Women's Ashes: 2nd ODI as it happened

1. AUSTRALIA WIN BY 63 RUNS
2. Series now level at 2-2 on points
3. Edwards (58) hits 46th ODI half-century
4. Lanning (104) scores sixth ODI century

On to Worcester

So, it's all square after two games. England and Australia continue their journey up the M5 on Sunday, when the third and final ODI takes place at New Road, Worcester. Two precious Women's Ashes points - and two equally precious ICC Women's Championship points - will be up for grabs.

But it's been Australia's day - well done to them, thanks for your company during the day, and I hope you'll join us on Sunday for the next gripping instalment. TTFN.

Oman qualify for World T20

A snippet of cricket news just in: Oman have beaten Namibia in qualifying to claim the last place at next year's (men's) ICC World Twenty20.

So, the six associate teams in India next year will be Scotland, Ireland, Hong Kong, Netherlands, Afghanistan and Oman.

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Got to be a gauntlet of stumpers?

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Holly Colvin

Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

England will look at this one in depth tomorrow, once they've gone through the game it's about moving on. They've got a couple of days before Sunday, they'll look to train hard and come back with real intent at Worcester. Amy Jones was an odd choice for me at four, Lauren Winfield has been doing brilliantly in the Championship and averaging 200, although she's been opening the batting there.

Player of the match

We looked back at the last game, saw where we could improve in all areas and did that really well. We've got such great depth in our squad and it was great to see two people come in and perform straight away. We bowled straight - the run-out was more luck than anything but it's always good to get a direct hit.

Meg LanningAustralia captain and player of the match

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Captain's view

Really disappointed. We started well and at 120-1 we were in with a chance, but we didn't bat well between 30-40 overs. Credit to the Aussies, they bowled well in the powerplay but some poor shot selection has cost us. We knew they would come back hard at us, we've got to bounce back at Worcester.

Charlotte EdwardsEngland captain

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Champagne moment

AUSTRALIA BEAT ENGLAND BY 63 RUNS; AUSTRALIA TAKE TWO WOMEN'S ASHES POINTS & TWO ICC CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS

WOMEN'S ASHES LEVEL AT 2-2

Holly Colvin

Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

Australia came back hard, just as their men did in the second Test - they'll be delighted to be levelling the series. Charlotte's a passionate person, she'll be bitterly disappointed and know the girls can do a lot better than this. They're all experienced cricketers and they'll know that.

Charles Dagnall

BBC Test Match Special

A couple of team changes worked for Australia, but England just seemed a little off the pace.

Holly Colvin

Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

England have been outplayed today, and outbowled by some tight bowling, especially from Megan Schutt. They were coasting it after that partnership of Edwards and Knight up front, and something happened at the drinks break - maybe they lost their concentration - and the wickets started to tumble.

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No fairytale ending for England - Grundy is bowled by off-spinner Osborne and Australia complete a straightforward 63-run win.

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Eng 193-9 (target 260)

Left-hander Rebecca Grundy is England's last hope. She's off the mark nudging a two to third man, but the game has gone really, now. Brunt, however, manages to smear a three to ensure she keeps the strike. Schutt finishes her spell with 4-47 from 10 overs. England need 67 from 48 balls.

Holly Colvin

Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

Katherine's going to have to twist or twist now, really!

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A yorker from Schutt does for Kate Cross - she can't jam her bat down on a full delivery and the ball hits the foot of leg stump. Four wickets for Schutt. It comes after an innovative shot from Brunt - she lines up a lap-sweep but adapts to ramp a four through the vacant slip region.

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Eng 184-8 (target 260)

Coyte to complete her spell - despite all the pre-series attention given to the quicker bowlers Perry and Ferling, it's been the accuracy of the medium-fast seamers Schutt and Coyte which has done the damage - at this stage they have a combined 5-75 from 18 overs. England can only manage a Brunt single when boundaries are needed - 76 needed from 54 balls.

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Eng 183-8 (target 260)

Kate Cross is out to bat after that X-ray on her hand revealed no fracture - she squeezes a two past Ferling at short third man.

And a pretty sorry powerplay (from England's perspective) ends - having lost four wickets for the addition of only 19 runs. England need an increasingly unlikely 77 from 60 balls, with only two wickets left.

Holly Colvin

Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

That looked stone dead to me. It might have kept low but full credit to Schutt. She's bowled well.

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I'm afraid this is becoming a procession - England have lost eight wickets for 89 runs since that opening stand of 92. Shrubsole is the latest wicket to fall, the third lbw victim of the innings.

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Eng 180-7 (target 260)

Anya Shrubsole is the new batter - while she bats in the top order for Somerset, it's fair to say that with an ODI average of 17, she's not out of place at number nine at international level. England need 80 from 66 balls.

Holly Colvin

Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

It's looking a bit ominous for England now. Coyte, that nagging bowler, targets the stumps - you miss, she'll hit.

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Coyte's accuracy is rewarded as Sciver is bowled trying to hit through the leg side. Australia's tails most definitely up.

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Eng 178-6 (target 260)

Indeed, Katherine Brunt is the new batter - and she shows her intentions straight away with a powerful cover drive for three. Sciver pokes a single to backward point, and Brunt bludgeons a four through fine leg which evades Elyse Villani - Brunt has seven from two balls, and England need more like that as they require 82 from 72 balls.

The D/L par score with six down would be 195 at this stage, so England will hope the rain stays away...

Alison Mitchell

BBC Test Match Special

Australia have taken a cluster of wickets and it has put the brakes on. But Katherine Brunt is next in and if anyone can counter attack...

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Another one falls - Megan Schutt is recalled in place of Perry (who has two overs left) and Georgia Elwiss is bowled attempting a drive. Sciver's still there, but England are six down and Elwiss has left the building.

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Kalika Mehta

BBC Sport at Bristol

The crowd's nerves are palpable as England look to rebuild again. A few umbrellas have gone up and plenty of sweaters and being shoved on as the temperature just drops a little to add to the tension. Approximately 3,150 people have made their way to the County Ground in Bristol today and they’re all intent on sticking around until the end.

