Debutant Jess Jonassen 95 not out
Anya Shrubsole takes four wickets
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The weather has been better than predicted, but now the lights are on at Canterbury.
But Jess Jonassen has no problem spotting a loose one from Katherine Brunt and it is driven away through the covers for four. We may have up to 15 more overs today. Will Australia still be batting at the end of the day?
Image source, Getty ImagesBoth batters are in their first Test match and it is a frustrating time for Katherine Brunt and England. It is a maiden over, but Kristen Beams is untroubled and remains at the crease.
Ebony Rainford-Brent
Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special
"I'm looking forward to this Test match now. Three hundred is a good score in a women's Test match - 250 keeps it in the action. If Australia get closer to that, there could be a bit in the second innings."
Every run from Jess Jonassen could be vital for Australia. Remember, this is her Test debut. And she is on 69 not out. Beams is on a resilient 10 from 40 balls. But the tail-ender is on strike for the start of the 83rd over.
She now has a chance to get some more wickets, as she is back in action from the Nackington Road end.
Warwickshire's Rikki Clarke is getting his son involved from a young age. Hope that right leg is healing well...
Image source, Rikki ClarkeThe new ball is due, it is immediately taken and then thrown to Katherine Brunt, who produced an excellent opening spell earlier today and deserved better than figures of 1-44.
She nearly has her second wicket. Beams edges one, but it falls just short of Heather Knight at first slip. A maiden over from Brunt on her return.
80 overs
Australia: 223-8 (Jonassen 67, Beams 8).
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 15-6-44-1, Shrubsole 16-4-35-4, Cross 16-2-59-1, Elwiss 3-0-11-0, Marsh 20-8-41-2, Knight 9-2-18-0, Sciver 1-0-10-0.
Kristen Beams faced 17 balls before her first Test run, and now she has her first Test boundary cutting one away to the rope. Eight runs off the over. The new ball is now due.
Just the one run from the latest over. You get the impression that Charlotte Edwards is waiting for the new ball to bring Katherine Brunt and Anya Shrubsole, who has taken four wickets today, back into the attack.
It is her Test debut, but at least Kristen Beams has avoided the embarrassment of a duck. It has taken her 17 balls, but she scores her first Test run.
It is tough going at the moment for Australia, and it may get tougher soon as the new ball could be seen in two overs time.
Ebony Rainford-Brent
Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special
"If Australia make it to 250 then that will be a very good total on this pitch and will certainly make it a very interesting game."
Former England wicketkeeper Geraint Jones is no stranger to Canterbury. And he is having a great day if this picture is anything to go by.
Kalika Mehta
BBC Sport at Canterbury
"The first shouts of 'Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi' have been bellowed out but it's the England fans who are jumping up and down in celebration.
"With the crowd nudging 2,000 there have been plenty of back and forth between the Australian and England fans, especially as the day has gone on."
Image source, ReutersEngland lost the toss, but captain Charlotte Edwards will be happy with the job her bowlers have done for her.
Kristen Beams is another player making her Test debut. She has joined Jess Jonassen at the crease. Beams looks nervous as she fails to score from her first seven deliveries. England sense they could wrap this innings up soon.
Isa Guha
Ex-England seamer on BBC Test Match Special
Image source, Getty Images"Marsh is coming from around the wicket and the angle is working well for her - she's getting some subtle turn. Schutt played all around that one. It's exactly what Edwards wanted - she wanted Marsh to do the job for her and she's doing it."
Image source, ReutersLaura Marsh is celebrating again. Megan Schutt played all around a straight one, missed it and the ball bounced off her back pad. It is an easy decision as it would have hit middle stump. Australia lose their eighth wicket.
A lovely drive through long on from Jess Jonassen takes her on to 59, before she flicks one off the pads for another single.
She had never made an international 50 in either T20 or one-day matches and this is turning into a Test debut that she will never forget.
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