Summary

  • Eng 114-5 - win by five wickets

  • Sciver hits career-best 47 for England

  • Aus 111 all out - Shrubsole 4-11, Sciver 4-15

  • Blackwell 24 & Harris 24 (3 sixes)

Live Reporting

Mark Mitchener

  1. Aus 45-4

    Off-spinner Danielle Hazell is England's fifth bowler, coming on at the Cathedral Road End - but Blackwell hits her second ball back down the ground for four, Hazell nearly does the splits diving to stop it but that's four all the way.

  3. Aus 41-4 (Perry 14, Blackwell 5)

    After an over of Grundy, England turn to Natalie Sciver's medium pace, the singles keep flowing but the crowd applauds a brilliant one-handed stop by Lydia Greenway at backward point.

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

    Shrubsole has bowled that consistent good length just outside off stump. But she also exploited the conditions to get good swing. It has been difficult for Australia to play. The way the last T20 went, England know they need to keep going hard at Australia.

  5. Aus 37-4 (Shrubsole 4-0-11-4)

    Perry is going along nicely here, she has an even 12 from 12 balls, and Shrubsole can take a bow after an impressive spell.

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

    Blackwell is living a bit of a dangerous life, stepping across. She could have been given out early in the over and if she'd missed another inswinging delivery she would have been in trouble.

  7. Aus 35-4

    Shrubsole is going to bowl her overs straight through - and with 4-8 from her first three overs, why not? Again, Blackwell survives an appeal for leg before from the Somerset seamer.

    Anya Shrubsole bowlsReuters

  8. Aus 34-4

    Left-arm spinner Rebecca Grundy into the attack (with the field restrictions lifted), Blackwell forces a two off her legs. There's nearly a run-out chance when Blackwell knocks the ball to short fine leg again, she hesitates as Perry comes haring through for a single, and a more accurate throw would have had Blackwell in trouble. Perry clubs a four through long-on, the first boundary for a while.

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

    Shrubsole has been brilliant. She has lost a bit of momentum this year with injury but she has done superbly. She has pitched the ball in the right areas. England need to show that there is not a big gulf between themselves and Australia and this spell has done that.

  10. Aus 25-4 (Shrubsole 3-0-8-4)

    Alex Blackwell, celebrating her 32nd birthday today, is the new batter and Shrubsole's nearly on a hat-trick as Blackwell is hit on the pad walking across her stumps and trying to force the ball to leg... but the appeal is to no avail.

    Shrubsole has 4-8 from three overs. If this was the pre-1984 era where wides (and no-balls) didn't count against the bowler, she'd have 4-4.

  11. Mel Jones
    Former Australia batter on BBC Test Match Special

    Massive wicket. A first-baller and Shrubsole gets the ball in the right area again, moving just away. The skipper is happy - she has taken a great catch to take one of Australia's most in-form players.

    Anya ShrubsoleGetty Images
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    WICKET

    Jonassen c Edwards b Shrubsole 0 (Aus 25-4)

    A golden duck - and Shrubsole has four! The left-handed Jonassen slices a catch to skipper Charlotte Edwards who dives forward at short third man to take a good catch.

    Anya ShrubsoleGetty Images

  13. Aus 25-3

    Jess replaces Jess as Jonassen replaces Cameron, Shrubsole sends down her third wide of a long over as Perry adds a single to bring the left-handed Jonassen on strike for the first time.

  14. Mel Jones
    Former Australia batter on BBC Test Match Special

    Take a bow Anya Shrubsole. She has been the stand-out for England throughout the summer and she is doing it here again for England.

    Anya Shrubsole celebratesReuters
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    WICKET

    Cameron c Wyatt b Shrubsole 10 (Aus 23-3)

    Three for Shrubsole! Cameron goes for the big one again but picks out Danielle Wyatt who only has to take a couple of steps back at deep mid-wicket to take the catch.

    If you know Cardiff, you'll know the square boundaries are very long (with the straight boundaries comparatively short), but that was never going to have the legs to clear the rope.

    Anya Shrubsole celebratesAP

  17. Aus 23-2

    Alison Mitchell joins Mel Jones on TMS duty - the pair attended the Notting Hill Carnival over the weekend - but it's far from party time for Shrubsole this over as with keeper Sarah Taylor standing up to the stumps, Shrubsole starts with two wides.

  18. Mel Jones
    Former Australia batter on BBC Test Match Special

    Brunt and Shrubsole have been excellent. England may have lost the Ashes but in that you don't want to lose that they have had moments where they have played well.

  19. Aus 21-2 (Brunt 3-0-16-0)

    Cameron moves into double figures with a quick single, three wicketless overs from Brunt and they'll probably save her final over for the death.

  20. Charles Dagnall
    BBC Test Match Special

    Anything square of the wicket will race away here, such is the shorn nature of the square.