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by Sam Drury

  1. Thanks, Tim.

    Here we go then, we're just three wickets away from Australia 16, England 0.

    Alana King has the ball in hand so they could come pretty quickly.

  2. Right, we're not far away from the evening session as the sun starts to dip down below the stands at the MCG.

    My colleague Sam Drury is on hand to deliver the last rites of England's Ashes campaign as they stare down the barrel of a whitewash.

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    One of the pleasures of being a sports fan is occasionally seeing a brilliant team execute brilliantly. Not the series we hoped for but great to see a team redefining excellence in their sport.

    Andy in Henley

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    Srinivas Vijaykumar
    Cricviz analyst

    England's defensive technique against the spinners has been tested in this Tests and they've struggled across both innings.

    They've lost nine wickets to the Australian spinners while looking to defend, losing a wicket once in every 34 shots. Australia on the other hand lost only two wickets while looking to defend, once in every 140 shots.

    Attempting defensive shots v spin in this Test:

    • England - 9 wickets at 34 shots per dismissal
    • Australia - 2 wickets at 140 shots per dismissal

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    A word for Henry Moeran’s great commentary of Alana King’s wonder-ball too. Superb, Henry.

    Ash in bed.

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    Srinivas Vijaykumar
    Cricviz analyst

    King dismisses Sciver-Brunt

    Alana King's performance against England's best batter, Nat Sciver-Brunt, has been one of the defining match-ups in this Ashes series.

    In all previous internationals matches coming into this series, King had never dismissed Sciver-Brunt in 11 innings conceding 178 runs at close to a run-a-ball.

    In this series, she's dismissed her on four occasions, averaging an exceptional 15 runs per dismissal. Top, top stuff!

    Nat Sciver-Brunt v Alana King in all internationals before this series

    11 innings, 178 runs, 190 balls, 0 dismissals, 94 strike rate

    This Ashes series

    Seven innings, 60 runs, 79 balls, 4 dismissals, 76 strike rate, 15.0 average

  7. Sarah Elliott
    Ex-Australia batter on BBC Sounds

    Spin has certainly turned this session on its head. England were doing fine until spin was brought in.

  8. If you're just joining us, you've missed a magnificent piece of leg-spin bowling from Alana King this morning.

    Thankfully, we've got it on tape. Watch away to your heart's content.

    Dunkley bamboozled by King magnificence

  9. Sarah Elliott
    Ex-Australia batter on BBC Sounds

    We're on the verge of an historic moment with an Australian whitewash. That game at the Junction Oval was a turning point in the series.

  10. England 117-7 at the dinner dreak

    England's last five wickets have gone down for 17 runs.

  11. Matt Clinch
    BBC Test Match Special

    Superb bowling from Ash Gardner once again.

  12. Sarah Elliott
    Ex-Australia batter on BBC Sounds

    Ash Gardner again. Amy Jones stuck in the crease, great catch behind the stumps from Beth Mooney.

  13. wicket

    WICKET

    Jones c Mooney b Gardner 6 (Eng 117-7)

    Final ball of the session and a smart catch from Beth Mooney behind the stumps.

    Amy Jones tentatively prods at delivery outside off stump from Ash Gardner which skips through and spins to take the edge of her bat.

    Gardner now has three wickets. She and Alana King both in the hunt for five-wicket haul after the dinner break.

    Gardner gets Jones caught behind

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    Jack Rule: Alana King just goes to prove the point I continually say. Always play a leg spinner in your team. I wonder if England have a couple of them they could have played...

  15. Eng 116-6

    The MCG crowd, and England's batters, have settled down a little after those head-spinning few overs from Alana King. She's whirling away, though, hunting for wickets with fielders crowded round the bat.

    Amy Jones manages to survive six balls without scoring. Another maiden for King.

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    I would like to see Jason Gillespie as England women's head coach, I think he would be brilliant.

    Pete in Keighley

  17. Eng 116-6

    After Alana King's maiden Amy Jones finally breaks the shackles with a boundary, hitting Ash Gardner over the head of mid-on for four before pinching the strike off the last ball of the over.

  18. Aus 111-6

    Here it is. Drink it in. Alana Maria King, take a bow.

    Dunkley dispatched by King magnificence

  19. Eng 111-6

    Ash Gardner keeps nagging away. Australia's fielders have surrounded the bat now.

    This next hour will see the nails hammered into England's Ashes whitewash coffin you suspect.

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    Feels like I've undergone a rite of passage having been up all night with a newborn baby while watching England flounder against a leg-spinner in Australia.

    Chris & Baby Myles, Loughton