Summary

  • AUSTRALIA WIN BY 63 RUNS

  • Series now level at 2-2 on points

  • Edwards (58) hits 46th ODI half-century

  • Lanning (104) scores sixth ODI century

Live Reporting

Mark Mitchener

  1. Collective noun for wicketkeepers

  2. 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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  4. 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.

  5. 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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    WICKET

    Shrubsole lbw b Schutt 0 (Eng 181-8)

    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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  8. 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.

  9. 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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    WICKET

    Sciver b Coyte 3 (Eng 180-7)

    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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  12. 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...

  13. 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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    Elwiss b Schutt 4 (Eng 170-6)

    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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  15. 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.

  16. 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.

  17. 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 lbw b Coyte 20 (Eng 165-5)

    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?

  19. Powerplay

    Eng 165-4

    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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