Eng 170-5 (target 260)

Georgia Elwiss in at seven - nervelessly pushing her first ball for two. Though predominantly a seam bowler earlier in her career, she's not yet been called on to bowl in this series, but saw England home with the bat on Tuesday. Three more singles mean Sciver is off the mark too, and having been ahead on D/L a little earlier, those wickets and that maiden over have England behind the rate at this point. 90 needed from 78 balls.

Holly Colvin

Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

Lydia will be really disappointed. She swung her bat in frustration. She played across the line. Coyte is always nagging at you, she will be more patient than you and builds pressure well.

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Greenway is hit on the toe by a yorker from Coyte as she tries to work the ball through the leg side, and the Kent left-hander has to go. Australia favourites at this stage?

Powerplay

The batting powerplay is taken - a maximum of three fielders outside the circle for overs 36-40. A dilemma for Australia is that this is Perry's eighth over - so if she bowls through the powerplay, she can't bowl at the death. But a tight over keeps Greenway under pressure - after five dot balls, all she can manage is a single. Two great overs for Australia, and suddenly England need 95 from 84.

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Mel Jones

Former Australia batter on BBC Test Match Special

You can sense through the crowd that this is a big period for England now.

Eng 164-4 (target 260)

Jonassen takes a rest with two overs of her allocation left, and Sarah Coyte returns for the final over before the batting powerplay. Sciver suddenly has to play herself in pretty rapidly - and opts to play out a maiden over. 96 needed from 90.

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I hate to correct you, Mike - but that's the Women's World Cup!

The Women's Ashes trophy can be seen on this page.

Dan Norcross

BBC Test Match Special

It'd be great if we had a close finish but you also feel that Australia are just two wickets away from a very good position in the game.

Eng 164-4 (Greenway 19*, Sciver 0*)

Greenway adds a three to her score, Sciver manages a leg bye - England need a round 96 from 96 balls. Don't touch that dial!

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Eng 160-4 (target 260)

Greenway forces Perry off her legs, Erin Osborne gives chase and despite a stumble, just about manages to keep the ball millimetres off the rope without touching it, as the batsmen run three. Or does she? Four is signalled. 100 to win from 101 balls.

Dan Norcross

BBC Test Match Special

That's a massive wicket for Australia. We say Sarah Taylor's England's gun batsmen but how many times does she not go on?

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And just when it was going so well, Taylor is trapped back on the crease by slow left-armer Jonassen, that's absolutely plumb. It brings together Greenway and Natalie Sciver, who were ultimately the match-winning pair at Taunton.

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Eng 145-3 (target 260)

A few umbrellas are going up - and perhaps sensing that if there is an interruption, a wicket could make all the difference on D/L, Lanning turns back to the pace of Ellyse Perry. Taylor adds a single, Greenway scampers a well-run three, and Taylor forces another two through the covers as Sarah Coyte fails to stop the ball at point with a sliding stop. A single to the cover sweeper takes Taylor to 38 and leaves 114 needed from 109 balls. If it rained now... England would be six ahead on D/L.

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A handful. Or a clutch. Trying to think of some more pun-related nouns...

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Eng 139-3 (Taylor 34*, Greenway 4*)

Jonassen spins down her seventh over - Australia look as though they're saving Perry for the powerplay, but it will be interesting to see who bowls at the other end. Three singles from the over.

Hang on - there's a bit of rain in the air. And for those of you wondering, England are marginally ahead on Duckworth-Lewis - the par score having been 135-3 at the end of this over.

Mel Jones

Former Australia batter on BBC Test Match Special

It's not going to be easy for England now. We're at a pivotal point in the game. Sarah Taylor only averages 27.5 in the Women's Championship at the moment but she's starting to get a move on now.

Eng 136-3 (target 260)

Charlotte Edwards descends from the dressing-room balcony to the England dug-out. Good placement from Greenway and Taylor keeps the scoreboard ticking, as does an innovative scoop to fine leg. Four from the over.

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Eng 132-3 (Taylor 29*, Greenway 2*)

Jonassen bowls her left-arm spin over the wicket to the left-handed Greenway, who fluently sweeps for a single - and goes back round the wicket to Taylor, serving up a full toss which Taylor hoists through mid-wicket for four. After three overs without a boundary, that's eased the pressure for England. 132 needed from 126 balls.

Charles Dagnall

BBC Test Match Special

The pressure is building - the overs are dropping and the runs are not coming as quickly off the bat as England would like.

Eng 126-3 (target 260)

Left-hander Lydia Greenway is England's number five - can she dig England out of a hole, the way she did in Taunton on Tuesday? Just three singles from Schutt's over.

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And one brings two - as Jones backs away, trying to force the recalled Jess Jonassen through the off side, she's beaten in the flight and bowled. What is it Geoffrey Boycott says about adding two wickets to the score?

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Eng 122-2 (target 260)

Amy Jones is the new batter, joining fellow wicketkeeper Sarah Taylor at the crease. Aussie stumper Alyssa Healy stands up to the medium-fast Schutt, so we have three wicketkeepers within 22 yards or so. What's the collective noun for a group of wicketkeepers, anyway? Jones sees off the rest of a wicket maiden.

Sorry, I think I referred to them as dragons earlier!

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Bowled! Edwards is bamboozled by a slower ball from Megan Schutt as she tries to force the seamer through the leg side and is comprehensively bowled. Australia are delighted. Game on.

Ebony Rainford-Brent

Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

I think Australia should try a little spell of Perry, maybe that extra pace could bring a wicket for them.

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Alison Mitchell

BBC Test Match Special

Things can change if a couple of wickets fall so the partnership is key here.

Drinks break

England reach the halfway point of their innings - Taylor takes one hand off the bat as she firmly straight-drives Coyte for four. A less fluent inside edge past the stumps brings her two more. Beverages.

