Women's Ashes: 3rd ODI as it happened

1. Australia win by 89 runs to take 4-2 points lead in series
2. Australia win ODI element of the series 2-1
3. Two wickets each for Perry and Coyte
4. Greenway hits 45 for England
5. Lanning hits superb 85 in Australia's 241-7

Australia in the ascendancy

That's about it from us with Australia taking a 4-2 lead on points into the Women's Ashes Test, which begins at Canterbury on Tuesday 11 August with full coverage on TMS and here on the website again. I hope you'll join us then.

Until then, our attention turns back to the men's Ashes which resumes at Edgbaston on Wednesday. For a taster, a little later tonight, Graeme Swann presents an Ashes Roadshow on BBC Radio 5 live from 19:30 BST. Thanks for your company and good night.

Captain's view

Our natural style is being really aggressive, we were a bit timid in the first game but the whole team has contributed in the last two games. I'm in a good position at number three to bat for a long time and always like to contribute to the team. Our bowlers did a fantastic job, Ellyse set the tone with two wickets up front and every other bowler chipped in. Any Test match we play gets the players excited, hopefully we can put on a good show. It's important to celebrate victory - we'll celebrate a little but we'll be ready to go when the Test comes along.

Meg LanningAustralia captain

Captain's view

We were simply outplayed in all three departments. We can't drop and miss chances off world-class players. The opening bowlers set the tone but we haven't carried it on, didn't take our chances, and we've not batted well enough. I don't think the toss made any difference. Hopefully we can come back well in the Test - but we're going to have to play a lot better than we did in these last two games.

Charlotte EdwardsEngland captain

Player of the match (and the series)

It's been a wonderful series, hugely competitive across the three games and really nice to come away with the points today. Charlotte and Sarah are huge threats for them, but I thought we were clinical as a bowling unit and batted well too. We played some great cricket across the three games.

Ellyse PerryAustralia all-rounder (now wearing two medals)

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Izzy Westbury

Middlesex captain on BBC Test Match Special

I'm not sure Jenny Gunn will be in the Test side - they've got to get Kate Cross in to swing the red ball.

Bowling figures

Australia's bowling figures all bear closer scrutiny, you can't find a weak link there:

• Perry 7-0-16-2
• Schutt 7-0-25-0
• Farrell 9-1-29-0
• Jonassen 6-1-23-1
• Coyte 10-0-38-2
• Beams 4.1-0-13-3

Dan Norcross

BBC Test Match Special

Katherine Brunt has only conceded 37 runs from her 10 overs, and contributed 31 runs with the bat - I think she may be a little irked at the lack of support today.

Izzy Westbury

Middlesex captain on BBC Test Match Special

Ellyse Perry should be player of the match - scoring 67 at more than a run a ball, and then taking those two key wickets of Edwards and Taylor. Athletic in the field, she's had a great all-round game - and just as on Thursday, she and Lanning contributed 152 runs combined.

The Southern Stars have also won the ODI element of the series 2-1 - apparently there will be an award for player of the series, while Australia will receive an ODI series trophy (but just to be clear, they haven't won the Ashes yet).

What is good news if you're an Aussie is that if Australia now win the Test, that would put them 8-2 ahead on points - and England would need to win all three Twenty20 internationals to square the series and retain the Ashes.

Izzy Westbury

Middlesex captain on BBC Test Match Special

This has been really good for women's cricket. This was a sell-out yesterday, it would have been full if it hadn't rained.

Champagne moment

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AUSTRALIA BEAT ENGLAND BY 89 RUNS - TAKE TWO POINTS AND LEAD WOMEN'S ASHES SERIES 4-2

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Shrubsole fails to pick Beams's googly and is bowled heaving across the line - Beams has three wickets and Australia have won.

Eng 152-9 (target 242)

Megan Schutt back into the attack, Shrubsole plays and misses, while I'm sure that's the sound of a car being started I can hear in the background at New Road. A couple of singles push England's score past 150, but the game has been up for a while.

Eng 149-9 (target 242)

Anya Shrubsole "isn't really a number 11" according to TMS's Izzy Westbury, "she's better than that" - but both sides are rather going through the motions here as Shrubsole takes a single off her first ball.

Dan Norcross

BBC Test Match Special

She had to get on with it, and was bowled aiming a wild yahoo to cow corner.

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Elwiss goes out in a blaze of glory - a big slog is high, wide and not particularly handsome, and she's bowled by Beams.

Izzy Westbury

Middlesex captain on BBC Test Match Special

Brunt and Shrubsole bowled economically, but if you look at the Australian seamers, their four all bowled well. And this series hasn't really been one for the spinners.

Eng 146-8 (target 242)

Coyte continues, this is her last over, she'll be the first Aussie to finish her spell today - Elwiss drives to extra cover where the ball bounces just in front of the diving Alex Blackwell, who's an excellent fielder. Coyte finishes with 2-38 from her 10, and England need a theoretical 96 from 54 balls.

Izzy Westbury

Middlesex captain on BBC Test Match Special

Australia have just been better in all departments today.

In by a mile. But if you have a third umpire, you might as well use him!

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A quick single from Elwiss, Bolton throws to the stumps, Healy takes the bails off and they go upstairs...

Eng 142-8 (Elwiss 5*, Gunn 3*)

Elwiss drills Beams to long-off for a single, the leggie is still bowling quite fast and flat, and a couple more singles mean England need a round 100 from 10 overs to pull off one of the most unlikely victories of the year.

Eng 139-8 (target 242)

Jenny Gunn, with an ODI average of nearly 20 from 125 ODIs, is probably too good to be batting number 10 (having batted the majority of her career between five and eight), but that's her job today. She's off the mark with a single. England need 103 from 66 balls.

Holly Colvin

Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

I don't blame her for trying that. I prefer to see people getting out like that than sweeping or hitting round the corner.

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Sadly for England, this is becoming a procession - Laura Marsh, needing to force the pace, hits the ball straight to extra cover and is out without scoring.

Eng 137-7 (target 242)

Elwiss nudges a single to steal the strike from new batter Laura Marsh, and ends a pretty sorry powerplay for England, in which they scored 23 runs and lost three wickets.

There's a delay between overs - it looks like a pushchair being moved from behind the bowler's arm? Now, it's the ground staff being summoned - umpire Wharf is concerned about footmarks and summons some sawdust. A gigantic wheelbarrow is brought out, containing all sorts of equipment, to effect repairs.

Holly Colvin

Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

I'm not sure sweeping is the right option on this track. One of Sciver's strengths is hitting down the ground and I would have liked to see her hit straighter.

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Sciver sweeps at the leg-spinner, gets a top edge and is easily caught at short fine leg. The most relieved woman on the field is Beams, who had just dropped a fierce caught-and-bowled chance a couple of deliveries before.

