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twenty third over: Australia 127-2 (Perry 52, Mooney 10) Elegant batting from Ellyse Perry! She whips Charlie Dean by midwicket for 4 after which launches an off drive off the subsequent ball to make it consecutive boundaries and convey up her FIFTY. She’s not even midway to creating her common* on this floor.

*103 runs, as you’re asking. I do know.

twenty second over: Australia 117-2 (Perry 43, Mooney 9) Ellyse Perry makes use of her ft and lofts Ecclestone again over her head for SIX! That’s some shot, particularly off Ecclestone. The Aussies regarded to assault the left-arm spinner within the first recreation and that appears to be the tactic once more, to not let her wheel away, be a part of the dots and construct strain.

Ooooft! Practically a run out as Perry drops into the off facet and Mooney comes for the one, Perry hesitates briefly earlier than committing and it could have price her had Wyatt-Hodge’s throw hit the stumps relatively than ricocheting off her bat as she stretched for her floor.

twenty first over: Australia 108-2 (Perry 35, Mooney 8) Charlie Dean has discovered her groove, touchdown the ball on a postage stamp and never giving any width, simply two runs off the over.

twentieth over: Australia 106-2 (Perry 34, Mooney 7) Ecclestone and Mooney measurement one another up, 4 dot balls to the bowler and a wrist-snapping cowl drive for 4 by the batter. Correct criggit.

nineteenth over: Australia 100-2 (Perry 34, Mooney 2) Knight brings in a slip to Mooney, I like that intent from the England skipper, her facet have to maintain taking wickets, the Aussie batting card is longer than a lemurs story. Mooney likes to return and punch by the off facet so it’s a great ploy to have a catcher in case the sting is discovered. Good over from Dean, simply two singles off it and the hundred up for Australia.

18th over: Australia 98-2 (Perry 33, Mooney 1) Ecclestone roared with delight when she bagged the wicket and he or she roars with one thing approaching disgust as she bowls too full to Perry who drives by the covers, Maia Bouchier then dives over the ball and it skims away to the fence. The center overs tussle begins!

WICKET! Litchfield lbw b Ecclestone 29 (Australia 92-2)

seventeenth over: Australia 90-1 (Litchfield 27, Perry 28) Ellyse Perry opens the shoulders, dancing down the wicket and lofting Charlie Dean over long-on for SIX! Sweetly struck, Perry laps Litchfield within the runs and the partnership approaches fifty. Sophie Ecclestone is warming up, England want their star bowler to step up.

sixteenth over: Australia 82-1 (Litchfield 26, Perry 21) Sciver-Brunt is correct, touchdown it on a size outdoors off stump, simply three singles eked off the over.

fifteenth over: Australia 79-1 (Litchfield 25, Perry 19) Properly finished from Litchfield as she will get the reverse-ramp out to Charlie Dean and nails it for 4.

Speaking of ominous. I’ve simply heard my toddler mee-maw from the subsequent room. This OBO may very well be about to get a visitor ‘star’. Sleep eh, who wants it… erm EVERYONE.

PleasePleasePleaseLetMeLetMeLetMe… get by this shift unscathed.

14th over: Australia 73-1 (Litchfield 20, Perry 18) Knight brings in a foolish mid-on for Litchfield who’s struggling to time the ball. Australia take 4 from the over and that’ll be drinks. Electrolytes, get your Electrolytes!

Foolish mid-on eh? The thoughts wanders again to this…

thirteenth over: Australia 69-1 (Litchfield 17, Perry 17) Bosh! Filer whangs down one other brief ball however Perry is onto it in a flash, carving over level for 4 runs. Perry has began very nicely, ominous indicators for England.

twelfth over: Australia 62-1 (Litchfield 16, Perry 11) 5 runs off Sciver-Brunt, Perry picks off a few twos into the leg facet and nabs the strike off the final ball with a single in the identical space.

eleventh over: Australia 57-1 (Litchfield 16, Perry 6) Filer returns and bangs a couple of briefly, Perry seems to be uncomfortable to at least one that bounces sharply and it takes her glove however lands wanting slip. Each batters are watchful and use comfortable fingers to drop into the gaps and rotate strike, 4 single off the over.

tenth over: Australia 53-1 (Litchfield 14, Perry 4) Litchfield picks up her second boundary by driving Sciver-Brunt down the bottom. Australia carry up fifty within the tenth over.

ninth over: Australia 48-1 (Litchfield 9, Perry 4) Lauren Bell is discovering a pleasant little bit of form on the market, she jags one away that Perry inside edges onto her pad. Shot! There’s the category of Perry although, places the final ball out of her thoughts after which stands tall to punch by level off the again foot to open her account with a boundary.