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Eng 114-1 (target 260)

Australia recall left-arm spinner Jonassen in place of the expensive Ferling and that's a tighter over - just two singles from it.

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Eng 112-1 (Edwards 56*, Taylor 13*)

Good running by the England pair brings Taylor a three and Edwards a couple of singles from Coyte's fifth oer.

For those of you who were listening to TMS earlier when Ebony Rainford-Brent mentioned how she started her T20 international career with three ducks against South Africa...

Eng 107-1 (target 260)

A leg bye and a single end a profitable Ferling over - 13 from it.

Eng 105-1 (Edwards 53*, Taylor 10*)

Ferling's line is letting her down a little here, sending down another legside wide, before Taylor clips a no-ball for four through the leg side to push England into three figures. That gives Taylor a free hit, which she whacks for four to the same region.

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Aussies pile on the runs

Shaun Marsh is enjoying the perfect audition if Chris Rogers is not fit for next week's third Ashes Test. He's closing in on a century against Derbyshire as the Aussies reach 253-3 after 60 overs. Listen to commentary over here.

Eng 94-1 (target 260)

Sarah Taylor joins her captain at the crease, she's off the mark with a two. England need 166 more from 29 overs.

Ebony Rainford-Brent

Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

She worked it to the leg side, assuming like most people would that it would beat the fielder. It was a direct hit and she's gone by an absolute mile.

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And just when it was going so well, Knight hits the ball to short mid-wicket, and a direct hit from Lanning runs her out - not even a full-length dive can save the England vice-captain.

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Eng 92-0 (target 260)

More steady accumulation by England as they reach the 20-over mark, as they take four singles from Ferling's over.

Dan Norcross

BBC Test Match Special

If I was going to be picky about Charlotte Edwards, it's that she's only got nine hundreds and 46 fifties. Her conversion rate isn't that hot compared to Meg Lanning (who has six hundreds and seven fifties). It's almost Stephen Fleming-esque.

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Ebony Rainford-Brent

Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

Charlotte is somebody who can handle pressure well. It's a big day, she needed to do well and she has. On a slow pitch, she's looked pretty good today.

50 for Charlotte Edwards

And that's fifty for the England captain, from 68 balls - her 46th fifty in 187 ODIs brought up with a single. Knight is helping her along well with ones and two - she has 36 from 46 balls.

Eng 83-0 (Edwards 48*, Knight 33*)

Australia turn to the pace of teenage seamer Holly Ferling - Knight hits the ball nearly straight to backward point, but a wild throw allows them to jog through for an unearned single. Keeper Healy needs to be alert to take a wild legside wide, a single takes Edwards to within two runs of her fifty, and Knight steers a two backward of point.

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Eng 78-0 (target 260)

Osborne (0-19) off after three overs and Sarah Coyte has had a change of ends. Edwards pushes her first ball for a single, Knight opens the face to dab one to third man. A tighter over for Australia, but England's openers remain on course - the required rate is about five and a half.

Eng 76-0 (Edwards 46*, Knight 29*)

Australia are whistling through these overs of spin very rapidly - anyone who moans about slow over-rates in cricket can point to the women's game as an example of how it *can* be done - we've had 16 overs in under an hour, and not a drinks break in sight. Four singles taken, Jonassen has 0-12 from three.

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Eng 72-0 (target 260)

Edwards powerfully drives Osborne for four, then misses when she tries to cut a half-volley. A single takes her to 44 from 58 balls. Knight, supporting her captain well, nudges a two to third man and dabbing a single to cover, moving to 27 from 32. The Southern Stars rather need a wicket.

Eng 64-0 (Edwards 39*, Knight 24*)

Edwards sweeps at Jonassen, Healy appeals for lbw but that was a little optimistic as (a) the ball was heading well down the leg side and (b) no leg-bye signal shows Edwards got a bit of bat on that one. Some good hustle between the wickets from England, who are going along nicely. Who's your money on?

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Can anyone explain why Worcester is the furthest north where this series is being played?

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Eng 61-0 (target 260)

Osborne gives it a bit of air but England resist the temptation to hit the cover off it - taking four singles. They need 199 more from 37 overs.

Kalika Mehta

BBC Sport at Bristol

Kate Cross has returned [after a precautionary X-ray] and all is well, the ECB has confirmed. It’s nothing more then a bruise and the bowler will bat, if required.

Eng 57-0 (Edwards 35*, Knight 21*)

After one over of Coyte, Australia opt for the twin-spin option and turn to left-arm spinner Jess Jonassen - England plunder three singles and a two from a rapid over.

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Recently played the highest ever cricket match up Kilimanjaro with Heather Knight. She can certainly hit the ball.

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Eng 52-0 (target 260)

A double change in the bowling as Australia turn to Erin Osborne's off-spin - and after a couple of singles, when Osborne drags one down short, Knight pulls her for four through long leg to bring up the fifty stand. The vice-captain pinches the strike with a single off the last ball, and England are only a shade under the required run rate, which is currently 5.35.

Eng 45-0 (Edwards 33*, Knight 11*)

Edwards sees off the rest of the over, and England are through the powerplay unscathed - and sitting pretty. Australia were 38-0 at this stage.

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The chase is on

England have been set 260 by Australia, but they have reached this total before, having successfully chased the 272 New Zealand set them in 2006-07. The Aussies themselves hold the record as they chased 289 when playing New Zealand in 2012-13.

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Eng 45-0

Australia make their first bowling change as medium-pacer Sarah Coyte replaces Schutt - and her first ball is a juicy full toss which Edwards despatches through mid-wicket for four. In fact, it's the fourth time in five overs that Edwards has hit a boundary off the first ball of the over. There's no let-up for Coyte as Edwards whacks the next ball for four more through the covers.

Eng 37-0 (target 260)

Still Perry for her fifth over, and Edwards square-drives her third boundary of the day, before picking up a hard-run two through the covers. A last-ball single means her 25 has come from 38 balls; Knight has 11 from 16.

