Nat Sciver is rivaling Katherine Brunt as my favourite cricketer in this England team - she has a classical technique but also a real steel about her as she glares back at the fast bowler after ducking beneath a bouncer. No quarter asked for, none given.

Anyway, enough of my waffling... the England 100 is brought up by an edge through the slips which brings four for Georgia Elwiss. Then four more through the covers. Wake up, Mr Scorer.

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If Georgia Elwiss is ever asked what her first run in Test cricket was like, here's the answer: a scampered single to mid-on. She's up and running. Here's to 2,000 more. At the other end, Nat Sciver ducks under a bouncer from Ellyse Perry.

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

"Nat Sciver has such simple, classical movements, she doesn't overcomplicate."

I tell you what... Nat Sciver has a cover drive to match anybody in the men's game. It's a thing of beauty as she gets down low and in one fluid movement eases Megan Schutt through the covers for four.

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Charles Dagnall
BBC Test Match Special

"Georgia Elwiss will be looking to make a statement. She didn't do much with the ball."

Georgia Elwiss does a spot of gardening between deliveries - Ricky Ponting-like. Upright and compact at the crease, she looks a well-organised player as she watches the ball safely past the off stump. Guess what? Maiden.

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

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"You need to have energy in the crease, and what we're seeing at the moment is lack of energy, lack of footwork. If we compare it to the Healy-Jonassen partnership, there was a flow of runs. England need to find a new way."

Georgia Elwiss is playing her first Test innings here, with an ODI best of 25 not out behind her. It's a tough ask to expect her to bail England out of this mess. Another maiden.

Ellyse Perry completes a fabulous over with a sharp yorker which new batter Georgia Elwiss just about digs out. It started with a short ball which unsettled Lydia Greenway. Top-quality.

Playing Devil's Advocate... are we being harsh on England? Are they within their rights to lay a solid platform at whatever speed suits them? As long as they have an end goal...

Two more added to the score when Nat Sciver slices four through gully.

Melinda Farrell
Journalist

"What concerns me is that England don't seem to have spoken about how they are going to win this Test match."

We have a run! Lydia Greenway hits the ball into the cover region and pulls her partner through for a single. Then we get a little tickle down to fine leg for four. England motoring now.

"This is poor cricket - you have to have intent," says Jim Maxwell on TMS. It's slow going from the English batters as they struggle to pick up the ones and twos which help turn over the scoreboard. Maybe they should think about stepping out of their crease? Anything to put the bowlers off their length. Another maiden.

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