Duckworth-Lewis? England are about 60 behind. Safe to say rain can't, and won't, save them.

Eng 135-6 (target 242)

Georgia Elwiss is in at eight - England have two new batters in. Just a couple of singles from Coyte's over - though it finishes with four byes - and I'm already fearing the game might be up for England. They need 107 from 78 balls.

Holly Colvin

Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

They've been a little frantic with their running, England. They might have made it if they'd just kept going.

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...and just about anything does happen. Brunt hits the ball to point, sets off for a run, Sciver starts and then stops, Brunt is stranded halfway down the track and it's an easy run-out as Coyte's throw is gathered by keeper Healy.

A mixed bag of an over from Beams finishes. Her figures will say 1-0-5-0 but won't tell half of the story.  

Eng 126-5

Speak the leg-spinner's name and she'll be brought on! Kristen Beams, who didn't have the best of games at Taunton (taking 1-52) but is back in the side today, comes on for the 36th over. Her first ball is driven for two by Brunt, and her second flies out of her hand and lands at cover point! It's called as a no-ball. Just about anything could happen here...

Eng 124-5 (target 242)

New batter Natalie Sciver has to jam her bat down on a yorker from Coyte, the ball hits her back leg and nearly bowls her. But she survives for now.

And I've just realised, leg-spinner Kristen Beams hasn't bowled at all yet... will it be too late to bring her in now? On the evidence of that four she let through earlier, I don't think she's in the side as a specialist fielder...

Holly Colvin

Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

You can't blame Greenway. She was eyeing up the straight boundary, Lanning kept her mid-on and mid-off up and it's paid dividends.

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A tame dismissal for Greenway, with a fifty on the horizon, as a thick edge spoons up into the air and it's a straightforward catch for gully.

Powerplay

What's this? England have taken the batting powerplay a full two overs before they're obliged to do so - there will be a maximum of three fielders outside the circle for overs 34-38. Greenway steers Farrell for two twos and a single to move to 45, Brunt cuts two more, before a powerfully-struck two to cow corner means that's not only the fifty stand - it's Brunt's highest ODI score (27).

Eng 114-4 (target 242)

More busy accumulation from England's fifth-wicket pair against Coyte - this stand is now worth 42 and they need 128 from 102 balls

Holly Colvin

Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

This is a very crucial point. If England can get to the batting powerplay without losing a wicket, they can really use it to get the run rate down. If Australia take another wicket, it will be difficult for England to explode.

Eng 109-4 (Greenway 38*, Brunt 20*)

Australia need to regain a bit of control after that last Jonassen over, so the spinner's off and Rene Farrell returns for her eighth over. There's an appeal for lbw against Brunt, but umpire Saggers isn't interested... Farrell strays with a wide, while England keep chipping away with some ones and twos - and fortune favours Greenway as she reverse-sweeps and the ball lofts just over short third man for two. 12th man Rebecca Grundy comes on with a drink for the two batters between overs.

Holly Colvin

Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

It's nice to see England getting a wriggle on. Brunt won't die wondering and it's good that she's been given the licence to have a go here.

Eng 102-4 (target 242)

Katherine Brunt blasts a quick single to mid-on to bring up the hundred for England, while she and Sarah Coyte both end up in a heap as they collide while the bowler attempts to take the ball. Just two more singles from the over - the equation for England is 140 from 114 balls.

Six for Brunt

Brunt swipes a two to third man - then we have the  first six of the series as she slog-sweeps Jonassen over mid-wicket for a maximum. Greenway then unleashes an Eoin Morgan-style reverse sweep for four. Seven and a half an over? Pah. England managed 14 off that one!

Eng 85-4 (target 242)

Greenway angles her bat to ramp Coyte for a single over short fine leg, Brunt can only rotate the strike, and Australia continue to be rewarded for disciplined seam bowling as Grreenway can't beat the inner ring. A single to third man leaves the required rate around seven and a half an over.

Ebony Rainford-Brent

Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

I see what they're doing by sending Brunt in, but Nat Sciver can play an intelligent innings - and hit the ball out of the park too.

Eng 82-4 (Greenway 26*, Brunt 6*)

Finally the Brunt experiment starts to bear fruit as she smacks Jonassen for four wide of extra cover - it's England's first boundary since Greenway hit that trio of fours six overs ago. But a tidy, rapid over from Jonassen, considering it contained a boundary.

Eng 78-4

Captain Meg Lanning rotates her bowlers with Coyte replacing Perry. After a single from Greenway, Brunt tries to go big again but possibly connects too cleanly - it's a single straight to the cover sweeper.

Eng 76-4 (target 242)

Brunt comes down the track and heaves a full toss to deep mid-wicket for a single to get off the mark. Greenway adds a single, she has 25 from 45. England need 166 from 24 overs (or 144 balls if you prefer). But they've only added nine runs in five overs, for the loss of one wicket.

Eng 74-4

Greenway knocks Jonassen for a single - now, how long before Brunt goes big against the spinner? Well, first ball, she tries to cut a half-volley and nearly chops onto her stumps. This should be entertaining at the very least.

Ebony Rainford-Brent

Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

I would prefer to see Sciver promoted above Brunt - she can give it the long handle too, but I wonder if she might offer a bit more longevity. She's got a more rounded game.

Eng 73-4 (target 242)

An interesting promotion by England - that wicket means they're now 49 behind on Duckworth-Lewis if it rains again, so the big-hitting Katherine Brunt - described as a "gladiator" by TMS's Lizzy Ammon - is in at number six, no doubt under instructions to give it the long handle. But for now, it's Greenway having to defend against Perry - just a single from the over, Brunt playing her first ball back to Perry. Australia were 83-1 at this stage.

Ebony Rainford-Brent

Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

Knight was looking for the sweep, and she's completely done herself. She'll be very cross with herself. It was well bowled by Jonassen, she knew that England had to get the ball moving.

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A disappointing end for Knight - spinner Jess Jonassen switches to the Diglis End, and as Knight steps well across to the off side, she can't connect with her nudge to leg and is bowled.

Eng 71-3 (target 242)

Knight defends against Perry, jamming her bat down on the ball which bounces on the ground and spins back in a curious arc, leaving the Berkshire opener momentarily flummoxed as to where it is... but she's all smiles after that. Another two through the covers takes her to 38, but she has to dig out another yorker to survive the over. As we mentioned, the D/L par at this stage is 99.

A little brighter as Perry gets ready to resume her over. But there's a little delay... do we have to wait for exactly 16:20? No. Back under way.

Again, we've not lost any overs. Good.

Restart

We're going to restart at 16:20 BST.

