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Live Reporting

by Sam Drury & Timothy Abraham

  1. Sarah Elliott
    Ex-Australia batter on BBC Sounds

    That's a terrific shot from Heather Knight. The Australians won't mind, they're just testing.

  2. Eng 56-1

    Oh Heather Knight, that is glorious.

    Annabel Sutherland cannot find much off the pitch and bangs one in short to Heather Knight who dismissively pulls it away for four.

    The England skipper unfurls a beautiful cover drive later in the over. All balance, poise and technique as the ball pierces the in-field and races to the boundary for four.

    Majestic.

  3. Sarah Elliott
    Ex-Australia batter on BBC Sounds

    This accumulation of dot balls can only make you feel as if there's a wicket coming.

  4. Henry Moeran
    Test Match Special commentator

    I sense that there might be a lot of work to do for Kim Garth and Ash Gardner this afternoon.

  5. Eng 46-1

    Tammy Beaumont sometimes looks like she is pulling out of an attacking shot when she defends off-spin, almost playing with an exaggerated flourish.

    She rocks back to Ash Gardner's penultimate delivery and cuts, but straight to the fielder at point.

    Maiden to start from Gardner.

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    Srinivas Vijaykumar
    Cricviz analyst

    Heather Knight has played Kim Garth a lot better today compared to the first innings. So far, she's played half as many false shots - 10% today v 20% in the first innings. Her footwork has looked better today, playing both off the front (45%) and back foot (30%).

  7. Eng 46-1

    A change of bowling and its spin for seam as Ash Gardner replaces Kim Garth.

  8. Sarah Elliott
    Ex-Australia batter on BBC Sounds

    I just hope those couple of boundaries don't take Tammy Beaumont out of the zone. It's easy to slip into ODI mode, she needs to stay focused.

  9. Eng 46-1

    Well played Tammy Beaumont, who looks in good touch here.

    She crunches a drive off Annabel Sutherland through the covers for four midway through the over, before riding the bounce and steering the Aussie all-rounder between point and gully for another boundary.

    Beaumont hits back-to-back fours

  10. Henry Moeran
    Test Match Special commentator

    I sense that this could be quite a gentle session. The pitch isn't doing much.

  11. Sarah Elliott
    Ex-Australia batter on BBC Sounds

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    I can imagine that Kim Garth just has to pinch herself sometimes considering the progress that she's made this summer.

  12. Eng 37-1

    After overpitching earlier in the over, Kim Garth's fourth ball to Heather Knight is a bouncer. The England skipper resists the urge to whack it and instead controls a pull behind square for a couple.

    A nip-backer off the penultimate ball of over from Garth hits Knight on her inner thigh, prompting encouraging cheers from the Aussie fielders.

  13. Eng 35-1

    Classy shot by Heather Knight.

    Slightly full from Kim Garth and Knight times a beautiful on-drive which races all the way along the carpet to the boundary for four.

    One for the purists.

  14. Sarah Elliott
    Ex-Australia batter on BBC Sounds

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    Tammy Beaumont is such a likeable, high-energy player.

  15. Eng 31-1

    Annabel Sutherland is relentless in probing Tammy Beaumont outside her off stump and beats the outside edge a few times. There's the unerring sense she's waiting to zip one back into the England opener's front pat when it's planted in front of stump.

  16. Sarah Elliott
    Ex-Australia batter on BBC Sounds

    That ball is only getting older. I think we'll start to see some spin soon.

  17. Ben Cameron
    BBC Test Match Special

    The Aussies know that if they get a breakthrough, they'll see the whole English team.

  18. Eng 31-1

    Kim Garth, who made her international debut for Ireland as a 14-year-old before moving to Australia to pursue a professional cricket career, is on the money.

    Tammy Beaumont nudges one into the leg side to pick up single but slim pickings for England in the remainder of the over.

  19. Michelle Goszko
    Ex-Australia batter on BBC Sounds

    There's not as much bounce in this pitch as there was on day one.

  20. Eng 30-1

    Trail by 240 runs

    Heather Knight gives the pitch a bit of a tap between deliveries as she shows the bat maker's name to Annabel Sutherland with some resolute defensive prods.

    The Aussie all-rounder starts with a maiden, but there does not appear to many demons in this surface for the seam bowlers at the moment.