Summary

  • England win with 4.2 overs to spare

  • Sciver 66, Greenway 53

  • Aus 238-9: Perry 78, Blackwell 58

  • Brunt 3-48; four run-outs

  • England 2pts; Aus 0pts

Live Reporting

Mark Mitchener

  1. Aus 178-4 (Perry 69*, Cameron 13*)

    Perry chips Shrubsole for four over the square leg umpire's head, a single takes her score to 69.

  2. Aus 172-4 (Grundy 9-0-40-0)

    Grundy to bowl her ninth over from the Old Pavilion End/Building Site End, and Cameron is finally up and running with a lofted four over the bowler's head, a sweep for four more and a delicate reverse sweep for her third boundary of the over. They'll be cheering her on back in Williamstown, Victoria...

  3. Kalika Mehta
    BBC Sport at Taunton

    After a smattering of polite applause for Australia as Blackwell and Perry passed their fifties, a big cheer went up around the ground as the former was run out. There’s plenty of ice cream being consumed as things hot up, on and off the field.

    A general view of the field of play at TauntonGetty Images

  4. Aus 160-4 (Perry 64*, Cameron 1*)

    After just one over of Brunt, England recall Shrubsole - with Sarah Taylor standing up to the stumps again, she manages to keep Cameron in her crease as the number six struggles to get going. And that's risky from Australia as Perry nearly takes on Lydia Greenway's arm at cover point - had that hit, Perry may have been on her way.

  5. Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

    That wicket is maybe not the worst thing for Australia - if there's enough time for someone like Cameron to get set, she can hit the ball all over the ground. She's short but she's powerful.

  6. Aus 157-4

    Jess Cameron, who probably owes her place in the XI to Nicole Bolton's concussion yesterday, is the new batter. Perry, upon whom much now depends, adds a single.

  7. Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

    She's miles gone. That's brilliant fielding - they really needed that breakthrough.

  8. wicket

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    Blackwell run out (Knight) 58 (Aus 156-4)

    And just like that, England have the breakthrough - Blackwell pushes the ball wide of mid-off and Knight, who could perhaps have done better with that four earlier in the over, shows her fielding skills by managing a direct hit with probably only one-and-a-half stumps to aim at. Blackwell goes.

    Alex Blackwell is run outPA

  9. Aus 156-3

    England switch their spinners - Knight takes a rest after seven overs, and slow left-armer Rebecca Grundy is going to bowl over the wicket in the manner made famous by Ashley Giles. Perry, who hits the ball as powerfully as anyone in the women's game, smacks a four past the diving Knight at mid-off.

  10. 50 runs

    50 for Ellyse Perry

    Aus 151-3

    Now it's Perry's turn to raise her bat to the Taunton crowd as she reaches her half-century from 73 balls. After one over of Shrubsole, England turn back to their spearhead Katherine Brunt, but Perry crashes her for four with a straight drive to reach her eighth ODI fifty. Another pulled four from Perry brings up the 150, and suddenly England are leaking runs all over the place.

  11. Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

    If Australia can go at seven an over in the last 10, they could finish on 230, which is about par. They do have really good bowling in Holly Ferling and Ellyse Perry.

  12. Aus 142-3

    With the 50 mark reached, Blackwell opens up, heaving Knight (who's been her Berkshire skipper this season) for another four wide of long-on - that's also the century stand - and guiding a two backward of point.

  13. 50 runs

    50 for Alex Blackwell

    Aus 136-3

    Blackwell clubs Knight down to long-off for four from the first ball of the powerplay - that's her 19th ODI fifty, and it came from 78 balls after a relatively slow start.

  14. Aus 132-3 (Perry 48*, Blackwell 48*)

    Sciver (0-24 from three) is replaced by Anya Shrubsole, who's had a change of ends. A delicate cut for four by Perry means both Aussies are on 47 briefly - two singles mean they're both up to 48 and we're into the last 15 overs.

  15. Aus 126-3

    Vice-captain Knight is doing a good job for her skipper here, four singles this time mean her six overs have gone for 18, but she's only gone for one boundary in that time. Not bad when you're asked to bowl against two well-set batsmen.

  16. Aus 122-3 (Perry 41*, Blackwell 45*)

    Now, that would have been a blinder if it had gone to hand - Blackwell pulls at Sciver, Katherine Brunt dives just in front of the square leg umpire but it's just out of the reach of her right hand and away for four. Blackwell punishes the medium-pacer with another four, Sciver has been expensive here and it may be time for another change at the River End. This stand is worth 87.

  17. Scorecard update

    ScorecardBBC Sport

  18. Aus 111-3 (Knight 5-0-14-0)

    Knight jogs in for her fifth over of off-spin, Perry and Blackwell keep plugging away but Knight remains economical - just two singles from the over.

  19. Aus 109-3 (Perry 39*, Blackwell 34*)

    Blackwell reads a slower ball from Sciver well and tickles it to the third man boundary for four.

  20. Missed stumping

    Aus 105-3

    Sciver bowls one down the leg side, Blackwell is stranded down the track and Sarah Taylor has the bails off in a flash - but replays show she dropped the ball a fraction before completing the stumping, so Blackwell survives. It's also signalled as a wide.

    Alexandra Blackwell nearly stumped by TaylorGetty Images