Heather Knight has had a quick chat with Charlotte Edwards, and is now going through a few stretches on the boundary while the umpires re-emerge.

This could be a rather short interruption. The umpires' umbrellas are coming down, if that's a good sigh. The pitch is still covered, but they've not bothered to cover the rest of the square.

I'm starting to learn that the most obvious portent of rain at particular cricket grounds is the ground staff's body language. I was in Grenada earlier this year watching England play West Indies, and as soon as the ground staff donned their yellow trawlermen-style sou-westers, rain was definitely on the way.

As before, we can lose a small amount of time before overs start being reduced.

The Duckworth-Lewis par score for the end of this over, with three wickets down, is 99, so England are still a little adrift of where they would want to be.

Rain stops play

As the song goes, it's raining again...

Ellyse Perry had returned to the attack but only managed the first ball of her over (hit for two by Knight) before the rain returned. Knight has 36 from 67 balls, Greenway has 21 from 33, this stand is worth 39.

Eng 67-3 (Farrell 7-1-13-0)

Knight, so strong through the covers, is being kept under wraps by some accurate bowling from Farrell, who's into her seventh over, and a ring of off-side fielders. A single to fine leg takes her to 34 from 66 balls, but that's the only scoring shot from another tight over from the New South Wales seamer.

Eng 66-3 (target 242)

Greenway moves into double figures, whacking Coyte through mid-wicket for four - it even evades the fleet-footed Ellyse Perry patrolling the square leg boundary, as does a flick off her legs for four more. A firm on-drive brings the Kent left-hander her third successive boundary - having taken 28 balls to score nine, she now has 21 from 31.

Eng 54-3 (Knight 33*, Greenway 9*)

Farrell goes close with an lbw appeal when Greenway is caught on the back foot and struck on the back pad by a full toss. Would be interesting if we had DRS, but we don't.

And we now have a match, with the 20-over landmark reached. If the heavens opened now and we had no more play, Australia would win by 39 runs on Duckworth-Lewis.

Izzy Westbury

Middlesex captain on BBC Test Match Special

Nicole Bolton isn't the tallest figure but has a hell of an arm in the deep. And I've been impressed by Rene Farrell's bowling with the control she's had today.

Eng 50-3 (target 242)

Medium-pacer Sarah Coyte into the attack for her first over, and having played herself in for a few overs, Lydia Greenway tries one of her trademark reverse sweeps but can't make contact. A more orthodox shot brings her four when she flicks the ball under the diving Beams at short fine leg and it's the left-hander's first boundary. 50 up for England.

Izzy Westbury

Middlesex captain on BBC Test Match Special

What will Charlotte Edwards be thinking now?

Something I find hardest as captain [of Middlesex] is trying to hide your own disappointment when you're out as your demeanour will affect the rest of the team.

Eng 46-3 (Knight 31*, Greenway 3*)

Knight steers Farrell through backward point, some good team-work by Sarah Coyte and Kristen Beams turns a likely four into three. Greenway pinches the strike with a single.

Eng 42-3 (target 242)

We're inching towards the minimum 20 overs for a contest here.. Knight is going OK but Greenway, who hangs her bat out to bunt a single to third man, is very much digging in - she has scored two from 12 balls.

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Eng 39-3 (Farrell 4-1-4-0)

Knight plays and misses at Farrell, but thankfully for England, had kept her back foot in the crease as Alyssa Healy whips the bails off. Knight moves on to 26 with a single Farrell is more than justifying her selection today, having only conceded four runs in four overs.

Izzy Westbury

Middlesex captain on BBC Test Match Special

This Knight-Greenway partnership is important for England. It doesn't matter if they take a little longer to get in, as long as they stick around.

Eng 38-3 (target 242)

Seamer Megan Schutt returns in place of Jonassen, and after a single from Greenway, Knight opens the face well to dab a four through third man. There's a stifled lbw appeal as Knight is hit on the pad by one sailing well down the leg side, and a single takes the vice-captain to 25. Five overs until we have a game.

Eng 32-3 (Knight 20*, Greenway 0*)

The required rate is up to 5.72 - but a worrying sign is that the New Road ground staff are still hovering next to the covers, as if they sense more rain ahead. Heather Knight gets England back up and running with a lovely cover drive for two. Her 20 has come from 47 balls.

Eng 30-3 (target 242)

Jonassen finishes off her rain-extended over with three dot balls to the left-handed Greenway.

Ready to go

Ready to resume - as we said, no overs have been lost, so Lydia Greenway is waiting to face her first ball from Jess Jonassen after that wicket fell on the last ball before the rain came.

If England are still three wickets down after 20 overs (for a game to be constituted), the D/L par score is 93.

Who to pick for the Test?

Izzy Westbury

Middlesex captain on BBC Test Match Special

Sonia Odedra has been on the county circuit for yonks. She played in the Test last year, for me it was 'right time, right place' with Brunt injured. But my gut feeling is that she's a good county player, I can't see her coming back into the [Test] squad, she didn't even play in the England Academy side against Australia.

Dan Norcross

BBC Test Match Special

Heather Knight's looked good in this series, she was run out spectacularly by Meg Lanning in the last game when she was going well.

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Izzy Westbury

Middlesex captain on BBC Test Match Special

England have a lot of experience under their belts but haven't always performed. I think Amy Jones is a very good batsman, would you have her in the side over the likes of Greenway?

Elsewhere in the world of cricket today...

• Ian Bell has said Test match cricket is a "brutal environment"
• Mitchell Starc says Australia team-mate Chris Rogers is "good to go" after recovering from dizzy spells
• Leicestershire will release Alex Wyatt and Neil Pinner at the end of the season
• Listen to commentary on all of today's One-Day Cup games via the BBC Sport website

Pitch inspection

Play to resume at 15:35 BST. No overs lost.

Pitch inspection

Umpires coming out to have a look, and a chat with the New Road ground staff. One or two of the side covers have been removed, but the main covers are still on. Australia are laughing and joking by the boundary, as well they might.

While the playing conditions for women's ODIs aren't quite the same as the men's, I think we can still lose a little more time before Messrs Duckworth and Lewis get involved and start chipping off overs.

And as I write that... the side covers are being reattached. Bad times.

Izzy Westbury

Middlesex captain on BBC Test Match Special

If I were Australian, I'd be running up and down by the pitch saying 'let's play'.

Why we need 7.3 more overs

An important point to note - as England have not yet faced 20 overs, we do not yet have a game constituted.

So in the (hopefully unlikely) scenario that the players don't get back on the field, it would be a "no result" and both teams would take one point.

Izzy Westbury

Middlesex captain on BBC Test Match Special

I love Ian Bell-type cricketers, I could watch Meg Lanning all day, and Sarah Taylor falls into that category. She's almost on her own in terms of talent, but we've not seen it fulfilled. She's a very good player but could be so much better.