Eng 30-0 (Edwards 18*, Knight 11*)

If it's there to hit, Edwards will hit it... the England captain slaps a full toss through the covers for four. Steady so far from England, on the way to their highest ODI run chase.

Pup's gone

Australia captain Michael Clarke is out for 16 in his side's tour game against Derbyshire - becoming the first ever victim for 19-year-old Will Davis. There's worse scalps...

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Eng 25-0 (target 260)

Knight plays out the over unscathed.

Alison Mitchell

BBC Test Match Special

That's a lesson in staying and waiting for the decision.

Eng 25-0

Knight takes a few steps away from the middle as though she's walking off, then pauses... the TV umpire signals "not out" and the England vice-captain resumes her innings.

Umpire review

Has  Knight nicked one behind? An obvious edge, keeper Alyssa Healy takes the ball low but doesn't appeal herself, Perry and the fielders appeal and the umpire sends it upstairs... was the catch taken cleanly?

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Eng 23-0 (Edwards 12*, Knight 10*)

The skipper finds the boundary for the first time as Edwards dabs Schutt through the vacant slip region for four. The captain, playing her 187th ODI, has a huge smile on her face. All about building a platform at this stage.

Isa Guha

Ex-England seamer on BBC Test Match Special

With a run chase like this, you want one of your top four batting through. But with Charlotte Edwards, she's not going to get full value for her shots here today. Maybe she should make better use of the powerplay and then let others bat around her.

Eng 17-0 (target 260)

Edwards nudges a single off her legs, Knight rotates the strike to move into double figures - and Lanning posts herself at short mid-wicket to try to cut off Edwards's patented "single off the legs" shot. But when Perry strays to the off side, Edwards cuts fiercely and it takes a great stop by Sarah Coyte at backward point to cut off a probable boundary.

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Eng 14-0 (Edwards 4*, Knight 9*)

Schutt finds the edge - and it's a lifeline for Knight as the ball flies between the keeper and the solitary slip, and away for four. A let-off - or a good omen? A single and a leg bye keep the score ticking.

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Eng 8-0 (target 260)

Now, is that a warning? Perry aborts her run-up just as she's about to enter her delivery stride, and shows the ball to Knight who's an inch or two short of the crease as she backs up. Edwards is under way with a two off her legs, adding another two to level her partner's score.

Isa Guha

Ex-England seamer on BBC Test Match Special

Scores are getting bigger in women's cricket. It's partly because the girls are getting stronger and are scoring more boundaries.

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Eng 4-0

Heather Knight takes guard, raking her crease before facing right-arm seamer Megan Schutt, who wasn't selected at Taunton but has replaced leg-spinner Kristen Beams in the XI today. Like her new-ball partner Perry, Schutt has a thick stripe of sun cream across her nose and cheeks - and Knight gets England under way with a powerful, cover-driven four.

Dan Norcross

BBC Test Match Special

There's something very idiosyncratic about Charlotte Edwards' technique but it's been finely honed over the years.

Eng 0-0 (target 260)

Perry starts with a probing over to Edwards, who can't beat the infield early on and plays out a maiden over.

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Ralph Brooker in France:  Different Ashes, same pattern: undercooked Aussies lose first contest. But come back strong in the second. Hope there's no Michele Johnson in the Aussie pace attack. Come on England, you're going to have to bat big here.

Nearly ready for the run chase - remember, this will be England's highest successful Women's ODI run chase if they pull it off. Charlotte Edwards and Heather Knight opening for England, and Ellyse Perry taking the new ball.

Edgbaston pitch latest

Edgbaston groundsman Gary Barwell has been speaking to BBC Sport about the surface he's preparing for next week's third Test:

I'm trying to produce a good quality Test pitch with plenty for the bowlers and the batsmen, good carry and good bounce. I've had no directives from ECB on what kind of pitch to prepare.

England announce UAE tour

England's men have announced the dates for their "away" series with Pakistan, which will take place in the UAE this autumn.

After two warm-up games in Sharjah, they will play three Tests in Abu Dhabi (13-17 October), Dubai (22-26 Oct) and Sharjah (1-5 Nov). Those three venues then host four ODIs and three T20 internationals between 11 and 30 November.

Chris Rogers latest

Pat Murphy

BBC Radio 5 live

There'll be no further medical update on Australia batsman Chris Rogers until he's had further tests in London tomorrow. This week he has seen specialists and undergone scans but further assessments are needed on why he felt dizzy while batting in the Lord's Test on Sunday. Rogers must be rated a doubt for the Edgbaston Test, starting next Wednesday.

Australia tour game

An update from the men's game now and Australia have just reached 150-0 in the tour match against Derbyshire at Derby. David Warner has just reached his century and retired out to give Michael Clarke some time at the crease. There is no Mitchell Johnson, Josh Hazlewood, Steve Smith or Mitchell Starc (who is watching the women in Bristol (his fiancee is Alyssa Healy).

You can see the scorecard for the men's tour game here  - and follow live commentary on the BBC Sport website.

Ebony Rainford-Brent

Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

I don't think England's fielding was as sharp as Tuesday. It wasn't much off the mark but the standards have been set. They have some areas they will want to tighten up in the bowling. Not many looked like taking wickets and they need to work on that on flat wickets.

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Right, while the players grab some lunch, keep your ears on TMS as they're shortly going to check in with the Aussie men's game at Derby, where Australia have made 150-0 against Derbyshire, with David Warner closing on a century. You can follow that game with live commentary via the BBC Sport website.

Ebony Rainford-Brent

Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

What I liked about Lanning's innings is that she went out at about a run a ball, at a good pace. There won't be many who will be able to keep the boundaries coming as much as she did because it is a slow outfield.

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Ebony Rainford-Brent

Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

They are about 10-15 runs over par. What I like about Australia is that they have learned from their mistakes. They wanted to make sure they built early doors. They built a base which allowed Lanning and Perry to get into the game and build a positive total.

