken.

    Danni Wyatt-Hodge tries to get things moving again and attempts to give herself room to hit Megan Schutt over the off side.

    However, the timing is off and the ball hangs in the air to give Tahlia McGrath takes a simple catch.

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

    It will be interesting to see how Australia will respond as this is the first time England have put them under the pump with the bat in this series.

    Although Sophia Dunkley scored 50 in the last T20, this is different as it's the partnership with Danni Wyatt-Hodge which is proving unmoveable.

  16. Eng 98-1

    Target 186

    Tahlia McGrath will no doubt be fuming about dropping another catch but that is a good over from the Australia all-rounder regardless.

    Just six singles from it but England are still two ahead on DLS.

  17. How stat?!

    Kieran Parmley
    Cricviz analyst

    England have won all eight of the previous chases in which Danni Wyatt-Hodge has passed fifty in T20Is.

  18. 50 runs

    50 for Danni Wyatt-Hodge

    Eng 94-1

    Danni Wyatt-Hodge gets to fifty - just!

    She thumps the ball back at Tahlia McGrath and the stand-in Australia skipper can't hold on.

    Another missed opportunity for the home side but Wyatt-Hodge, who reaches her half-century from 36 balls, continues.

  19. Henry Moeran
    Test Match Special commentator

    It is raining but the players are staying out there. The forecast says it will pour down in about 45 minutes, but that might be enough time to get a game in.

    This is fascinating, games within games.

  20. Eng 92-1

    Target 186

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    Every time it starts to get a bit sticky, England find a boundary.

    Georgia Wareham concedes just two from the first four balls of the over, DLS is level, so Danni Wyatt-Hodge moves across her stumps to club the ball leg side for four.

    She goes again next ball, this time over the covers, for another boundary.

    Whether it comes down to DLS or not, England are well placed as things stand.