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Izzy Westbury on TMS thinks this could be a "short, sharp shower" - short, sharp or not, the rain is now heavy enough that the rest of the square is now being covered, in addition to the pitch - while both teams have retreated from the dug-outs to the dressing-room.

Rain stops play

And on that note, before play can resume, the rain is now beating down strong enough that the players have to go off as the covers are brought on.

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Dan Norcross

BBC Test Match Special

She had gone too far forward in anticipation of the run, and she couldn't turn and go back. She could maybe have put the dive in.

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Oh, no... Winfield sets off for a single which was never there, is sent back and Nicole Bolton's direct hit means it's all over for the Yorkshire opener.

Eng 30-2

Decent shout for lbw from Farrell, with Knight in front of her stumps - but there's no DRS in this series and so the vice-captain remains. Maiden over.

Ebony Rainford-Brent

Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

Sarah Taylor is an expressive player, and I wonder whether she might be better off going back up to opener. If you have a player in the wrong place, you're always going to be disappointed.

Izzy Westbury

Middlesex captain on BBC Test Match Special

This might just be a short, sharp shower.

Eng 30-2

Australia turn straight to spin with the compulsory powerplay concluded, with slow left-armer Jess Jonassen on at the New Road End. Just a Knight single from a rapid over.

Dan Norcross

BBC Test Match Special

Australia will be delighted, because they've got England exactly where they want them, thanks in no small part to a loose shot from the captain, and a shot of unspeakable awfulness from Sarah Taylor.

Eng 29-2 (target 242)

Four overs is all we'll see of Schutt at this stage - Australia turn to fellow right-arm seamer Rene Farrell, who's probably more medium-fast than fast-medium but has been preferred to teenager Holly Ferling today. There's a short extra cover catching, with a ring of four fielders behind her, and some tight bowling from Farrell restricts England to just a solitary single.

Eng 28-2 (Knight 16*, Winfield 7*)

Perry has a slip in, England help themselves to three singles as Elyse Villani is kept busy at mid-on - risk-free cricket is what's needed at this stage for the hosts.

Eng 25-2 (Schutt 4-0-13-0)

Winfield clips a single past square leg - Schutt has a big grin on her face, along with a thick stripe of sun cream over her nose and cheeks (which her new-ball partner Perry always has, come rain or shine). Knight moves to 14. At this stage, for what it's worth, Australia were 21-0.

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Eng 23-2 (target 242)

There may be rain in the air, but there's still a queue for ice creams at New Road (other food and drink is available). Perry to continue, it'll be interesting to see how long Lanning keeps her main strike bowler going. Winfield swishes and misses outside off stump, eventually managing to work a single.

Ebony Rainford-Brent

Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

One thing I'd like to see introduced into the women's ODI game is the two new balls, one from each end, like the men have. We want to see more runs, and this might add more impetus to the innings.

Eng 22-2 (Knight 13*, Winfield 4*)

Knight turns a well-run two off her toes. That two takes England to 22-2 with the target 242. Clearly thinking of the late, great Richie Benaud with that score... Marvellous.

Kalika Mehta

BBC Sport at Worcester

The umbrellas are going up around New Road as spectators try and shelter themselves from the light drizzle coming down. There are plenty of cheers of encouragement for England from the younger fans in Worcester, despite the less then positive start.

Eng 20-2 (target 242)

Knight shows Perry a straight bat, pushing the score along with a single - Winfield is timing the ball well but keeps finding the fielders. No point in any silly singles in these circumstances. Looks a trifle parky out there, many of the fans are donning their hoodies.

Henry Moeran

BBC Test Match Special

I can see some rain - it might not be the worst thing in the world for England to get to go off for 20 minutes or so and regroup. It's the sort of light rain through which you might carry on - but if you were off the field, you wouldn't be able to restart.

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Eng 19-2 (Knight 10*, Winfield 4*)

Knight plays and misses at Schutt, who's not as quick as Perry but whose accuracy made a huge difference at Bristol and earned her four wickets (all lbw or bowled). A single takes her into double figures.

Meanwhile, in the England dug-out, Jenny Gunn is biting her nails. As many of the team's supporters will be after that start to their innings.

Holly Colvin

Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

Winfield does open the batting for her county, so it's kind of the equivalent role here for her.

Eng 18-2 (target 242)

Lauren Winfield, preferred to Amy Jones today, makes a decent start as her first ball disappears for four leg byes and she guides her second coolly off her legs for four.

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The nightmare continues as Taylor plays across the line and is comprehensively bowled by Perry, the ball hitting middle stump fairly high up. Australia jubilant, England disconsolate. It would be just their luck if it rained now and they got slaughtered on Duckworth-Lewis...

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Eng 10-1 (Knight 9*, Taylor 1*)

Megan Schutt, who bowled so well at Bristol, provokes an edge from Knight... but that's past the solitary slip for four runs. Another wideish delivery is more carefully guided through third man for four more.

How's stat?

Charlotte Edwards has just tied with India's Jhulan Goswami for the world record of 16 ODI ducks.

In Charlotte's defence, this is her 188th ODI and she has scored the best past of 1,000 more runs in this format than anyone else in history...

Eng 2-1 (target 242)

Sarah Taylor is the new batter, she guides her first ball to extra cover for a single, she's a third of the way down the track for a second before being sent back by Heather Knight, who's also off the mark with a single.

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Holly Colvin

Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

It was a hint of early movement from Perry, perhaps helped by the overhead conditions, and Charlotte chased it a little.

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Nightmare start for England - captain Charlotte Edwards falls tamely, edging the fourth ball of the match to the wicketkeeper to give Ellyse Perry an early wicket.

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Holly Colvin

Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

241 looks a lot of runs on the pitch, I think Australia have the bowlers to defend this total.

Henry Moeran

BBC Test Match Special

I just saw the ground staff looking up at the sky. There's the ominous hint of moisture in the air - we've waited a day and a half to watch England bat, it would be nice to see what they can do, as we've yet to see Charlotte Edwards hit her straps in this series. If she does, England shouldn't be daunted by this target.

England's opening pair Charlotte Edwards and Heather Knight are on their way. 242 is the target.

Jesse Hogan

Australian cricket writer on TMS

I was surprised in the last game when they didn't bring Heather Knight on until the 29th over, and she was the fifth bowler, so she would have to bowl right through, no matter how she went. They then had to bring Natalie Sciver on for the 46th over.

Dan Norcross

BBC Test Match Special

Now England are under the microscope, their bowling changes can get a bit predictable - they'll bowl Brunt and Shrubsole for five overs each st the start, then usually two others for five overs.

