That moment when you duck beneath a bouncer...published at 16:56
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Career-best 6-32 for Perry
Elwiss 46, Greenway 16 off 137 balls
England need Test record 263 to win
Australia lead 8-2 in multi-format series
That moment when you duck beneath a bouncer...published at 16:56
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Melinda Farrell
Journalist"Brunt wasn't going to die wondering. Did it come off the helmet? I don't know. It looked like she may have swung and missed. She had the palms up and was shrugging as she walked off."
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WICKETpublished at 16:54
Brunt c Healy b Perry 6 (Eng 92-8)
Make that 15 wickets on tour, and five in the match! Perry bounces out Katherine Brunt but her opposite fast bowler tries the hook shot but feathers behind. Debatable whether she made any contact with the ball, but the finger went up and Australia are now two wickets from victory.
Image source, ReutersEng 92-7 (Aus need three wickets to win)published at 16:53
Ellyse Perry likes it in England - she's Australia's highest wicket-taker (14 at 17.85) and run-scorer (499 at 71.28) on this current tour. Decent stats! She's chasing a five-fer here and is not impressed when hit for four off Katherine Brunt.
Postpublished at 16:49 British Summer Time 14 August 2015
Alison Mitchell
BBC Test Match Special"We could be in for a fun passage of play while Brunt is at the crease."
Eng 85-7 (Coyte 11-5-11-1)published at 16:48
Katherine Brunt drives the ball through mid-on and tries to pull Georgia Elwiss through for three. The non-striker wisely turns her down. Just the two. Brunt is probably the only person in the ground who thinks England can still win. Great attitude to the game. Never say die.
Postpublished at 16:46 British Summer Time 14 August 2015
Alison Mitchell
BBC Test Match Special"The wickets of Greenway and Marsh in successive balls has really opened up the door for Australia."
Postpublished at 16:45 British Summer Time 14 August 2015
Ebony Rainford-Brent
Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special"England are mentally shot. The players who normally have the energy and the talent don't seem switched on. Australia have come out with that mental toughness."
Eng 83-7 (34 overs remaining)published at 16:45
Ellyse Perry has her tail up now - running in hard and beating the outside edge time and again. She then bowls a lovely yorker which Georgia Elwiss does well to keep out. Twice the debutant is squared up though. Ominous.
Eng 83-7 (Elwiss 41 off 101)published at 16:40
You've got to feel for Georgia Elwiss on debut - she hit a punchy 17 in the first innings and is the last woman standing in the second, marooned on 41 not out as wickets tumble at the other end.
Get involvedpublished at 16:38 British Summer Time 14 August 2015
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Eng 80-7published at 16:35
Hat-trick ball... Ellyse Perry charges in, but fires it down leg and Katherine Brunt survives.
Postpublished at 16:35 British Summer Time 14 August 2015
Jim Maxwell
BBC Test Match Special"Marsh was nowhere near that. She did not get behind it and her off stump has been flattened."
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Ebony Rainford-Brent
Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special"It's reaching that embarrassing stage now. That's intimidation; that's fear. It looked like fear in the eyes. With the manner of dismissals - Taylor, Edwards, Greenway and now this - England are going to be crying when they come off the pitch today."
WICKETpublished at 16:33
Marsh b Perry 0 (Eng 80-7)
Two in two. Ellyse Perry is on a hat-trick as she bowls Laura Marsh neck and crop. Top of off stump is splattered, with Marsh backing away and playing down middle. Awful.
Image source, Getty ImagesPostpublished at 16:33 British Summer Time 14 August 2015
Ebony Rainford-Brent
Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special"The set-up of the bouncer last over, which hit her in the chest, flustered her. She just made the decision to cover herself. She should have got back into line."
Postpublished at 16:33 British Summer Time 14 August 2015
Jim Maxwell
BBC Test Match Special"Bowled - behind her back. That is a pretty ugly dismissal. That is a big, big wicket."
WICKETpublished at 16:31
Greenway b Perry 16 (Eng 80-6)
Lydia Greenway has a Chris Read moment and England are back in the mire. Ellyse Perry digs in a bouncer and Lydia Greenway ducks under it... but is bowled. Leg stump. One never to watch again for poor Lydia.
Image source, Getty ImagesEng 80-5 (target 263)published at 16:28
If England were to go for victory here - very unlikely - they would need to score at 4.95 an over. I'm surprised that Australia don't have more close fielders in. There's just three close catchers at the moment. I'd have everyone round the bat. Introduce a bit of claustrophobia for the batters.
Eng 79-5 (51 overs)published at 16:25
While England rack up the dot balls, let me get something off my chest. It's Mrs Higginson's birthday tomorrow and I found a lovely card for her. Went to pay for it... £6. Is it only me who is shocked by the price of cards these days?
No, I didn't buy it.
Back to far more important matters for everyone else, Lydia Greenway is rapped on the gloves by an Ellyse Perry lifter. Brute of a delivery. Just a single from the over, worked off the hips by Greenway. That is the 50 partnership off 184 balls.