Summary

  • AUSTRALIA WIN WORLD CUP

  • Sciver hits unbeaten 148 for England but runs out of partners

  • Australia pile up 356-5 - a World Cup final record score

  • Healy - dropped on 42 - hits brilliant 170 off 138 balls

  • Australia put on 160 for first wicket after England win toss

Live Reporting

Ffion Wynne and Tim Oscroft

  1. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport's chief cricket writer

    I can imagine that Alyssa Healy is one of those players who is great to play with, but a nightmare to play against.

  2. England 25-1

    Beaumont gets into a tangle and is hit on the pad. Brown half-appeals but Meg Lanning decides not to review as it's way down leg.

  3. England 24-1

    The way that delivery from Schutt hooped in reminds me of the kind of inswing you used to get on Brian Lara Cricket about 20 years ago. Other cricket games are available.

    Beaumont rocks back and slaps Brown through midwicket for four, then slides in at the bowler's end to make a risky single.

  4. Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    She's got to play a captain's innings here.

  5. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport's chief cricket writer

    I wonder what Heather Knight is thinking after her decision at the toss.

  6. England 18-1

    Heather Knight gets off the mark, and then Tammy Beaumont eases Schutt off her pads through mid-wicket for four.

  7. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport's chief cricket writer

    How do you play that?

  8. Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    SchuttGetty Images

    Danni Wyatt was just looking to defend! She looks disgusted with herself but that ball has hooped in a long way to take leg stump.

    That is the best delivery of the day.

  9. wicket

    WICKET

    Wyatt b Schutt 4 (Eng 12-1)

    Castled!

    A big in-swinger rips through a gap between bat and pad and takes leg stump out of the ground to give Australia the perfect start.

  10. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport's chief cricket writer

    We don't want the tournament to end with a whimper. We want a competitive game.

  11. England 12-0

    Chancy stuff from Beaumont, who inside-edges it past her stumps to fine leg for two more as six come off the Brown over.

  12. Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    That is lovely shape from Darcie Brown, but it's a terrible shot!

  13. England 10-0

    Ooooh! Brown's second ball is edged by Beaumont, it's wide of the diving Healy and short of slip.

  14. England 10-0

    Darcie Brown is next up, and her first ball is top-edged by Beaumont almost straight behind the keeper for four.

  15. England 6-0

    Hmmm, Schutt goes round the wicket to Wyatt and sends down a legside wide.

    Next up it's wide of off stump, and Wyatt slashes it high to the boundary wide of third.

    And then she follows it up by making the opener prod uncertainly outside off stump to end an interesting first over.

  16. Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    It's going to have to be something incredible for England.

    They don't want to be 70-5, but they've got to be fearless. It's a fine line between that and being reckless.

  17. England 0-0

    Target: 357

    Megan Schutt's first delivery is met by a forward defensive from Tammy Beaumont.

  18. OK, the Australians are strolling out onto the field, Tammy Beaumont and Danni Wyatt are following and we are nearly ready for the run chase.

  19. Clare Connor, managing director of women's cricket at the ECB, talking on 5Live: "It's an enormous total but it's a good wicket. There's a huge amount of fight and character in this England team, so let's see what the second half brings.

    "Two dropped catches were critical. When you're in a World Cup final with a class act at the crease, those are the chances that we went on to pay the price for."

  20. Get Involved

    #bbccricket or text to 81111

    Simon F Blackwell: There will need to be retirements, reshuffle & rebuilding starting immediately for the summer and Commonwealth Games