Summary

  • Debutant Jess Jonassen 95 not out

  • Anya Shrubsole takes four wickets

  • Australia were 95-5 before fightback

  • Australia lead multi-format series 4-2

  • 4pts for Test win, 2pts for a draw

  1. Postpublished at 14:13

    Former Australia all-rounder Lisa Sthalekar on Twitter.

  2. Australia 91-4 (Brunt 12-5-28-0)published at 14:12

    Katherine Brunt is persisting, and well she might. Tremendous swing into left-hander Jess Jonassen, who is twice equal to it. Brunt a bit short and Jonassen drives through extra cover, it's short of the rope, but it's good for three runs.

  3. Postpublished at 14:07 British Summer Time 11 August 2015

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

    "It's a brilliant spell of bowling from Anya Shrubsole. It was quick reactions from Sarah Taylor and as soon as she saw the edge she had to work her body round to get the catch.

    "The ball seamed in, it was only an outside edge which Perry hit on to her pad and the ball ballooned up."

  4. Australia 88-4 (Shrubsole 12-3-21-4)published at 14:07

    Jess Jonassen is at the crease and she's off the mark with a nervous nurdle to mid-wicket. Alex Blackwell faces the last ball of the over and is right across to pad it outside the line.

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    WICKET - Perry c Taylor b Shrubsole 5published at 14:02

    Take the day off ladies, Anya Shrubsole has got this.

    She gets a lovely bit of movement off the seam to come back into the right-hander Ellyse Perry. It's off the bat, it's off the pad, it's safely in the hands of Sarah Taylor.

    Anya ShrubsoleImage source, Reuters
  6. Australia 87-3 (Perry 5*, Blackwell 3)published at 14:01

    Katherine Brunt, who has been superb without getting her rewards, strays ever so slightly down the leg side and Alex Blackwell is on it for a deuce. The England field is aggressive, with one in at silly point.

  7. Australia 85-3published at 13:57

    A run. It's just one, but it's a run. Tickled into the leg side by Alex Blackwell who is off the mark. Anya Shrubsole is giving very little away though, finding the channel just outside the off stump. One comes millimeters away from Ellyse Perry's edge.

  8. Australia 84-3published at 13:54

    Tons of pressure on Australia right now. They endure another maiden over to Katherine Brunt. That's no runs from 18 balls since lunch.

  9. Postpublished at 13:52 British Summer Time 11 August 2015

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

    "That's the action we have been looking for. It was a brilliant delivery from Shrubsole. We saw Bolton try to get it through leg-side but it pitched, went through the gate and as a bowler there's nothing better.

    "Bolton has been caught falling over and has left a gap between bat and pad."

  10. 84-3 (Perry 5*, Blackwell 0)published at 13:51

    A wicket maiden for Anya Shrubsole then, as Alex Blackwell comes in and manages to fend off the final ball of the over.

  11. wicket

    WICKET - Bolton b Shrubsole 3 (Aus 84-3)published at 13:47

    Anya Shrubsole is relentless. She already caused a bit of bother for Nicole Bolton by getting one to nip back. And a very similar ball has the Aussie left-hander seeing her leg stump lying on the turf. She took a step backwards to make room - it turned out it was too roomy.

    Anya ShrubsoleImage source, PA
  12. Australia 84-2published at 13:45

    After all that, it's still a tidy opening over for Katherine Brunt, who gets a maiden and chucks the ball to our wicket-taker of the hour Anya Shrubsole.

  13. Postpublished at 13:44

    Nothing to get excited about here. No touch from Brunt and Bolton is safely home.

  14. Umpire reviewpublished at 13:43

    We're back under way at Canterbury and we have a TV replay to look at. Ellyse Perry sends Katherine Brunt back down the ground and straight into the wickets. We're looking to see if 1. Brunt got a touch and 2. Nicole Bolton was out of her crease.

  15. Postpublished at 13:39 British Summer Time 11 August 2015

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

    "Those two wickets from Shrubsole in her second spell were carbon copies. The slope helped them to straighten up and they were two brilliant catches from Heather Knight."

    Anya ShrubsoleImage source, Getty Images
  16. Postpublished at 13:36 British Summer Time 11 August 2015

    David in Spain, TMS inbox:  Well done England for claiming those two pre-lunch wickets, Lanning's especially, but Australia's bat deep, so our post-lunch bowling and fielding will have to be top-notch.

  17. Sunday Times athletics doping allegationspublished at 13:35

    Sports Minister Tracey Crouch:  "I'm confident that British athletes undergo such rigorous testing that none of our athletes will be caught up in it. I have full confidence in the UK anti-doping agency - I think they are one of the best in the world."

  18. Postpublished at 13:27

    Sports Minister Tracey Crouch: "Sport is funded in part by lottery and in part by government and people need to get value for money out of that funding. We need to get quality of participation and value of sport out of that funding.

    "There is no single reason why people aren't participating in sport but one is that people's lives have become so busy that giving up an entire day to play for your local club is not possible. How does the sport adapt to a manageable timescale."

    Tracey Crouch
  19. Postpublished at 13:20

    Sports Minister Tracey Crouch: " There's been a real growth in women's sport. people have been putting a lot of pressure on governing bodies and broadcasters to show more women's sport. There is an apeetite out there and we have had some very imortant successes over the last few months and years. If you invest in women's sport then you will have success in return. We have to continue that."

  20. Postpublished at 13:17

    And while you're reading that, keep your ears on Test Match Special for an interview right now with Sports Minister Tracey Crouch.