- Updates as Australia chase England’s 170 at the MCG
- Play starts in Melbourne at 2.30pm local/3.30am GMT
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26th over: Australia 62-1 (Litchfield 21, Sutherland 29) Filer doubles down on her plan to bowl short to Sutherland and begins with a bouncer that sails over the all-rounder’s head. Sutherland waits until the final delivery of the over to get on the back foot and drive through covers for a couple.
Cricket Australia have ominously confirmed that Ellyse Perry is available to bat in this innings “if required”, though there is no further suggestion whether she might come in sooner rather than later… or at all.