Right here comes Ellyse Perry together with her ABOVE ONE HUNDRED AVERAGE ON THIS GROUND.

WICKET! Healy c Jones b Bell 29 (Australia 43-1)

eighth over: Australia 43-0 (Litchfield 9, Healy 29) Nat Sciver-Brunt replaces Filer and is greeted by a lighting handed Healy who pulls her first supply away for 4! Three additional singles make it seven off NSB’s first over. England want a breakthrough…

seventh over: Australia 36-0 (Litchfield 8, Healy 23) Healy practically drags on first ball with a waft outdoors off stump, the ball runs away for a single and brings Litchfield on strike. All of the sudden the Aussie openers look in a little bit of strife! Litchfield practically chops on herself after which there may be large attraction for a caught behind however the umpire rightly says no and England, rightly, don’t evaluate. Simply the one run off the over.

sixth over: Australia 35-0 (Litchfield 8, Healy 22) Litchfield has struggled to time the ball thus far, particularly compared to the positively purring Healy, however she does get a pull shot away off Filer to notch up her first boundary. England haven’t regarded that threatening thus far, the solar is absolutely out and the wicket is getting extra biscuit colored by the minute.

“I’m checking in from Salvador, Bahia in NE Brazil, the cradle of capoeira!” says Cressida Evans. “The place, sadly everybody thinks cricket is an offshoot of baseball. By no means thoughts, come on women!”

The cradle of capoeira certainly! We’ll do nicely to beat that Cressida.

fifth over: Australia 30-0 (Litchfield 4, Healy 21) A tighter over from Bell, dot balls maintain Litchfield tied down and the opener makes an attempt a dangerous trot down and loft excessive, the ball lands over the infield and plugs, the batters come again for 2 runs.

4th over: Australia 28-0 (Litchfield 2, Healy 21) Filer seems to be extra settled after the bottom has been sawdusted and hamered at her finish, a good over is blotted by a half volley on the final that Healy pings away in entrance of sq. for 4. Elegant batting from the Aussie captain.

third over: Australia 23-0 (Litchfield 1, Healy 17) One other good over for Australia as Healy test drives Bell down the bottom for 4. The Aussie skipper is in wonderful fettle. Bell provides away one other couple of wides down the leg facet and Litchfield will get off the mark with a squeeze to sq. leg off a good yorker.

2nd over: Australia 15-0 (Litchfield 0, Healy 12) Alyssa Healy is off to a flier! She pulls Filer’s first ball away over midwicket for 4 and follows up subsequent ball by crunching the over correction half volley away by the covers for 4 extra. Filer is having some bother together with her touchdown foot and the bottom workers are summoned to do some earth pummelling. Filer’s first ball again is pushed for one more 4 by Healy!

The England seamer doesn’t look blissful, I feel she feels the earth is transferring below her ft, and never in a Carole King kinda manner.

Lauren Filer will share the brand new ball.

Andy Roberts is off one thing of a future (aptly given his title) within the emails.

“Hey James, Andy in FNQ listening alongside and loving the early begin – cricket underway at 9am is a superb begin to the day! Trying ahead to Healy and co. dominating once more, really feel they’ve only a bit an excessive amount of class throughout the board for England (or anybody else actually). HOWEVER…”

(right here it comes… gulp)

“I’ve a little bit of a gripe. I like the Guardian OBO protection, however am pissed off that for cricket in Australia the Guardian constantly shows the rating the flawed manner round. If I’m watching cricket performed in Australia, on a Guardian Australian version web page, the wickets actually ought to be BEFORE the runs. I perceive that for cricket in England or elsewhere the reverse is true, however that is match is being performed in AUSTRALIA and I entry the OBO through The Guardian AUSTRALIAN version. I hope I can depend on you to encourage the editors to make the suitable modifications.”