Australia are in a huddle with coach Matthew Mott in front of their dug-out. Who will be taking a 4-2 lead on points into the Test?

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Half a century, twice as fast

Australia really did take advantage towards the end of the innings.

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Jesse Hogan

Australian cricket writer on TMS

Cricket Australia have taken a lot of notice of the way this Women's Ashes series has been run, and what a positive effect it's had on the game. The last time England came to Australia, there were one-dayers in Hobart and Melbourne but they want to replicate the atmosphere they've had here.

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On dealing with his current run of poor form:

When I was younger I probably put too much pressure on myself. At the moment I'm relaxed - I had a great round of golf with Brendon McCullum the other day and that's how he talks, just go out there and enjoy it.

Ian BellEngland batsman

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On batting at number three:

You look at world cricket and great players like Ponting have batted at three. When you're out of form, I'd actually prefer to get out there and get scrapping earlier.

Ian BellEngland batsman

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I've got a home Test match against Australia coming up, and if I can't get excited about that, what can I get excited about? Hopefully with a bit of luck up front I can get a score.

Ian BellEngland batsman

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Time to draw breath - and while the players take lunch, keep your ears pinned to TMS where England batsman Ian Bell has been talking to BBC Radio 5 live's Pat Murphy ahead of the next men's Ashes Test which starts at Edgbaston on Wednesday.

I can also point you in the direction of the One-Day Cup, where you can hear commentary on all five of today's games via the BBC Sport website.

Ebony Rainford-Brent

Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

It's going to be important for England to run those twos and threes - and make sure they don't make mistakes.

Player reaction

We bowled really well up front with Katherine [Brunt] and Anya [Shrubsole], it was the middle phase that got away from us. But we've done well to keep them to 240. It's a good wicket, and we pride ourselves on our running, so if we start well and someone bats through we've got a good chance.

Sarah TaylorEngland wicketkeeper, on Sky Sports

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Dan Norcross

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England have strengthened their batting today with all three changes they've made, with Winfield, Gunn and Marsh in for Jones, Cross and Grundy. They've got to back themselves, as panic has only set in because of scoreboard pressure.

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So, England will need to score 242 to win the third ODI and take a 4-2 lead on points in the multi-format series.

Ebony Rainford-Brent

Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

Australia have done brilliantly and that's a very dangerous score. My gut feeling is that 220 would be around par. There's not going to be much value for threading it through the field.

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A shin-high full toss is whacked to long-on for one by Blackwell, they turn for a risky second (with nothing to lose) and Coyte is run out at the bowler's end.

Aus 240-6

Blackwell pushes a single to bring new batter Sarah Coyte on strike with two balls left in the innings. Coyte blasts a single to mid-off.

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Gone! The third umpire sends Jonassen on her way, but she's done her job by getting Blackwell back on strike.

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Who to bowl the last over? It's Natalie Sciver, switching to the Diglis End for the first time. A Blackwell single brings the left-handed Jess Jonassen on strike, she can only chop her first ball straight to mid-off. Then she pushes a quick single, Greenway throws to Sciver and the stumps are down, they're going upstairs...

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Gunn's persistence is rewarded as Perry tries to slog the last ball of the penultimate over and is yorked. Gunn finishes with figures of 9-0-52-2.

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Aus 237-4 (Perry 67*, Blackwell 8*)

Perry hammers a short delivery from Gunn over the square leg umpire for four. The field is shuffled, but more clean hitting brings Perry a couple more over extra cover. Blackwell does her job in rotating the strike.

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Aus 227-4 (Perry 60*, Blackwell 6*)

Perry waits to thread a well-timed four through the covers again, piercing the infield and beating the boundary rider. 12 from the over, and 240 is very much on the cards now.

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I'm a bit concerned that Knight has to bowl so much towards the end of the innings.

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50 for Ellyse Perry

Perry reaches her ninth ODI half-century from 51 balls as she guides Knight through the covers for four.

Ebony Rainford-Brent

Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

I think Australia will be happy with 240-250. They may have to clear the front leg a bit to get there.

Aus 215-4

Gunn is quickly through her eighth over, England restrict the Aussies to five singles, though Blackwell has to hurry for the last one as Gunn gives chase and throws from short mid-wicket and Winfield does well to back it up.

Dan Norcross

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England's ground fielding has been nothing short of diabolical in the last 45 minutes or so. I'm not pointing the finger at individuals, but collectively, it's not been great.

Aus 210-4

Edwards switches her spinners again as Knight replaces Marsh, but now the onus is on Perry to farm the strike and see Australia through the last five overs. They manage some ones and twos, England will be happy to prevent the boundaries.

Aus 204-4

The experienced Alex Blackwell is the new batter, but Perry nicks a strike with a single to move to 42.

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Ebony Rainford-Brent

Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

What a brilliant 85 from Lanning - she did exactly what her team needed on a tough pitch to bat on. It was a good catch from Sciver.

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Lanning goes after Gunn, having ridden her luck today at times, but finally Dame Fortune deserts her as she goes for a big hit over long-on and is pouched by Natalie Sciver just a few yards in from the boundary. 85 from 89 balls, and apart from the run-out chance and the dropped catch, a masterclass.

Aus 200-3 (Lanning 84*, Perry 39*)

New bowler, same action as Marsh replaces fellow off-spinner Knight at the Diglis End. But Perry and Lanning find easy pickings against the Kent bowler, and Lanning brutally despatches a short ball for four through mid-wicket to bring up the 200. It feels like Perry hasn't been in long, but this stand is already worth 82. Australia were 83-1 at drinks, they must have consumed some go-faster energy drinks at the hydration break...

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BBC Sport at Worcester

Despite the overcast conditions the ice cream truck remains popular with the large number of kids at New Road. The sole Australia fan I’ve spotted in a bright yellow shirt is bopping up and down with joy as Lanning reaches her 50 before a few cries of ‘Come on England’ are heard amongst the DJ’s musical numbers that accompanies every landmark.

Aus 188-3 (Sciver 7-0-32-1)

Lanning steps back to the leg side and smacks Sciver for four through extra cover. You wouldn't put your house on her not reaching back-to-back ODI centuries here... Sciver's radar is a bit askew as she sends down a couple of legside wides which Taylor does well to take behind the timbers. Perry is providing useful support but those missed chances off Lanning must be preying on England's minds.

Izzy Westbury

Middlesex captain on BBC Test Match Special

I was asked to write a piece the other day and asked which male batsman Meg Lanning was most like. I said Don Bradman - she must be a captain's nightmare to set fields to.