Aus 259-6

Sciver, having picked up a couple of late wickets, re-ties her hair between deliveries as Erin Osborne comes out for the last two balls of the innings. A leg bye gets Healy back on strike for the last ball, she steps across to bunt a single to short fine leg and England must score 260 to win.

Ebony Rainford-Brent

Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

Jonassen went miles to wide to leg side there. Sciver is bowling a lot of slower balls and good ones, with a lot of variation.

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Jonassen is miles down the track, swings and misses, the ball is called wide but this time Taylor makes no mistake.

Missed stumping

Sciver to bowl the last over - preferred to Brunt or Cross, who have one over left - and the left-handed Jonassen whips the first ball over the bowler's head for four. A single brings Healy back on strike, now is that a stumping chance missed? Tough, but probably yes, as Taylor can't take the ball cleanly.

Aus 250-5

Jess Jonassen in, and off the mark with a single. Only three runs from the over means Knight finishes with 2-44 from nine overs.

Ebony Rainford-Brent

Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

England will be very pleased with this last over from Heather Knight. Every run counts.

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Thankfully for England, the missed stumping does not cost any runs as off-spinner Knight picks up her second wicket, bowling Blackwell as the former skipper tries to hit through the leg side.

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Missed stumping

Nearly a second stumping as Blackwell comes down the track to Knight - but this time a fumble from Taylor keeps Blackwell in.

Aus 243-4

Wicketkeeper Alyssa Healy is in at number six - watched from the stands by her fiance Mitchell Starc - and she's been promoted above Jess Jonassen, who opened in the last game. She guides her second ball for four.

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Sciver deceives Lanning as she comes down the track to a slower ball, and quick as a flash, Sarah Taylor removes a bail and the skipper is stranded. A few of the England players make sure they congratulate Lanning on an excellent century before she leaves the field.

Aus 238-3 (Knight 8-0-41-1)

New batter Alex Blackwell gets the reverse sweep out first ball, Rebecca Grundy gives chase and cuts off the four as they run three. Lanning then plays a similar reverse sweep, misses and Knight raises both hands to appeal for lbw - but it's not out.

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Ellyse Perry falls two short of what would have been a women's ODI record of seven successive fifties as she's beaten in the flight and bowled by Heather Knight - who, for someone who's only been bowling regularly in internationals for a year or so, has been doing a very steady job for her side today.

Aus 234-2 (Lanning 103*, Perry 48*)

The ones and twos continue to flow. Looking like a monumental run chase for England here.

Ebony Rainford-Brent

Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

For me, she's up there with the best. She was unfortunate with that lbw shout in the first match but she'll be one of the finest cricketers if she carries on in this vein.

100 for Meg Lanning

Australia captain Meg Lanning completes a marvellous century from 92 balls as she guides sixth bowler Natalie Sciver's medium pace for two through third man - it's her sixth ton in 38 ODIs. And she's still only 23...

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Aus 225-2

More accumulation from the third-wicket pair against Knight - Lanning, on 96, pushes a quick single to Georgia Elwiss at mid-off and puts in the full-length dive but the throw is wide. Five singles from Knight's seventh over.

Aus 220-2 (Lanning 95*, Perry 43*)

Perry has played the supporting role in this partnership - she reaches 42 by flicking Cross down the leg side for four, and for such a powerful striker of the ball, it's surprising that's only her second boundary today. Lanning, meanwhile, gets off the unlucky-for-Aussies 87 by slogging Cross for consecutive fours through square leg.

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Aus 205-2 (Knight 6-0-32-0)

A ripple of applause around Bristol for the hundred partnership as Perry smacks Knight for a single past the non-striker. Knight will be pleased not to concede boundaries - and Lanning misses an attempted big blast as she steps across to the off side - but England are just desperate for a breakthrough. With Australia having two well-set batters, wickets in hand and power to come, this could be a very big target for the hosts to chase.

Aus 202-2 (Lanning 84*, Perry 36*)

Kate Cross returns to the attack, she has three overs left. Perry and Lanning plunder some singles to take Australia past 200 and to within one run of their century stand.

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Holly Colvin

Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

Will you be returning to top-level cricket for next year's Super League?

This sounds very cliched, but I'm taking each game as it comes, enjoying my cricket and helping Sussex out. Towards the end of my career with England, it was not as enjoyable as I wanted but the break has refreshed me.

Aus 197-2

England have to juggle their bowlers for the last 10 overs - indeed, they'll need a sixth bowler if it goes the distance. Edwards decides to keep Brunt's final over up her sleeve, and turns back to Heather Knight's off-spin - three singles are followed by three dot balls from the vice-captain.

Holly Colvin

Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

Meg Lanning has a great strike rate in one-day internationals - it was 97 before today.

Aus 193-2 (Lanning 80*, Perry 31*)

Shrubsole to bowl her last over, and she finishes with 1-41 as Australia, on cruise control, milk six singles.

And good news if you're an Afghanistan fan - they've qualified for next year's ICC World Twenty20 in India after beating Papua New Guinea in qualifying. The win was brought up with a six - well done them. The final place is between Oman and Namibia, who play this afternoon.

Dropped catch

More frustration for Brunt, who can yell with the best of them when things aren't going her way, as Lanning edges, Sarah Taylor gets half a hand to it but can't hold on. Brunt is stuck on 99 ODI wickets - she has 0-43 from nine.

Unless Perry's bat was in the air, that full-length dive will have saved her... and it does.

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England gamble on keeping Brunt on for her ninth over - it'll leave them short for when she usually bowls at the death - and the Yorkshire pace bowler isn't happy to have a wide signalled. Perry pushes a quick single and has to dive for her ground as the throw from Kate Cross hits the stumps, they're going upstairs...

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Aus 179-2

A trio of inflatable purple dragons look on as Perry and Lanning take three singles from Shrubsole's ninth over.

Holly Colvin

Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

Having taken a break from the game in 2013, I'm easing myself back into cricket this year - I've trained with the Middlesex academy played a bit for Sussex this summer. The one thing I didn't do last summer was take a summer holiday, which was ludicrous.

