Summary

  • England hold nerve to win by three runs - Australia now lead points-based series 6-2

  • Australia slip to 75-4 & 160-7 after being 59-0

  • Perry's late onslaught - 51 off 27 balls - not enough for Australia

  • Ecclestone reaches 100 T20 wickets - the quickest to the mark

  • England set Australia 187 to win, despite losing five wickets for 19 runs in 23 balls

  • Sutherland takes two wickets in two balls and superb catch

  • Wyatt top-scores with 76 off 46 balls

  • Next match: Third T20 at Lord's, Saturday (18:35 BST)

  • Highlights on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport app from 23:00 BST

Live Reporting

Callum Matthews and Mike Peter

  1. Aus 169-8

    Need 18 off 3 balls

    A leg bye.

    Australia need 18 off three balls.

    Three sixes anyone?

  2. Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    Alice Capsey at her home ground, in front of the Australian dug-out, with her safe hands!

  3. wicket

    WICKET

    Jonassen c Capsey b Ecclestone 6 (Aus 168-8)

    Is this the game?

    Jess Jonassen looks to go big down the ground but can only pick out Alice Capsey on the long-on boundary.

    Australia need 19 off four balls.

  4. Aus 168-7

    Need 19 from 5 balls

    A single to start.

  5. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    This game's not over, Perry on strike. This is an absolute thriller. England were walking it at one stage, Australia need 20 from this over, the world's best bowler to bowl it, but that doesn't mean she doesn't make mistakes or feel pressure.

  6. Sophie Ecclestone is doing her best Stuart Broad impression.

    She's geeing up The Oval crowd.

    Ellyse Perry is on strike.

  7. Aus 167-7

    Sliced in the air by Jess Jonassen but the ball lands safe.

    Australia need 20 from six balls.

  8. Aus 165-7

    Need 22 from 7 balls

    Four!

    Superb placement from Jess Jonassen as she bisects two leg-side fielders to find the boundary.

  9. Aus 161-7

    A wide from Lauren Bell.

    Make it 26 from eight balls required.

  10. Jess Jonassen, who has opened in T20 cricket for Australia, is the new batter.

    They just keep on coming.

  11. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

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    It beats Georgia Wareham who's trying to lift the ball over the leg side. Lauren Bell punches the air, it's a huge sigh of relief as Wareham was going so well.

  12. wicket

    WICKET

    Wareham b Bell 19 (Aus 160-7)

    Bowled her!

    An almighty heave from Georgia Wareham and she misses.

    Lauren Bell doesn't with the back-of-the-hand slower ball smashing into off stump.

    Australia need 27 from eight balls.

  13. Aus 160-6

    Need 27 off 9 balls

    A tumbling Sophie Ecclestone restricts Australia to a single.

  14. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Lauren Bell will look to take the pace off, back of the hand slower balls for all of this over.

  15. Aus 159-6

    Need 28 off 10 balls

    Ellyse Perry chips for two into the leg side.

  16. Alex Blackwell
    Former Australia batter on BBC Test Match Special

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    It's still game on. There's big pressure on this penultimate over. We saw at Edgbaston, we thought maybe Ecclestone to bowl that second last over to put the pressure on, but Knight is backing the less experienced Lauren Bell.

  17. Aus 157-6

    Need 30 from 11 balls

    A single to start.

  18. Same again from England.

    Lauren Bell is going to bowl the penultimate over.

    That will leave Sophie Ecclestone for the last.

  19. Aus 156-6

    Need 31 from 12 balls

    Superb from Sophia Dunkley!

    Ellyse Perry crunches a sweep away but Dunkley gets round, and a strong left hand keeps it down to two.

    Two overs left. Where do England go? They kept Sophie Ecclestone to the last at Edgbaston.

  20. Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    The game is swinging violently in the way of Australia!