Aus 180-3 (Lanning 74*, Perry 31*)

Edwards rotates her bowlers, with Heather Knight back on, but Australia are rotating the strike well at this stage, while Lanning executes a well-timed sweep which perfectly bisects the fielders at long leg and deep mid-wicket. As if to taunt England, she hits the next ball to the opposite boundary with a fluent cover drive.

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Izzy Westbury

Middlesex captain on BBC Test Match Special

This is a dangerous partnership, I'm worried already. They're good between the wickets, they know each other's games well.

Aus 168-3

England turn back to Surrey's Natalie Sciver, Perry flicks a two off her legs, while Sciver is out of luck as Perry gets an inside edge past the stumps, it evades Taylor who's standing up and it disappears for four - that's the fifty stand.

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Aus 162-3 (Lanning 63*, Perry 24*)

Jenny Gunn to bowl the final over of the powerplay from the Diglis End - and is let down by her fielders twice as first Brunt at deep mid-wicket and then Winfield at deep extra cover misjudge a couple of stops on the rope, letting four through on each occasion. The powerplay ends with 11 conceded from an expensive over.

And while the TMS team ponder what a "par" score is on this ground, scorer Phil Long points out that the Aussies have scored 66 in the last 10 overs in both previous ODIs. So, that'll be 228 then?

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Aus 151-3 (Brunt 10-2-36-0)

And England decide to bowl Brunt out too, so it'll be interesting to see who bowls at the death. Perry goes after Brunt, that looks like four and they have to check with the third umpire as Lauren Winfield makes a sprawling stop but can't stop herself from touching the rope as she scoops the ball back. Lanning pushes her side's score past 150, and Perry works the last ball of Brunt's spell to mid-wicket for a quick single. So the big Yorkshire pace bowler stays on 99 ODI wickets for a while longer... I don't think they play another ODI until the winter!

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Aus 142-3 (Shrubsole 10-1-25-0)

Lanning is moving up through the gears here, taking the chance to pull a shorter ball from Shrubsole for four. The Somerset seamer finishes her 10-over allocation, wicketless but economical - that was the only four she's conceded all day.

Izzy Westbury

Middlesex captain on BBC Test Match Special

Meg Lanning is a blonde-haired, blue-eyed demon. You name it, she's got it.

Aus 136-3 (Lanning 52*, Perry 9*)

Brunt stays on for her penultimate over, bowling from rather wide of the crease and sending down a wide delivery that's well out of Lanning's reach - it's signalled as a wide by umpire Alex Wharf. Three singles mean it's four from the over, Brunt has 0-28 from nine.

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Henry Moeran

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It's demoralising for England with those chances off Lanning - you've had a missed run-out opportunity on five, and a dropped catch just now. Will they start thinking it's not their day with Meg Lanning?

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Umpire Martin Saggers signals the batting powerplay so England will have a maximum of three fielders outside the circle from overs 36-40. It's Anya Shrubsole to bowl, and after a couple of singles, Lanning - on 49 - has to jam her bat down on a yorker, but a chop past the keeper brings up her eighth ODI fifty from 67 balls.

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Aus 129-3 (Lanning 48*, Perry 7*)

So, Brunt stays on 99 ODI wickets, she's not the happiest fast bowler when a chance goes down off her bowling. Chastened, England concede three singles.

Holly Colvin

Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

That's a chance that she'll be really disappointed not to take, as will the whole team as it's the key wicket of Meg Lanning. I'm surprised you can't see a little steam coming out of Brunt's ears.

Dropped catch

Dropped! England give Lanning another life, she cuts the ball to point and the normally safe hands of Lydia Greenway can't hold on, despite getting both hands to it above her head.

Aus 126-3 (Lanning 46*, Perry 6*)

Perry clubs Knight for four through the covers, serving early notice of her intentions (and perhaps gently reminding her captain that she was listed at number four on the scorecard), but otherwise it's a fairly tight over from vice-captain Knight.

Holly Colvin

Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

It will be interesting to see who Edwards turns to in the powerplay. I think she might turn to the experience of Jenny Gunn, but she has been a bit more expensive than usual today.

Aus 120-3 (Brunt 7-2-21-0)

Brunt, who's been marooned on 99 ODI wickets since her three-for at Taunton, is giving it everything as she always does, her seventh over only yields two singles. She has three left, Shrubsole has two, so it'll be interesting to see who bowls in the powerplay.

Aus 118-3

Ellyse Perry is the new batter - she sees out her first ball from Knight, who has dismissed her in each of the first two ODIs in this series.

Holly Colvin

Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

Healy was keen to hit that ball over the top but couldn't get the elevation on it. But it was a good knock and it took the pressure off Lanning.

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Heather Knight has a habit of picking up crucial wickets, and she comes up trumps again here - it's not Lanning, but the busy Healy miscues the ball straight back to the bowler and Knight takes a smart return catch.

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Holly Colvin

Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

I don't know what the answer is to get Lanning out at the moment, apart from run-outs.

Aus 113-2 (Brunt 6-2-19-0)

With Australia having sent Healy up the order to improve their run rate, England captain Charlotte Edwards counters by turning back to her pace spearhead Katherine Brunt - and it nearly works a treat as Lanning gets a bottom edge and nearly chops onto her stumps. Healy, meanwhile, moves to 17 from 16 balls as she lifts a slower ball over wide mid-on for four.

Dan Norcross

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It really is a sluggish outfield. I wonder if the removal of Nicole Bolton has actually helped Australia as she was starting to get rather bogged down. Lanning, meanwhile, looks more likely to get run out than get out any other way in her last two innings, she's been imperious.

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Aus 107-2 (Lanning 38*, Healy 12*)

Lanning and the gum-chewing Healy look to get on with it against Knight, who's bowling round the wicket to the two left-handers. Ones and twos mean it's six from the over.

Holly Colvin

Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

It was an interesting move to send Healy up, as Perry hasn't done a lot wrong. Healy has opened for Australia in T20 cricket and she's a good strokemaker. This pair aren't afraid to hit over the infield but the ball's not reaching the boundary.

Aus 101-2

Meg Lanning has been rather starved of the strike here - if it's a deliberate England tactic, it's working, she's only faced seven balls in the last 10 overs... She's not been afraid to hit over the top today, taking two when she chips the ball over extra cover before moving to 33 from 43 balls with a single. Healy similarly hoists a two towards long-on, the ball nearly plugs as soon as it lands on this damp outfield, but it's finally the hundred up for Australia.

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Aus 95-2 (Lanning 30*, Healy 8*)

England keep two overs of Shrubsole up their sleeves and turn to Heather Knight's off-spin - she drags her third delivery down too short and Healy aggressively clubs it for four through long leg. A swipe through the covers sees no fewer than three England fielders give chase and Healy scampers through for three.

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Ebony Rainford-Brent

Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

Healy will get on with it, I wonder if they're thinking she could get in before the powerplay, get set and play more aggressively.