Aus 176-2 (Lanning 70*, Perry 25*)

Knight takes a rest and Katherine Brunt's back on to share powerplay bowling duties with Shrubsole. But the field restrictions mean it's all too easy for the Aussie third-wicket pair to rack up the singles, while a couple of lapses in the field - even one from the usually peerless Lydia Greenway - allow a couple of extra runs. Brunt's not happy.

Aussies on top in Derby

Australia's men have passed 100 without loss in their tour game against Derbyshire. David Warner is 63 not out and his opening partner Shaun Marsh has 36. Follow live coverage here.

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Powerplay

It's time for the batting powerplay - and time for the fans to wave their "4" cards again as Lanning lifts the recalled Shrubsole over mid-on for four. This is looking ominous from the Southern Stars skipper, another four and a single give her 66 from 64 balls.

Ebony Rainford-Brent

Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

Lanning is in the form of her life. She's still so young too.

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50 for Meg Lanning

It's not the classical way to bring up your fifty - Lanning nicks one past the keeper for four, but that's her half century from 57 balls, with seven fours. A smeared sweep brings her for more - and having bowled her first three overs for 11, that Knight over cost 14.

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Aus 146-2 (Lanning 48*, Perry 18*)

Perry, who we know can be aggressive with the best of them, is still biding her time against the spinners, while Lanning is more confident, whacking a four wide of extra cover to move to 48.

And with figures of 1-50 from her 10 overs, that's the end of Rebecca Grundy.

Ebony Rainford-Brent

Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

My gut feeling is that this is a 230 pitch. They might even get past that if they continue building.

Aus 140-2 (Lanning 43*, Perry 17*)

With the batting powerplay on the horizon, Australia remain watchful against Knight's off-spin for now. Three from the over, this stand is worth 37. And it was about now on Tuesday that the Aussies started running themselves out...

Aus 137-2

Grundy's penultimate over, she's quickly through it, the Aussies add some ones and twos without any danger.

Aus 133-2 (Lanning 40*, Perry 13*)

Knight, bowling round the wicket, is hoisted over her head for two and swept for four by skipper Lanning, who looks minded to add to her total of seven ODI fifties (which, together with her five centuries, is a good conversion rate in this format).

Ebony Rainford-Brent

Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

Grundy has no protection on the leg side so she can't afford to bowl straight. Especially with these two now looking like they want to get on with things.

Aus 127-2

It's spin from both ends for now as Grundy begins her eighth over - and Lanning pierces the off-side ring with a lofted cover drive which just evades the leaping Katherine Brunt at extra cover and brings her three. Perry is into double figures, hitting against the spin and clubbing the slow left-armer for four wide of long-on.

Ground staff hold their hands up

Earlier, play was suspended because the fielding circle had been marked out wrong! (2 overs)

Aus 120-2 (Lanning 31*, Perry 9*)

England turn to the off-spin of Heather Knight - who took 1-42 from her 10 overs at Taunton, but took the crucial wicket of Perry and also ran Alex Blackwell out with a direct hit. Skipper Lanning briefly endangers her stumps when she nearly chops one on, but a tidy over from the vice-captain yields just two singles.

Alison Mitchell

BBC Test Match Special

If Australia can beat the inner ring, there's lots of ones and twos available in the deep.

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Aus 118-2 (Grundy 7-0-33-1)

The crowd seems to keep growing at Bristol as Australia keep the singles flowing against Grundy. Three from the over. And with 28 overs gone, England's four bowlers have bowled seven overs apiece.

Alison Mitchell

BBC Test Match Special

Brunt doesn't smile much when she's bowling - she's such a fearsome competitor.

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Australia are 80-0 in their tour game against Derbyshire, with David Warner smiting 54 off 63 balls. You can follow this match here.

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Aus 115-2 (Lanning 29*, Perry 6*)

Still no sign of a fifth bowler as we enter the 27th over - Lanning works Brunt down to third man for a single, Perry rotates the strike, and Lanning carefully opens the face to guide another four wide of third man.

Aus 109-2

After those two overs from Shrubsole, it's back to Rebecca Grundy's left-arm spin at the Ashley Down Road End, with a silly mid-off (and a ring of four off-side fielders behind her). Not much margin for error here for Grundy with no protection behind that off-side ring, she hits Lanning on the pad and there's an appeal - but the umpire's unmoved. Just two singles from the over.

Drinks break

An interesting change - Katherine Brunt is back for a second burst, this is her sixth over and England normally keep her back for the powerplay and/or the death. The hope may be that she can get Perry out cheaply, but the tall right-hander cover-drives for two, before dabbing a single through mid-wicket to nick the strike. Time for drinks.

Aus 104-2 (Shrubsole 7-1-23-1)

All-rounder Ellyse Perry in at four for Australia - and her recent ODI batting figures are very scary if you're English. Her last nine innings were 45 not out, 65 not out, 0 (first-ball duck), 90 not out, 53, 72, 64 not out, 74 not out, and 78. Gulp. She's not out first ball here - and is under way with a single. England beware.

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WICKET

Shrubsole is rewarded for her persistence as Bolton tries to pull a good length ball, misses and the ball cannons into her off stump. That won't look too clever when the left-hander from Perth examines that shot again. But relief for England, though Australia still have plenty in the tank.

Aus 103-1

Cross continues at the Pavilion End, and there's no rest for Shrubsole as the ball keeps picking her out at fine leg or third man. Some busy ones and twos push Australia's score into three figures.

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Kalika Mehta

BBC Sport at Bristol

Australia left-arm pace bowler Mitchell Starc, Southern Stars wicketkeeper Alyssa Healy’s other half, often turns up to watch her when she’s playing and he’s been spotted in the stands in Bristol today. He’s managed to find himself a seat far away from anyone else, though there is a small gaggle of young fans starting to gather close to him.

Aus 98-1 (Shrubsole 6-1-22-0)

England make a change, but no sign of a fifth bowler yet as Anya Shrubsole returns for a second spell from the Ashley Down Road End. (Bit of a mouthful, that one). But the ones and twos keep coming for Australia's left-hand/right-hand pair.

