Women's Ashes: England v Australia, 3rd ODI, Worcester, as it happened

Summary

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

Live Reporting

Mark Mitchener

Postpublished at 15:46 British Summer Time 27 July 2015
Izzy Westbury
Middlesex captain on BBC Test Match Special
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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)published at 15 overs
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*)published at 14 overs
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.
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Eng 30-3 (target 242)published at 13 overs
Jonassen finishes off her rain-extended over with three dot balls to the left-handed Greenway.
Ready to gopublished at 15:34
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?published at 15:33 British Summer Time 27 July 2015
Izzy Westbury
Middlesex captain on BBC Test Match Special
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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.
Postpublished at 15:33 British Summer Time 27 July 2015
Dan Norcross
BBC Test Match Special
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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.
Image source, PA
Postpublished at 15:31 British Summer Time 27 July 2015
Izzy Westbury
Middlesex captain on BBC Test Match Special
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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...published at 15:29
- 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
Postpublished at 15:29 British Summer Time 27 July 2015
Pitch inspectionpublished at 15:28
Play to resume at 15:35 BST. No overs lost.
Postpublished at 15:24 British Summer Time 27 July 2015
Pitch inspectionpublished at 15:21
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.
Postpublished at 15:21 British Summer Time 27 July 2015
Izzy Westbury
Middlesex captain on BBC Test Match Special
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If I were Australian, I'd be running up and down by the pitch saying 'let's play'.
Why we need 7.3 more overspublished at 15:18
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.
Postpublished at 15:17 British Summer Time 27 July 2015
Izzy Westbury
Middlesex captain on BBC Test Match Special
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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.
Image source, Getty Images
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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 playpublished at 15:12
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.
Image source, Reuters
Postpublished at 15:12 British Summer Time 27 July 2015
Dan Norcross
BBC Test Match Special
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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.