I type of see what you might be saying Andy however my mind, coronary heart, hell, my soul, simply gained’t permit me to do it the Antipodean manner. Speak about an outdated canine and new methods, I can barely get myself into matching socks lately man! `Subsequent you’ll be asking me to catch with my fingers dealing with upwards and begin ingesting beer out of miniscule receptacles…. Simply kidding cobbah.

There undoubtedly is a motive why we do it this fashion, to maintain it uniform and all that most certainly. The Guardian huge canine editors will after all all be studying this proper now as they talk about my inevitable and hefty pay rise so possibly one in every of them might be in contact.

1st over: Australia 2-0 (Litchfield 0, Healy 0) Lauren Bell begins for England with the ball. She bowled nicely within the first recreation however exhibits some indicators of nerves early on by spearing a pair down the leg facet to present the umpire an early arm stretch.

Bell is into her groove quickly sufficient although, the remainder of the over is full because the tall seamer goes in the hunt for some early swing, she’ll have to seek out it pronto, the solar is beginning to burn by in Melbourne. Litchfield defends and it’s simply two runs off the primary over.

Ben Mimmack is an early contender within the OBO mailbag:

“It’s in all probability not very attention-grabbing, seeing as virtually everybody within the US appears to be transferring right here lately, however I’m following from Dallas, TX. It’s far-flung from each the UK and Aus although and nonetheless a bit snowy from the winter storm we had final week. Cheers!”

Nice to have you ever on board Ben. I used to be going to name you ‘cowboy’ then however thought higher of it.

The gamers are popping out as I kind – yeehaw!

The climate is a bit overcast in Melbourne which gladdens my coronary heart below a black treacle skied Blighty. Extra importantly it’ll present some respectable situations for each Laurens Bell and Filer to make early inroads with the shiny white Kookaburra.

Time to make a pre-play espresso, we’re about quarter-hour away from the primary ball. Tell us the place you might be tuning in from, furthest flung/most attention-grabbing location will get an as but undisclosed prize*.

*OBO infamy not ok for you eh? Eh?

The ECB have issued a fast replace on Kate Cross, it seems she remains to be not fairly absolutely match, I’m certain we’ll see her make an look within the sequence earlier than too lengthy.

“Kate Cross has remained in Sydney to coach and proceed her return to play.”

Each captains point out they need their sides to be extra “ruthless” and “scientific” in at this time’s match. Australia have by no means misplaced on the Junction Oval, a proven fact that Alyssa Healy wasn’t conscious of as she was knowledgeable on the toss, “thanks for the great vibes earlier than we begin” she grins.

On the flip facet, England have gained the final seven matches through which they’ve chased… recreation on!

Each groups are unchanged from Sydney:

Australia 1 Alyssa Healy (c & wk), 2 Phoebe Litchfield, 3 Ellyse Perry, 4 Beth Mooney, 5 Annabel Sutherland, 6 Ashleigh Gardner, 7 Tahlia McGrath, 8 Alana King, 9 Kim Garth, 10 Megan Schutt, 11 Darcie Brown

England 1 Tammy Beaumont, 2 Maia Bouchier, 3 Heather Knight (c), 4 Nat Sciver-Brunt, 5 Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 6 Amy Jones (wk), 7 Alice Capsey, 8 Charlie Dean, 9 Sophie Ecclestone, 10 Lauren Filer, 11 Lauren Bell

England win the toss and select to bowl first!

The boys’s Ashes is a good distance off in conventional months and weeks notation. Speaking about it at this distance is a breach of protocol, a crimson flag, sign for a weary roll of the eyes. It’s Massive Three pandering, disrespectful to extra marginalised nations, a diminishing of the contests in between.

It additionally entails reaching rudely throughout the Girls’s Ashes, which kicked off over the weekend in Sydney, all set to be a genuinely fascinating spectacle. Australia have the numbers, the celebrities and the countless all-rounders. England have depth, dependable medium tempo, dogged spin, and the quickest bowler in Lauren Filer, who was genuinely difficult in South Africa, however struggled to plant her ft throughout a rain-addled warmup this previous week.”

Some pre toss studying in your delectation:

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