Summary

  • Australia 177-5; trail England by 103

  • Two wickets for debutant Ecclestone

  • England all out for 280 after resuming on 235-7

  • Aus lead series 4-2 on points; 4pts available for Test win

  • Inaugural day-night women's Test

  • North Sydney Oval; England won toss

Live Reporting

Mark Mitchener

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  2. Aus 168-5

    Trail by 112

    Alyssa Healy in at number seven for Australia, is looking on from the non-striker's end as Anya Shrubsole, who bowled a beautiful, probing spell earlier, has Perry on the defensive. And a maiden over means Healy will have to face the rampaging Brunt.

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    Ex-England seamer on BBC Test Match Special

    Lauren Winfield will be very relieved that the drop won't have cost England too many runs.

  4. wicket

    WICKET

    Haynes lbw b Brunt 33 (Aus 168-5)

    Got her! Next ball, Haynes is hit in front, stone dead, and Brunt has the wicket England had been searching for, for so long. From the agony to the ecstasy.

    Katherine BruntEPA
  5. dropped catch

    Haynes dropped on 29

    Aus 168-4

    ...but there's then an agonising drop as Haynes gets an edge and it's not taken by Lauren Winfield at second slip as she gets a hand to it.

  6. new ball

    Second new ball taken

    Aus 164-4

    Katherine Brunt with the new ball - and from the very first delivery, there's a bit of shape for the Yorkshire right-armer, which didn't seem to be there earlier in the day...

  7. Adelaide update: Wicket for Overton

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  8. Aus 164-4

    New ball available

    Last over with the old ball (probably) - Knight, round the wicket, is plundered for a single by Haynes and a full-blooded cut shot for four by Perry. The old ball - which frankly looks a bit of a mess - is taken off, and the new ball brought on.

    If this game has been in a holding pattern for a while, hopefully we might see it spark back into life for the last 20 minutes. Stand by your beds.

  9. Aus 159-4

    Perry 58, Haynes 28

    Laura Marsh to bowl - this may be a one-over spell if Brunt and Shrubsole return when the new ball is available, and it's a rare loose delivery which Perry guides for four backward of square leg.

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    Chris Harden: Not wanting to be negative but can't see women's Test match cricket taking off with run rates like this.

  11. Aus 154-4

    New ball available in two overs

    Knight under the lights - the England captain trots in for her third over, Perry adds a two to the score, and the Richies are still keeping the crowd entertained.

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  13. Aus 152-4

    Ecclestone 17-3-51-2

    Haynes sweeps, misses, a big appeal for lbw from Ecclestone... that must have been very, very close. "I'd like to see what that was missing," notes Charles Dagnall on TMS as the Aussie skipper was hit in the midriff while down on one knee. I think what he's hinting at is that it might have been missing off and leg - because it was hitting middle.

    To add insult to injury, Haynes latches onto a couple of loose deliveries for back-to-back fours, which push the Aussies past 150.

  14. Aus 143-4

    New ball available in four overs

    Rachael Haynes nudges a two off her legs, but captain Heather Knight is otherwise able to whistle through an over. We've got just over half-an-hour of play left - so time for a few with the new ball.

  15. Charles Dagnall
    BBC Test Match Special

    I also think Heather Knight should have bowled herself more. Now she's coming on with only five overs until the new ball.

  16. Adelaide update: Three for Woakes

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  17. 50 runs

    50 for Ellyse Perry

    Aus 141-4

    That's 50 for Australia's star all-rounder, rocking back to crack Ecclestone through extra cover for four.

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    Ralph Brooker: Suddenly I think England need a wicket or two. Excellent game though. So far Taylor’s victim is the Villani of the piece!

  19. Aus 137-4

    Elwiss, bowling round the wicket to the left-handed Haynes, continues to keep it tight - maiden over.

  20. Charles Dagnall
    BBC Test Match Special

    What do you make of England trying to tie down both ends and getting through to the 80th over?

    It's a good question. I'd have had spin on from both ends, and just bored Australia through to death. What I don't like is when Laura Marsh was bowling with a long-on to Perry, giving her a single. We've not seen her hit over the top once. And I wanted two or three more overs from Shrubsole while she was in that great spell.