Summary

  • Ellyse Perry hits 213 not out

  • Eng 280 all out & 40-0; trail by 128

  • Aus 448-9 dec; lead by 168 on first innings

  • Healy 45; McGrath (dropped on 0) makes 47

  • 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

  1. Coming up at the tea interval on TMS...

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  2. Aus 283-6

    Lead by 3

    A good crowd in at the North Sydney Oval - let's hope they're passing the sun cream around, or a few of the fans on the "Doug Walters Hill" may soon be as pink as the shirts they're wearing in support of the McGrath Foundation today. McGrath dabs Elwiss for a single.

  3. Lisa Sthalekar
    Ex-Australia all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    England have bowled a lot more full tosses today - Healy and Perry have punished the poor deliveries.

  4. Aus 282-6

    Perry 124 (261 balls)

    Perry drives Marsh for four wide of mid-off, to wipe out England's lead and ensure Australia will hold a first-innings advantage.

  5. dropped catch

    McGrath dropped on nought

    Aus 278-6

    Australia six down - it should be seven as McGrath hits her first ball (from the recalled Georgia Elwiss) to short extra cover - and it's put down by the captain Heather Knight. How painful for England.

    Nearly a golden duck on her Test debut for McGrath, who recovers to guide medium-pacer Elwiss for four wide of mid-on. How big a miss might that be for England?

  6. Lisa Sthalekar
    Ex-Australia all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    Perry has added the sweep shot to her game, but she won't sweep on length - she sweeps on line.

  7. Aus 274-6

    Trail by 6

    Tahlia McGrath is the new batter for Australia - she looks on as Perry gets down on one knee and sweeps Marsh for four.

  8. Lisa Sthalekar
    Ex-Australia all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    Healy's played a really good hand here, she was the one which got the partnership going, but she didn't time this one, trying to go over mid-on and Shrubsole took the catch comfortably.

  9. wicket

    WICKET

    Healy c Shrubsole b Marsh 45 (Aus 270-6)

    Finally England have a breakthrough - Healy dances down the track to Marsh, trying to hit the off-spinner over the top, but doesn't get hold of it as she'd hoped, and Anya Shrubsole takes a good diving catch running back at mid-on.

  10. Lisa Sthalekar
    Ex-Australia all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    It might be an option for England to get Georgia Elwiss on. She only bowled five overs yesterday, and told me that her role was to hold an end.

  11. Aus 269-5

    Perry 115, Healy 45

    Great shot from Perry - she rocks back, rolls the wrists and guides Sciver for four through backward point. That's the century stand. A single means England's lead has shrunk to 11. Sciver then yells an appeal as Healy is rapped on the pad... it's not a bad shout but umpire Joshua doesn't agree. It was fine for height - might that have hit middle and leg?

  12. Charles Dagnall
    BBC Test Match Special

    England haven't managed to exert the pressure today, they've been bowling one bad ball an over.

  13. Aus 264-5

    Marsh goes round the wicket - it's about 25 minutes until the tea interval (05:30 GMT), which at least will be a chance for England to regroup and rethink their plans. Maiden over.

  14. Lisa Sthalekar
    Ex-Australia all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    An hour and a half into the session, and it's been all Australia. Perry and Healy were jumping on anything loose, they've timed the ball impeccably and also found the boundary.

  15. Aus 264-5

    Trail by 16

    Daggers and Isa on TMS both think England need one of their bowlers to say "give me the ball, I'll make something happen" - and agree that person is Anya Shrubsole. But it's Nat Sciver for now - and the Aussie sixth-wicket pair are taking singles at will, chipping away at England's lead which is running out as each over goes by.

  16. 6 runs

    Aus 260-5

    Perry 108, Healy 43

    England have a short mid-off and short mid-on in place, either side of the wicket, as Marsh continues - and after a single from Perry, Healy carefully launches her second six of the day with a chip over mid-wicket.

  17. Isa Guha
    Ex-England seamer on BBC Test Match Special

    The one player who could have had more of an influence this morning was Anya Shrubsole. Perry was playing her nicely outside off stump, I think she should have stuck to her lines against Healy and had people in the right positions. It didn't feel like there was much clarity in England's plans when you compare it to, say, Megan Schutt. You knew exactly what Australia were doing when Schutt was bowling.

  18. Aus 253-6

    Single from Perry. I wish I could be more optimistic for England here.

  19. Charles Dagnall
    BBC Test Match Special

    It's been all Australia this morning. Even the sun has poked its head behind a cloud.

  20. Aus 252-5

    Trail by 28

    Marsh is still mostly keeping the Aussies bottled up, but Healy finds the gap through the covers - did the ball cross the rope before the diving fielder flicked it back? Yes - that's four. Australia earn some applause as they pass 250.