Aus 93-1 (Bolton 32*, Lanning 19*)

Still just the four bowlers used (in five-over spells apiece) at this stage - Kate Cross begins her sixth, and Bolton continues to take it one single at a time - while Lanning is moving swiftly up through the gears, scampering through for a two and a three - having taken nine deliveries to get off the mark, she now has 19 from 19.

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Aus 87-1

Once more, the short ball is England's undoing as Grundy is powerfully pulled for four by captain Lanning, who then comes down the track and lofts the spinner over her head for four more.

Aus 76-1 (Bolton 30*, Lanning 4*)

Cross begins her fifth over, Bolton is proceeding in singles at the moment and Lanning is finally off the mark with a well-timed flick off her legs for four - Katherine Brunt's run and dive towards the mid-wicket boundary can't cut it off.

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Plenty of cricket on the BBC today. As well as this match on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra, you can listen to Australia's tour match at Derbyshire  this morning, or any of this evening's T20 Blast games - all of those via the BBC Sport website.

Aus 71-1 (Grundy 4-0-17-1)

Bolton starts with a single again. Grundy has a slip in for Lanning, and the Southern Stars skipper plays out the rest of the over - she's yet to score from eight deliveries.

Mel Jones

Former Australia batter on BBC Test Match Special

"Anya Shrubsole struggled with her line. I was thinking England should have given Cross a chance with the new ball."

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Aus 70-1 (Bolton 28*, Lanning 0*)

Bolton adds a single, then Cross fires one down the leg side of right-hander Lanning which keeper Taylor can't reach and they run one. With the left-handed Bolton on strike, Cross then sends another wide down the left-hander's leg side. Radar a bit off at this stage.

Aus 65-1

Big hugs from her team-mates for Grundy as Australia captain Meg Lanning comes in - with her side in a much better position than they were this time on Tuesday.

Ebony Rainford-Brent

Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

She went to cut, it went quicker than she expected and it's a good take by Sarah Taylor. England needed that wicket.

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WICKET

Finally England have the breakthrough - and just one delivery after heaving a full toss through mid-wicket for four, Villani attempts another big hit and gets a bottom edge to wicketkeeper Sarah Taylor.

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Aus 61-0

Villani adds a single, Bolton comes down the track to Cross but whacks the ball straight back to the bowler. Cross makes as if to throw down the stumps, and the sprawling Bolton has to dive back into her crease.

Aussies in action

Wicketkeeper Brad Haddin, who missed the second Test at Lord's for personal reasons, is included in Australia's team for their tour match against Derbyshire today. Peter Nevill, however, retains the gloves. Batting first, the Aussies are 24-0. Follow it here.

Aus 60-0 (Villani 30*, Bolton 26*)

Grundy comes over the wicket, Ashley Giles-style, to the left-handed Bolton, but hasn't quite found her rhythm yet - Bolton (who, as we mentioned, averages 53 from her 10 ODIs before today) fluently sweeps her for four. Having taken all that time to get off the mark, Bolton is slowly but surely catching her opening partner up - but Villani has now levelled her highest ODI score (although she does have five T20 fifties under her belt).

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Ebony Rainford-Brent

Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

That was the shot of the day from Villani. She spotted the change of length from Cross straight away and was quick to get into position.

Aus 52-0

The short ball isn't really working for England today - it didn't work with Brunt, Grundy's only short ball was despatched for four and now a short one from Cross is effortlessly pulled for four by Villani. Bolton on-drives, it's captain Edwards giving chase and a last-minute dive stops the ball just in front of the long-on boundary, turning four into three. That's the fifty partnership.

Kalika Mehta

BBC Sport at Bristol

There are plenty of people watching on their balconies from the flats directly opposite the media centre that overlooks the County Ground. They have perhaps the best view of the entire watching public.

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Aus 44-0 (Villani 24*, Bolton 16*)

Left-arm spinner Rebecca Grundy into the attack, skipper Charlotte Edwards carefully sets the field - there are eight fielders in the circle for the left-handed Bolton (four on each side), only a deep backward square leg patrolling the boundary. But there's a long chase for that fielder as Bolton chips a shorter ball over the inner ring and away for four through cow corner. But that's the only scoring shot. And the outfield is most certainly slower than Taunton.

Ebony Rainford-Brent

Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

England have got quite an attacking field here for Grundy.

Aus 40-0

Kathryn replaces Katherine and Lancashire replaces Yorkshire as Kate Cross takes over from fellow right-arm seamer Katherine Brunt. Villani and Bolton exchange singles to stretch their opening stand to 40.

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Ebony Rainford-Brent

Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

Australia haven't got off to a flying start but they've got a lot to rely on lower down the order. They'll look to punish the bad ball and that's helped them get to where they are.

Aus 38-0 (Villani 23*, Bolton 11*)

Shrubsole to bowl the last over of the powerplay - and it's a bit ragged, with Villani pulling a short delivery for four while a couple of wides advance the score, before Bolton heaves a two down to deep square leg. By comparison, Australia were 30-2 after 10 at Taunton.

And a bit of Aussie team news from the men's tour match at Derby - from the Test XI, they've rested Rogers, Smith and the first-choice bowlers (Johnson, Starc, Hazlewood and Lyon) in favour of Shaun Marsh, Watson, Haddin, Siddle, Cummins and Ahmed. Yes, they're playing two wicketkeepers. You can listen to that game here.

How's stat?!

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Aus 28-0

A fumble by Amy Jones allows Australia a single, and earns her a glare from Brunt. Bolton, as if energised by that stat I gave you at the end of that last over, helps herself to a two and a single, while Villani pulls another four to move to 18 - already her joint-highest ODI score (her highest being 30 against West Indies last year).

Dan Norcross

BBC Test Match Special

That right bicep of Katherine Brunt is deadly in the outfield. The run-out she effected in the first ODI was magnificent.

