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Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureWICKET! Australia 2-1 (Litchfield b Bell 1)Bowled ‘er! Lauren Bell strikes third ball with an utter jaffa. It swung slightly onto middle stump, then seamed the other way to knock over the off stump as Litchfield pushed down the wrong line. What a beautiful delivery.ShareCarlos Brathwaite, part of the ICC commentary team, thinks England are 50-60 tuns short. We’ll soon find out: Lauren Bell is about to open the bowling to Phoebe Litchfield.ShareThanks Taha, hello everyone. The consensus on the TV coverage is that, even without Alyssa Healy, Australia are strong favourites to chase down 245. Alana King said there isn’t as much dew as Australia anticipated, but it remains an obvious advantage batting second.ShareThat’s all from me, with Rob Smyth taking over for the chase. Enjoy!ShareBeaumont top-scored with 78, having turned it up at the start alongside Amy Jones. But Australia kept the key pair, Knight and Sciver-Brunt, quiet; Sophia Dunkley and Emma Lamb could not make up for their departures. Plenty of credit goes to Alice Capsey and Charlie Dean for providing some thrust in the later overs.ShareAustralia need 245 from 50 oversEcclestone finishes well, sweeping Molineux away for four. England have something to play with but they really struggled through the middle overs, tightening up against spin.50th over: England 244-9 (Ecclestone 10, Bell 2)ShareWICKET! Smith run out Voll/Molineux 3 (England 236-9)There’s a mix-up but it’s not a straightforward run out for Molineux, the bowler, to complete, still a few yards away from the non-striker’s stumps after collecting a throw from the deep. She nails an overarm throw to send Smith on her way.Molineux celebrates with team mates after taking the wicket of Smith. Photograph: Matt Roberts-ICC/ICC/Getty ImagesShareUpdated at 14.00 BST49th over: England 235-8 (Ecclestone 5, Smith 3) Ecclestone closes Gardner’s final over with a fine shot to the boundary, guiding a fuller delivery through point.ShareWICKET! Dean c Litchfield b Gardner 26 (England 227-8)There goes Dean, coming down the pitch but miscueing the ball to Litchfield at extra cover.ShareUpdated at 13.58 BST48th over: England 227-7 (Dean 26, Ecclestone 0) That ends England’s highest stand of the innings: they produced 61 off 52 balls.ShareWICKET! Capsey lbw Molineux 38 (England 227-7)Dean has brought real energy to this innings, the reverse-sweep coming out again to produce one. But Capsey’s knock is over, trapped leg-before by Molineux after missing with a sweep … it’s reviewed but she knows she’s a goner. The ball is shown to be hitting leg.Sophie Molineux traps Alice Capsey for 38. Photograph: Pankaj Nangia/Getty ImagesShareUpdated at 13.46 BST47th over: England 223-6 (Dean 24, Capsey 36) Brutal: Capsey waits on the Sutherland slower ball and sweeps it for four. Dean shows her chops with a deft ramp for a boundary and Sutherland, all of a sudden, has expensive figures. She finishes with three for 60 off her 10.Share46th over: England 212-6 (Dean 19, Capsey 30) After four singles, Capsey gets a little tickle down the leg side off Molineux, running all the way to the ropes. She’s on 30 off 26 and a total of 250 doesn’t seem out of reach.Share45th over: England 203-6 (Dean 17, Capsey 23) This is excellent from Capsey: she laces Sutherland through point before shovelling a loopy slower ball behind square on the leg side for back-to-back boundaries.Share44th over: England 194-6 (Dean 17, Capsey 14) Dean sweeps away a Gardner full toss but they have to settle for two when closing the over.Share43rd over: England 190-6 (Dean 14, Capsey 13) Dean pulls Sutherland for four, with Gardner unable to palm it away. Capsey joins in, too, swivelling for a boundary to give England a much-needed push.Share42nd over: England 179-6 (Dean 9, Capsey 7) Charlie Dean pulls out the reverse-sweep, a shot ignored by the rest of the batters today. She gets an under-edge off Gardner that runs away for four.Share41st over: England 172-6 (Dean 3, Capsey 6) King finishes with one for 20 off 10 overs, a delicious spell with some big-turning deliveries.Share40th over: England 168-6 (Dean 1, Capsey 4) Gardner twirls through the rest of her over with little bother. Charlie Dean does have some form with the bat, averaging just under 50 in the tournament.ShareWICKET! Dunkley st Mooney b Gardner 22 (England 166-6)Dunkley takes a risk … and it doesn’t pay off. She comes down the pitch to Gardner and tries to swish across the line. There’s no contact off the bat; Mooney collects and completes the stumping. Dunkley finishes with 22 off 48, the innings never going her way.Sophia Dunkley