England v Australia: Women's Ashes, second ODI – live!

Marsh tries to go long down the ground but doesn’t get much of it, caught at long off by Gardner. That’s four for Kimmince, who is deservedly cashing in.

47th over: England 216-8 (Ecclestone 3, Marsh 2) It was this pair who put on a decent stand of 38 in the final handful of overs on Tuesday, Ecclestone the far more likely of the two to find or clear the boundary. But with Schutt on, they are going to have to get resourceful or back their eye. They do neither in this over, Ecclestone looking to clear the front leg but not getting the ball she needs. Excellent from the Australian opening bowler, who has been faultless today.

Kimminceis getting just reward for an excellent afternoon at the bowling crease, Shrubsole her second wicket in the over when top edging high in the air, Mooney taking the straightforward chance at midwicket.

46th over: England 212-8 (Ecclestone 1, Marsh 0)

Clever from Kimmince, sending it wide when Brunt dances before the ball is bowled. Healy did the rest, getting a good look to complete the classy stumping.

45th over: England 210-6 (Brunt 11, Shrubsole 11) Schutt has three left and they can’t get her away either. Brunt advances to the final ball and makes solid enough contact to long-off but Mooney makes a brilliant diving one-handed stop in front of our press box position to ensure that they can’t get four for it. When Beaumont was there, 270 was within reach. Now? They’ll be very pleased with 250-odd.

44th over: England 204-6 (Brunt 9, Shrubsole 9) Kimmince again giving away very little: singles down the ground starting the over off the front foot, singles out to cover ending it off the back foot. In common is at no point did they get a chance to free the arms and attack the rope without a fair degree of risk. Lanning should just bowl out Kimmince here, I reckon. Especially given that Perry has been ropey.

43rd over: England 199-6 (Brunt 7, Shrubsole 6) Despite the fact that this pair can both hit the ball a long way, they are happy enough building in the smaller denominations here, the sweeper at cover the preference. It might be time for Brunt to take a few risks and bosh it about with Ecclestone able to replace her if it doesn’t work out.

42nd over: England 195-6 (Brunt 4, Shrubsole 5) Kimmince is having a brilliant day, really showing her worth as a change bowler in this side. It wasn’t for nothing that she held her nerve at number nine the other night, too. Clever cricketer.

41st over: England 193-6 (Brunt 3, Shrubsole 4) The start of happy hour, sent down by Wareham who has a bit of work today in this final ten. She’s bowled aggressively so far, which is to be commended. Brunt and Shrubsole, both still playing themselves in, are happy to take the singles on offer square of the wicket.

40th over: England 188-6 (Brunt 1, Shrubsole 1) The long-term opening bowling partners, Brunt and Shrubsole, are together now with bat in hand. The former has been just as important with her runs as her wickets over the last couple of years. She can’t get Jonassen away here though, the successful over worth only three.

Two in two overs! And it is the big one: Beaumont. She edges onto her stumps when going for the reverse sweep. The opener receives warm congratulations from the Australian players when walking off, marking the end of an outstanding hand.

39th over: England 185-5 (Beaumont 112, Brunt 1) Beaumont nearly run out! An excellent pressure over by Schutt, who has barely done a thing wrong across these two games so far. Back to the run out chance, Brunt tipped and ran to point, Beaumont en route before getting sent back. She was gone with a direct hit.

Excellent cricket by Schutt and Healy: the bowler finding the edge, taken by the ‘keeper up to the stumps. Perhaps a tad close for Wyatt to using the horizontal bat.

38th over: England 183-4 (Beaumont 111, Wyatt 25) Ping! Wyatt comes down the track at Jonassen who had her under control until the penultimate ball of this over, creating a half-volley and smashing it for four down the ground. Going again, I think she’s steered that through the slips but it might have been off the edge, either way – three are added making eight from the over and 33 in the last five.

37th over: England 175-4 (Beaumont 110, Wyatt 18) I’m advised that Beaumont’s century is the first by an England player since ODIs were incorporated into the Women’s Ashes. You’ll see that in all of our copy later tonight, I suspect. Six from Schutt’s new over, her sixth of the innings, all in ones an twos.

36th over: England 169-4 (Beaumont 109, Wyatt 13) Gardner goes again and after the set pair set up the over with a couple of singles, Beaumont busts out the reverse sweep and nails it just wide of the fielder at backward point. A couple of further singles to finish makes another over worth eight. They’re on track for a very healthy total here, especially if Beaumont can last another half an hour or so.

