Summary

  • Australia chase down 170 for loss of just one wicket

  • McGrath follows up 3-26 with ball by smashing unbeaten 91 off 49

  • Wyatt's 70 off 54 balls lays foundations for England's 169-4

  • McGrath takes two wickets in an over - Wyatt & Sciver (32 off 23)

  • Beaumont & Wyatt put on quickfire 82 for first wicket

  • Australia won toss, bowl first

  • Hosts leave out Perry

  • First T20, Adelaide - Australia go 2-0 up in points-based series

Live Reporting

Callum Matthews

  1. Andrew Moore
    ABC on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    We're on McGrath century watch!

  2. Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    What a cricketer Tahlia McGrath is. She's making this look so easy.

  3. Aus 161-1

    Need 9 from 21 balls

    Four more! Again swept to the fine leg boundary.

    She is up to 90 - Australia need 9 to win. The century is possible but it'll take some clever working.

  4. Aus 157-1

    Need 13 from 22 balls

    Four more to Tahlia McGrath. She gets down and sweeps Heather Knight to the square leg boundary.

  5. England captain Heather Knight is going to have a bowl.

    She does have a bit of a golden arm, but it is a bit late now, you'd have thought.

  6. Andrew Moore
    ABC on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    It's only her fourth game, but nobody has got Tahlia McGrath out in T20 cricket yet!

  7. Aus 153-1

    Need 17 from 24 balls

    Eight from the over and the required run-rate is down at 4.25.

    We all thought 169 was a good total from England, but at this stage it is looking at least 20 runs short.

    This is going to a real awakening for just how good England are going to have to be in this series to get anything from it.

  8. England turn to Sophie Ecclestone. Can she do something special?

  9. Kristen Beams
    Ex-Australia leg-spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    England need a special spell of bowling - like what Tahlia McGrath produced when she took three wickets.

  10. Aus 145-1

    Need 25 from 30 balls

    More ill discipline from England as Freya Davies sends down two off-side wides. That is five wides in the last three overs. The rustiness of not much cricket in recent months has crept in.

    Maia Bouchier is back off the field by the way. She has an ice pack and bandaging on her knee in the England dugout.

  11. Kristen Beams
    Ex-Australia leg-spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    This innings has been a good example of leadership from Meg Lanning.

  12. 50 runs

    50 for Lanning

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    Well batted, Meg Lanning.

    She was under some pressure today, being promoted up the order, but she responded with a 38-ball half-century.

    She is just seven away from reaching 3,000 runs in international T20s too.

  13. Kristen Beams
    Ex-Australia leg-spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    It's too easy for Australia to take singles now and wait for the bad ball.

  14. The dice has landed on Freya Davies.

    Can she do something special?

  15. Kristen Beams
    Ex-Australia leg-spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    England have to roll the dice now.

  16. Aus 134-1

    Need 36 from 36 balls

    England's discipline has started to fade in the last few overs too. Nat Sciver twice sends down leg-side wides, and Katherine Brunt bowled one in the previous over too.

    England need wickets and quickly. Australia need a run-a-ball 36.

  17. Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special

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    The landscape has shifted so much in women's cricket now. A few years ago, teams would back themselves to defend a run a ball. Now, 7, 8 or 9 an over is achievable.

  18. Aus 127-1

    Need 43 from 40 balls

    Tahlia McGrath works through mid-wicket for a couple to bring up the 100 partnership. It came up off 57 balls.

    It has been brilliant.

  19. Kristen Beams
    Ex-Australia leg-spinner on BBC Test Match Special

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    This is a special innings.

  20. Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special

    Tahlia McGrath is playing a different game at the moment.