Aus 20-0 (Villani 13*, Bolton 5*)

Shrubsole appeals for a catch down the leg side, and avoids being charged with a wide. The compulsory close catchers are at slip and short mid-wicket for Villani, who cuts a single down to third man. A single takes her to 13, Shrubsole goes round the wicket to the left-handed Bolton, with a short extra cover posted, but she sees off the over - Bolton has five from 22 balls, including 20 dots.

Kalika Mehta

BBC Sport at Bristol

Plenty of England supporters have made their way to Bristol today, with many perching on benches on the boundary edges, close to the action. The face painters have been out in force and dispersed between plenty of young England fans, the odd Australia supporter have had their faces turned green and yellow - much to the enjoyment of their parents no doubt.

Aus 19-0 (Brunt 4-1-11-0)

Villani finds the boundary again as another shorter ball from Brunt is pulled through mid-wicket, Georgia Elwiss gives chase but can't quite get there in time. A couple of singles added, England could do with an early wicket.

TMS have noticed Rebecca Grundy having to field fine leg at both ends in these early stages, she'll be on a little later to bowl some left-arm spin.

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Aus 13-0

After 13 dot balls, Bolton is finally off the mark when Shrubsole offers a bit of width for the first time and the left-hander steers a four through point. A leg bye rotates the strike.

Ebony Rainford-Brent

Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

It's been an excellent start for England. Their opening bowlers are leading the line well. One brings the ball in, one swings it the other way. They complement each other really well and are formidable to face.

Aus 8-0 (Villani 7*, Bolton 0*)

Another bouncer from Brunt, but this time it sits up well for Villani to hook for four. She then pushes one to point and almost sets off for a run - but after four run-outs on Tuesday, wisely does not risk a quick single to the predatory Lydia Greenway, England's best fielder.

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Aus 4-0 (Shrubsole 2-1-2-0)

A stifled lbw appeal as Shrubsole raps the leftie Bolton on the pad, I think that pitched outside leg stump. But another testing maiden - Bolton, who averages 53 in ODI cricket, is scoreless from her first 12 deliveries.

Aus 4-0

Brunt tests Villani with a challenging bouncer, the ball is through before the right-hander can complete the shot, and the Barnsley pace bowler completes a maiden over.

Aus 4-0 (Villani 3*, Bolton 0*)

Anya Shrubsole takes the second over - the Somerset right-arm seamer wasn't quite at her best with the ball on home soil in Taunton on Tuesday. But it's a tidy opening over, just two singles and a leg bye from it.

Between overs, there's a frenzy of activity as members of the ground staff have to put some discs down to mark out the fielding circle. Apparently they were too deep, marked for 30 yards rather than 25...

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Isa Guha

Ex-England seamer on BBC Test Match Special

She more than deserves it, she's had back trouble and has had to fight her way in and out of the side because of injury.

Charles Dagnall

BBC Test Match Special

Katherine Brunt is one shy of 100 ODI wickets, and two shy of Isa Guha's 101.

Jenny Gunn, carrying the drinks again today, holds the England record with 115, followed by Clare Taylor with 102, Guha (101), Brunt (99) and Holly Colvin (98). But the all-time record is held by Aussie legend Cathryn Fitzpatrick (180).

Aus 1-0

Katherine Brunt's first ball is helped down the leg side by Elyse Villani for a single, bringing the left-handed Bolton on strike. While she batted in glasses during the last Ashes, it looks like Bolton may have switched to contact lenses - and she sees an early Brunt bouncer well, weaving out of the way.

We're all ready to go - Nicole Bolton and Elyse Villani opening for Australia, and Katherine Brunt - who bowled (and fielded) excellently on Tuesday is marking out her run-up.

Line-ups

England:  Edwards, Knight, Taylor, Jones, Greenway, Sciver, Elswiss, Brunt, Grundy, Shrubsole, Cross.

Australia: Villani, Bolton, Jonassen, Lanning, Perry, Blackwell, Healy, Osborne, Coyte, Schutt, Ferling.

Alison Mitchell

BBC Test Match Special

The thick clouds are starting to part. The outfield doesn't look quite as lush as Taunton. This won't be a familiar ground for Australia, I think they've only played one T20 here in 2011.

Ebony Rainford-Brent

Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

I can see why Australia have taken Kristen Beams out, she just wasn't landing enough deliveries. I liked the look of Megan Schutt in the World Cup, she's got wicket-taking ability and they've got plenty of other spinners so they'll be fine.

Ebony Rainford-Brent

Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

Australia had to bolster their batting today. That's why Nicole Bolton has been selected. But looking at that first game, there wasn't loads between the teams. This series is very much alive.

"We're happy to be fielding first. That's an aspect of our game we have worked hard on and it paid off in the first match.

Charlotte EdwardsEngland captain

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So, it's overcast out west, and both teams fielding a seam-heavy attack. Can England make the advantage of fielding first count?

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Toss and teams

England win the toss and will field first. They're unchanged.

Australia make two changes - as we expected, fit-again Nicole Bolton returns at the top of the order in place of Jess Cameron (with Jess Jonassen dropping down to number six), while seamer Megan Schutt replaces leg-spinner Kristen Beams, who was a little erratic in Taunton.

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Points mean prizes

If you're not familiar with the Women's Ashes, it's decided across all three formats on a points-based system - two points for winning any of the ODIs or T20 internationals, and four points for winning the Test.

So, in snooker terms, after Tuesday's win, England are 2-0 up with 14 points left on the table...

We'll let you have news of the teams, and the toss, as soon as we get them. While I wouldn't be surprised if England are unchanged, Australia may recall opener Nicole Bolton who missed the first game with concussion after being hit on the head in the nets the previous day.

Morning, everyone. After England won the opening game in Taunton on Tuesday, the Women's Ashes has travelled up the M5 and pitched its tent in Bristol today.

The obvious question presents itself... can England build on winning the first game, as their male counterparts spectacularly failed to do after Cardiff, or will Australia bounce back to level the series?