Aus 88-2 (Sciver 4-0-11-1)

A change in the batting order as it's wicketkeeper Alyssa Healy promoted to number four ahead of Ellyse Perry, who is standing by the dug-out with a white towel draped around her shoulders like a superhero's cape. Healy is off the mark with a single.

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Bolton toe-ends one over extra cover and the delighted Laura Marsh takes the catch. Having taken 89 balls to score 40, was the pressure getting to the left-hander from Perth?

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Ebony Rainford-Brent

Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

With this outfield, I think the team which hits the most twos will end up winning today. Charlotte Edwards has rotated her bowlers much better today.

Aus 85-1 (Bolton 39*, Lanning 29*)

Shrubsole to continue, Lanning cuts and misses and Taylor, standing up to the stumps, does well to take the ball. Lanning and Bolton exchange singles, and while Australia have hit seven fours today, Shrubsole is yet to concede a boundary. She has 0-16 from eight.

Ebony Rainford-Brent

Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

England are pegging it back a little, but the potential danger is without getting a breakthrough, the likes of Perry can come in and add power. If they can get a wicket, ideally Lanning, while they get the squeeze on... Charlotte Edwards is good in these scenarios at keeping it tight.

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Drinks break

Lanning pushes a single, then there's a brief comedic moment when Bolton straight-drives, Sciver dives to try to stop the ball, Lanning dives to get back into her crease and both bowler and non-striker are momentarily prostrate as the ball trickles towards mid-off. Bolton has only scored one run off her past 14 deliveries - but the sides have earned a drinks break (sorry, "hydration break").

Aus 82-1 (Shrubsole 7-1-14-0)

It's still overcast but dry over New Road as Shrubsole, who's been economical today, bowls nice and straight and keeps it tight against Bolton - in fact, that's a maiden. Very tidy figures from the Somerset seamer.

Aus 82-1 (Sciver 2-0-7-0)

Bolton, rather overshadowed since her captain came in, cuts loose with an aggressive pull shot but Katherine Brunt races round the boundary to cut it off, and deliver a trademark bullet-like throw to restrict them to two. The New Road crowd clearly appreciate good fielding, there's loud applause when Lydia Greenway makes a smart stop at backward point.

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There is a smaller crowd then was first expected at Worcester after the game was pushed to Monday but those at New Road are making their voices heard. In picturesque settings, the sound of church bells is adding to the atmosphere.

Aus 78-1 (Bolton 35*, Lanning 26*)

After two overs of Marsh, Anya Shrubsole returns as England look to ring the changes. But Australia keep building, three from the over.

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Izzy Westbury

Middlesex captain on BBC Test Match Special

As an impartial cricket observer, I'd like to see Bolton get some runs as she paces her innings nicely. The opening partnership with Villani works well, a left-hand/right-hand and they both have strong top arms.

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Aus 75-1

The New Road ice cream man is starting to drum up some trade as England turn to medium-pacer Natalie Sciver as their sixth bowler. Can she atone for that missed run-out chance? Lanning adds a two and a single, she's up to 25 and not far behind Bolton who has 33. That's the fifty stand.

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Aus 72-1

Lanning comes down the track and lofts Marsh for four over her head, before crashing a full toss for four more through extra cover. Bolton is content to play the supporting role, but it's 11 from a good over for the tourists.

Aus 61-1

Gunn begins her fifth over, Australia are in careful accumulation mode and with the field spread, there are easy pickings for the left-hand/right-hand pair. Bolton has 32 from 64, Lanning is up to 12 from 19.

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Izzy Westbury

Middlesex captain on BBC Test Match Special

I'm terrified of Meg Lanning. The second ball I ever bowled to her, she hit it for six up onto a roof somewhere.

Aus 57-1 (Bolton 30*, Lanning 10*)

England turn to spin for the first time - it's Kent off-spinner Laura Marsh, bowling round the wicket to the left-handed Bolton and over the wicket to the right-handed Lanning. Just three singles from a tidy first over of spin.

Aus 54-1

A single takes Australia to 50, before Lanning makes England pay for missing that run-out chance as she goes inside-out, hoisting Gunn wide of long-off for four.

Izzy Westbury

Middlesex captain on BBC Test Match Special

I see Lauren Winfield as an opener rather than a middle-order player - I'd like to see her opening, perhaps with Heather Knight down the order.

Aus 49-1 (Bolton 27*, Lanning 5*)

Lanning is leading a charmed life here - Bolton pushes the ball to mid-wicket, Lanning is halfway down the track and looking stranded, but a fierce throw - too fierce - from Natalie Sciver - is wide of the stumps, down by Elwiss's feet and the Aussie captain makes her ground. A gentler throw to the bowler would surely have seen the dangerous Lanning back in the hutch.

Aus 46-1

Plenty of energy in the field from England, Gunn is quickly through her third over as Australia try to rebuild with some ones and twos.

Aus 41-1 (Elwiss 2-0-8-1)

A miscue from Lanning, the Aussie captain (a centurion in the last game) nearly perishes without scoring as the ball spoons up over mid-wicket but thankfully for her, there's no fielder in the vicinity. A let-off - and two singles from the over. Bolton has 23 from 46 balls, Lanning has one from seven.

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Aus 39-1 (Bolton 22*, Lanning 0*)

Bolton helps herself to a couple of twos, before unleashing a shot-of-the-day contenders - a booming cover drive, they always look so good from left-handers - which beats Heather Knight's dive to the boundary.

Aus 31-1

Captain Meg Lanning is in at number three. Elwiss, who began her England career as a front-line seamer but whose batting has come on more recently, has batted at seven in the first two ODIs but not bowled until today. However, her first ball to Bolton (they ran on the catch) is a no-ball and the free hit ball is a full toss, smacked down the ground for four by the left-hander, who moves to 14 with a single.

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It was on her pads, and she fell for it.

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Holly Colvin

Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

It's good to see Jenny Gunn back in the side, she's an experienced campaigner and Ashes winner.

Aus 25-0 (Villani 14*, Bolton 9*)

England make their first bowling change as Brunt is replaced by Jenny Gunn - just a single from it.

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Aus 24-0

Keeper Sarah Taylor is up to the stumps for Shrubsole, there's an excitable lbw shout from the Somerset seamer as the ball clatters into Bolton's pads but the appeal is stifled as it looked to have pitched outside leg. There's a short cover and short mid-wicket in catching positions, and England will feel they have contained Australia well - the Southern Stars having been 30-2 and 38-0 after 10 overs in each of the previous ODIs.

