So we will leave it there for the first day. Thank you for joining us and for your comments. Play will resume at 11:00 BST on Wednesday and our text commentary will be live from 10:40 BST.

The report from the opening day's play is live on our cricket pages.

Bye for now.

Australia:  268-8 (Jonassen 95, Beams 24).

Fall of wickets:  66-1 (Villani 33), 70-2 (Lanning 3), 84-3 (Bolton 36), 87-4 (Perry 5), 99-5 (Blackwell 7), 176-6 (Healy 39), 187-7 (Coyte 3), 206-8 (Schutt 11).

Bowling:  Brunt 22-9-58-1, Shrubsole 23-4-59-4, Cross 16-2-59-1, Elwiss 3-0-11-0, Marsh 21-8-42-2, Knight 11-2-23-0, Sciver 1-0-10-0.

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

"England would've wanted Australia wrapped up for 150 at the most and England will feel they have let the game slip away from them.

"They will be a little bit disappointed but it has been a brilliant fightback from Australia. They had to deal with some really positive bowling from England."

So England's Anya Shrubsole seems happy with the day's work, well that's what she says publicly. But our pundit Ebony Rainford-Brent does not agree.

England bowler Anya Shrubsole, who claimed four wickets, tells BBC Test Match special: "It's probably an even day and both teams will be happy. In an ideal world we would've liked to have picked up the last two wickets but Jess played brilliantly.

"We're relatively happy and hopefully we can take the last two wickets early tomorrow. Katherine (Brunt) bowled brilliantly well with very little reward. I didn't bowl well with the new ball but when I settled down and got into a rhythm it was better.

"There are a few tired bodies but this is what we do the training for. If a number 10 can play like that then it shows it's clearly not a bad track."

Australia's Jess Jonassen has just been speaking to Test Match Special. She says: "It was a bit tough at times but credit to England as they bowled very well at times.

"It was hard to score runs but the pleasing thing is that I managed to get through that and be there at the close of play.

"I knew England would be up in my face but I'm pleased to get through it and be unbeaten. We're in a really good position and hopefully we can score a few runs quickly tomorrow and get some joy with the ball."

Two more to the total for Jess Jonassen. Five more to go for a hundred. But she will have to wait until tomorrow to get to three figures.

That is it for today.

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

"This is a very big opportunity for Jess Jonassen. It also has shown the lack of penetration from England at the end of Australia's innings."

An inside edge for Jess Jonassen and her heartbeat probably quickens ever so slightly. But she gets away with it as the ball misses the stumps and the wicketkeeper's gloves. Jonassen inches on to 93.

That would have been a heartbreaking way to be out when you close in on a century on a Test debut.

It is nervous nineties time for Jess Jonassen. She is eight runs away from a much-deserved, potentially match-changing century. A maximum of five overs left, with Australia set to bat out the day.

Who is winning this match? To be honest, it is a difficult one to answer. England will be annoyed at their inability to wrap up the Australia innings when they had restricted them to 99-5.

A hugely valuable 23 from Kristen Beams as the match is starting to swing in Australia's direction. It has been a great day for those that love their Test cricket.

The tourists looked on top at 66-0, England took control by reducing them to 99-5, but Australia have since recovered and have passed 250 with two wickets remaining. Jonassen is 13 runs away from a Test century on her Test debut.

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Five runs off the over as Australia seem to opt for an attacking approach. Beams nearly pays the penalty with a mistimed aerial shot, but England cannot capitalise as Laura Marsh at mid-off cannot hold on to the chance.

Image source, Reuters

We had only had two boundaries in nine overs, but Jonassen steps up the pace in the 90th over, launching Shrubsole for her 10th four to move into the 80s.

Are Australia going to declare tonight and leave England facing a tricky few overs at the end of the day? Or will they bat out the day? We will soon see. A maximum of 10 overs left.

Izzy Westbury
Middlesex captain on BBC Test Match Special

Izzy is discussing the progression media coverage around the women's game:

"I think initially people were quite timid about saying anything negative. There's nothing wrong with that, you need that impetus to get it off the ground. But now, if things are going badly, this is a professional job and that critique is warranted."

Australia are grinding out a score and frustrating the hosts. 

Kristen Beams is not exactly playing in T20 mode, but then again why should she?

She is playing a vital role for her side. Her first 54 balls see only 10 runs scored. But then a wonderfully-timed cut shot adds four to her total.

A change of approach from Katherine Brunt as her slower delivery nearly deceives Jess Jonassen. A few balls later and the English bowler mixes it up by sending in one short. But the Australian sees it coming and can move harmlessly out of the way.

This ninth-wicket partnership has now been there for 16 overs. Sixteen really frustrating overs for England fans.

Anya Shrubsole thinks she may have a fifth wicket as Jess Jonassen flashes at one but the ball just avoids the diving Heather Knight at slip. England's wait for another wicket continues.

Izzy Westbury
Middlesex captain on BBC Test Match Special

"The light is murky. If England end up going in for 10 overs or so it could be a tricky period for them."