is stumped Beth Mooney for 22. Photograph: Pankaj Nangia/Getty ImagesShareUpdated at 13.19 BST39th over: England 166-5 (Dunkley 22, Capsey 3) King returns and Dunkley continues to resist the big shot, facing two dots before dabbing for a single. Dunkley nearly offers a return grab to King with a leading edge to close the over.Share38th over: England 163-5 (Dunkley 20, Capsey 2) Now it’s Alice Capsey’s turn. She gets off the mark with a dig into the leg side off Molineux for two.ShareWICKET! Lamb b Sutherland 7 (England 160-5)Dunkley drives a Sutherland cutter past cover before pushing the ball through point … and then a wicked slower ball befuddles Lamb! It’s back of the hand again, sneaking past Lamb’s bat and on to the stumps. She didn’t read that at all and her difficult tournament continues.37th over: England 160-5 (Dunkley 19, Capsey 0)Emma Lamb is clean bowled by Annabel Sutherland. England are really struggling. Photograph: Pankaj Nangia/Getty ImagesShareUpdated at 13.15 BST36th over: England 154-4 (Dunkley 15, Lamb 6) Beaumont tried to go big … who does that now for England? Perhaps it’s Lamb while Dunkley anchors – the former clips Molineux down the leg side for four.Share35th over: England 148-4 (Dunkley 14, Lamb 1) Emma Lamb enters with a high score of 13 in the tournament.ShareWICKET! Beaumont c Voll b Sutherland 78 (England 147-4)Beaumont looks to attack Sutherland, a mis-hit just evading mid-off. The opener misses an attempted scoop but so does Mooney behind the stumps, the ball running away to the ropes. And then the breakthrough: Beaumont tries to launch Sutherland over long-on, but she doesn’t get enough against the back-of-the-hand slower ball. Georgia Voll has to do a little juggle by the ropes but holds on.Tammy Beaumont is out for a brilliant and much-needed 78. Photograph: Sahiba Chawdhary/ReutersShareUpdated at 13.04 BST34th over: England 141-3 (Dunkley 14, Beaumont 72) Nasser Hussain and Aaron Finch debate the lack of sweeps by England, with inconsistent bounce a possible reason. They continue to play straight to Molineux, who concedes four singles.Share33rd over: England 137-3 (Dunkley 12, Beaumont 70) Sutherland is back, the all-rounder having led the squeeze with the wicket of Amy Jones in the powerplay. With the keeper up to the stumps … Sutherland unleashes a bouncer. Mooney takes it nicely. Dunkley and Beaumont have to make do with a couple of singles.Share32nd over: England 135-3 (Dunkley 11, Beaumont 69) Beaumont wallops Gardner through the covers … but not to the boundary. We haven’t had a hit to the ropes in 10 overs.Share31st over: England 130-3 (Dunkley 10, Beaumont 65) Beaumont launches a dive at the striker’s end to complete a quick single off King. She hurts her arm in the process, forcing a break in play. When it resumes King produces a couple of sumptuous leg-breaks to Beaumont; Australia go upstairs for the second one, hoping there’s an edge on it before Mooney’s grab behind the stumps. It’s a flat line on UltraEdge.And then another ripper, with the ball turning enough to beat Mooney and run to the boundary for byes. King’s bowling some delicious stuff here.Share30th over: England 124-3 (Dunkley 9, Beaumont 64) The batting pair nab six off the over but they need to be more explosive in the next 10.Share29th over: England 118-3 (Dunkley 7, Beaumont 61) Beaumont is really going at it with the sweeps now, getting the lap out to take two off King. The boundaries have disappeared though … and King thinks she’s got Beaumont lbw with the last ball of the over. Australia opt against a review – was there a bit of bat on it? Here come the replays … yep.Share28th over: England 116-3 (Dunkley 7, Beaumont 59) Beaumont sweeps Gardner, too, but she can’t beat short fine leg. Australia are easing through their overs.Share27th over: England 114-3 (Dunkley 6, Beaumont 58) Beaumont gets the sweep out against King to produce one, but the leg-spinner maintains ridiculous figures: she has one for nine off six overs. Sciver-Brunt tried to attack her, and that didn’t end well.Share26th over: England 112-3 (Dunkley 5, Beaumont 57) Dunkley and Beaumont run up the singles off Gardner.Share25th over: England 108-3 (Dunkley 3, Beaumont 55) The dots are building up for Dunkley but she gets herself to the other end with a drive through the covers for one. England are 53-3 off the last 17 overs.Share24th over: England 107-3 (Dunkley 2, Beaumont 55) Ashleigh Gardner’s off-breaks are introduced and Dunkley misses out when the ball drops short.Share23rd over: England 106-3 (Dunkley 1, Beaumont 55) Sophia Dunkley has a high score of 18 in the tournament; she joins Beaumont out in the middle.Share
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