35th over: England 161-4 (Beaumont 103, Wyatt 11) Charlotte Edwards on the TV notes that the job for Beaumont is to go BIG now, which she has once before against Pakistan in 2016 down at Taunton. Wyatt is making the running against Perry here though, hammering the second ball of her new spell past point for four.

34th over: England 154-4 (Beaumont 101, Wyatt 7) Beaumont is back on strike via a Wyatt single and the crowd go wild, confusing the pair. But now they get a chance to cheer, Beaumont tucking Gardner for the run she needs to bring up her first Ashes ton. “Come on!” roars the pocket-rocket opener. What a fine innings this has been, raising the hundred in 99 balls, striking 11 boundaries along the way.

33rd over: England 150-4 (Beaumont 99, Wyatt 5) Beaumont to 98 through midwicket and 99 in that diretion too. The 150 is raised when Wyatt gives her the strike back with one ball to go in the over… which she defends. DRINKS!

Catch up with Victor’s latest following England’s win in the men’s World Cup yesterday, ensuring their progress to the semi-finals next week.

32nd over: England 146-4 (Beaumont 97, Wyatt 3) Gardner is on to replace Kimmince. Beaumont is sweeping, Wyatt pushing, Beaumont scooping, Wyatt paddling. The board keeps ticking, England’s opener three short of a ton.

31st over: England 141-4 (Beaumont 95, Wyatt 0) A wicket slows England down, the sucessful Jonassen over on track for a wicket maiden until Beaumont retains the strike with a push through cover.

At Leeds, Afghanistan are making steady progress in pursuit of the Windies’ 311-6.

Straight down deep square leg’s throat! Given how many sweeps these two have been playing, it was highly probable that the shot would get one of them. It was a full-blooded strike of the ball, but Gardner didn’t need to move a muscle.

30th over: England 140-3 (Beaumont 94, Wilson 8) Beaumont gets two from a clip off Kimmince, running hard for the second. Later in the over she plays a gorgeous square drive steered between the two fielders patrolling the backward point region. Just about the shot of the day for mine, that. It advances the opener to 94.

29th over: England 132-3 (Beaumont 87, Wilson 7) When spin is on, these two will sweep at every avaialble opportunity. They have the paddle, the conventional, the lap, the reverse. In addition to a couple of drives down the ground, five are added from Jonassen’s first over back after Beaumont hit her out of the attack earlier.

28th over: England 127-3 (Beaumont 84, Wilson 5) Kimmince is an outstanding middle-overs bowler, the perfect combination of accuracy and pace variation. It’s a great story behind her return to Australian colours after a long absence (which included working in a London pub for a time), and she’s really making it count.

27th over: England 125-3 (Beaumont 83, Wilson 4) Four singles off Wareham, all taken via sweeps to fine leg. Wilson, in particular, is known as a prolific sweeper, taking the mantle from Lydia Greenway as the best in this England side when the World Cup winner retired a couple of summers ago. She was out sweeping on Tuesday, given leg before off her glove. Sure enough, that caused quite a stir: why isn’t there DRS in this series? The technology is here, they saw it on the big screen.

26th over: England 121-3 (Beaumont 81, Wilson 2) Excellent from Kimmince, through another accurate over giving up just three. She’s very hard to hit from nagging line just on the off-stump, mixing up her speeds along the way.

25th over: England 118-3 (Beaumont 78, Wilson 2) Wilson has to dive to make her ground when Beaumont takes a quick single. The stumps weren’t broken, otherwise she would have been in strife. But the near miss doesn’t deter the opener, who moves through the 70s with a crisp conventional sweep to the rope.

24th over: England 109-3 (Beaumont 71, Wilson 0) A successful over, Lanning again rewarded with a wicket in the over where she made a change. Kimmince got the nod ahead of Nicola Carey for these ODIs and has looked the part so far.

Meanwhile in men’s World Cup land, Plunkett wants the final on free TV. I’m sure the players all think that, but it is interesting that he would actually say it.

Sciver plays across the line and pays the price for missing the ball, struck on the back pad. That was good enough for the umpire, who didn’t hesitate.

23rd over: England 106-2 (Beaumont 69, Sciver 14) Warhem begins her second spell from the Bennett/Curzon Rd/Broadcast end, her first three overs going for 0/16. Beaumont is dancing at her straight away, Sciver doing likewise when she gets on strike, winning a misfield out of Mooney at mid-off due to how hard she hits it.

22nd over: England 103-2 (Beaumont 67, Sciver 13) Sciver brings up the England 100, starting the new Gardner over with one behind square. Beaumont then paddle sweeps another single before Sciver picks out the midwicket sweeper. They’re risk-free runs, even when the reverse sweep is busted out later in the over.