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Aus 23-0 (Villani 12*, Bolton 9*)

If there's one thing everyone always says about Worcester, it's undoubtedly one of the prettiest county grounds in England, and (perhaps with one eye on the weather) fans are making their way into the ground all the time. Just a couple of runs from the over, Brunt has 0-13 from five.

Holly Colvin

Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

That's disappointing off the last ball of the over as you always want your fielders to back you up. Jenny Gunn is one of the best fielders in the team, she's always charging from long-on to long-on in T20, and she has big hands. A rare mistake from her.

Aus 21-0

The runs have dried up for the Southern Stars - a run of 18 dot balls (punctuated only by those two wides in the sixth over) is finally ended as a misfield by Jenny Gunn at cover allows Bolton a single off the last ball of the over.

Holly Colvin

Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

A dreadful day yesterday, but hopefully we'll get the full 50 overs in today. Fielding is something England pride themselves on, they want to be dynamic in the field and they've shown that in the first few overs.

Aus 20-0 (Brunt 4-2-11-0)

BBC Weather's Peter Gibbs told us yesterday to expect "a fresh westerly wind making it feel chilly out in the middle" - well, several Aussie players in the dug-out are huddling beneath white towels, including captain Meg Lanning who's next in. Villani gets lucky as she is inches away from chopping the ball onto her stumps - the tireless Brunt bowls another maiden over.

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Aus 20-0 (Shrubsole 3-0-9-0)

Here's a question. If cows lying down is a portent of rain, does the same apply to ground staff? A posse of what appears to be New Road workers are stretched out just behind the boundary, watching the game. Out in the middle, Shrubsole sends down a couple of wides as she slants the ball across leftie Bolton. No runs off the bat this over though.

Ebony Rainford-Brent

Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

All looking pretty good for Australia at the moment, it was a brilliant start by Brunt in the first over but the outfield looks very slow.

Aus 18-0 (Villani 12*, Bolton 6*)

The Southern Stars have their first boundaries of the day as Villani forces Brunt for four through mid-wicket and shovels another shorter delivery for four more to long leg.

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Some running repairs for Nicole Bolton between overs - it looks as though her trousers need a bit of tape after that full-length dive.

And I can confirm that all is well with Katherine Brunt - having accidentally described her as an "eight-arm pace bowler" in the first over, rather than the "right-arm" variety I meant to type... sorry!

Dan Norcross

BBC Test Match Special

Considering this is a reserve day, the crowd isn't too bad.

Aus 10-0

Villani takes her fourth single of the morning, Bolton has to dive for the crease to make her ground. Shrubsole hasn't quite hit the heights in this series that she did last year when she was player of the tournament in the ICC World Twenty20 in Bangladesh - she took 0-42 at Taunton, 1-41 at Bristol and has 0-7 from two overs today.

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Aus 9-0

After the pasting it took from the rain in the last few days, the New Road outfield is looking a bit slow here - Bolton straight-drives past the diving Brunt and though she caught it well, England cut it off for two.

Aus 6-0 (Villani 2*, Bolton 4*)

Anya Shrubsole to share the new ball, as usual, from the Diglis End, as the left-handed Nicole Bolton takes guard. Her first ball is jabbed down to Laura Marsh at fine leg for a single, Villani opens her account in similar fashion and when Shrubsole strays onto leg stump again, it's a long chase for Brunt who athletically flips the ball back from the cow corner boundary to keep the score to three. Villani nicks the strike with another single.

Aus 0-0

Gun-barrel straight from Brunt first up, with two slips in, and the Yorkshire right-arm pace bowler completes a maiden over to Villani.

And here's some optimism from TMS's Dan Norcross - if England win today, and win the Test, they retain the Ashes...

Ebony Rainford-Brent

Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

Sarah Taylor is normally exceptional behind the stumps, but she's dropped a couple. It makes such a difference when she takes those blinders. England need to step their standards up in the field.

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Katherine Brunt marking out her run-up at the New Road End - Australia with their regular openers Elyse Villani and Nicole Bolton. Here we go, cross those fingers the rain stays away!

Ebony Rainford-Brent

Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

Farrell's got this action where she nips it back in. She's an aggressive bowler, she just keeps coming at you and I think she probably would have been in the side from the start. I'm very surprised that Beams replaces Osborne - Osborne has that control at a slower pace.

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As you'll have seen, Test Match Special is back on the airwaves - you can listen today on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra, and via the BBC Sport website, BBC Sport app and BBC iPlayer Radio app.

Apologies to those of you hoping for Surrey v Northants on sports extra - but you can listen to that game, and all the other One-Day Cup fixtures today, via the BBC Sport website. There are four games at 14:00 BST - the early game at Durham is delayed by rain.

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Ebony Rainford-Brent

Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

Holly Ferling has a long future ahead of her, but Australia need more wicket-taking ability and a little more control. Rene Farrell brings the ball back in, she's consistent and aggressive, and we've seen how England can be vulnerable to the straight ball. I'm surprised Kristen Beams is playing as she bowled a lot of full tosses in the first game - and it's not like she's a young leg-spinner making her way, she's 30.

Captain's view

There's a lot of rain around this morning. We've got to start well with the ball and put Australia under pressure.

Charlotte EdwardsEngland captain

Ebony Rainford-Brent

Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

I can understand why they've gone for Jenny Gunn, she has the experience and it deepens the batting order. We've seen how Becky Grundy has been doing fine leg to fine leg, she hasn't been at her best, and Laura Marsh is getting back to her best after injury. And Lauren Winfield has been scoring runs in county cricket - Amy Jones hasn't.

Captain's view

"I probably would have bowled too. We've got a really balanced squad and any of 14 players can do a job. It was nice to get amongst the runs the other day and hopefully I can do that again today."

Meg LanningAustralia captain

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Captain's view

We feel Gunn is going to be a real threat on this wicket. It was always going to be tight [to choose] between Grundy and Marsh, while Winfield was very unlucky to miss out in the first two games and we've given her an opportunity today.

Charlotte EdwardsEngland captain

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Australia team changes

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Meanwhile, Australia make two bowling changes - spinner Kristen Beams and seamer Rene Farrell replace Erin Osborne and teenager Holly Ferling.

England team changes

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England bring in Lauren Winfield for Amy Jones at number four, while there's a double change lower down the order as seam-bowling all-rounder Jenny Gunn and spinner Laura Marsh replace Kate Cross and Rebecca Grundy.

Toss

England win the toss and field first. They make three changes, Australia make two..

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The all-important forecast from our friends at BBC Weather - fingers crossed, we should get a game in.

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If at first you don't succeed

Morning, everyone. England and Australia have put away the brollies and are going to try again with the third ODI of the Women's Ashes after their first attempt yesterday was washed out by rain. Good news is that it looks dry - news of the toss as we get it.

This (below) was the scene for much of yesterday, sadly:

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