Live: Australia loses early wickets in pursuit of third straight Women’s Ashes ODI win

Gardner is off the mark with a push to the on side.

And that’s over – and a successful one for England.

If they weren’t before, Australia is definitely in a bit of strife here.

Second ball after drinks!

Ash Gardner is out to the middle after Annabel Sutherland is dismissed, caught down low at mid-off.

A good catch from Sophie Ecclestone and Charlie Dean has her first of the day.

Not the start Australia would’ve wanted.

Batting looks pretty difficult out there, and England has made the most of some tentative play from the Australians.

Litchfield out strangled down leg, Perry hit one straight to short fine leg and Healy was caught on the boundary.

Charlie Dean to bowl her third…

Sutherland taking a good look at the medium pacer early.

FOUR! Remarkable timing from Sutherland off her pads. Hardly looked to have hit that but it has pinged off the bat through square leg for four.

Only the boundary from the over, Sciver-Brunt keeping things very tight.

And that’ll be drinks. Henry Hanson will be with you after the break.

FOUR! Didn’t take long for Sutherland to break free. Dean had locked her down for six balls, but with the seventh Sutherland charged and belted her over mid-off for four.

A thick bottom edge from a Sutherland pull shot, got away with one there. She takes the single, before Mooney does likewise.

One more for Sutherland and Dean’s second over ends.

Australia might need to steady the ship for a few overs now. England would be one wicket away from really feeling like it could get through the Aussies here.

Sciver-Brunt is bowling the same ball to the top of Mooney’s off stump, and Mooney is playing the same late cut to backward point over and over again.

That’s a maiden. Some ship-steadying, as we thought.

Some spin for the first time today, could be a good pitch for someone like Charlie Dean.

Mooney gets back and cuts for a single, bringing Annabel Sutherland on strike.

Tight start from Dean, not allowing Sutherland any room to move. Just the one from the over.

This is not an easy pitch for taking the bowler on, but Healy was determined to break the shackles. She timed that shot pretty well off her pads, but misplaced it straight down the throat of Beaumont on the square leg boundary.

Australia three down now, and some big names have been sent packing. England can sense an opportunity.

Going to be a good day for slower balls and changes of pace. The pitch is slow and dry.

FOUR! Healy gets sick of waiting and slogs one over midwicket for four. Risky, but well struck.

SHOT! Mooney gets a full one and belts it through cover for four. Lovely shot.

Misfield from Sciver-Brunt at mid-off allows Mooney to take a single.

Neat from Healy off her pads now into the midwicket gap. Two more to her tally.

One more for the skipper down the ground and another over comes to a close.

Amy Jones is up to stumps on what is a slow wicket. Sciver-Brunt is bowling to Healy who has struggled to get going so far.

DROPPED! Healy tried to get after one but skied it straight up towards mid-on. Filer was running back with the flight but never looked settled or confident. Barely got a finger on it in the end.

A single apiece to Healy and Mooney from the over, but the missed chance is the real talking point.

Beth Mooney is the new batter in and is off the mark with two off her pads through midwicket.

Two more for Mooney off the tires, this time behind square on the leg side.

A successful over for Lauren Bell comes to an end.

The champ is out cheaply. Fine leg had come up inside the ring, and Perry either didn’t realise or didn’t care. She tried to whip one off her pads but succeeded only in chipping a catch into Filer’s lap.

Big moment for England.

Perry tries to get after a full one, playing a lofted drive just wide of mid-on. She takes two to get off the mark.

SHOT! Filer drops one a fraction too short and Healy unleashes. A crunching pull shot in front of square, no need to run for those.

And that one boundary has thrown Filer’s radar off. Two successive wides follow it.

Brilliant fielding from Wyatt-Hodge at point saves a boundary there. Healy crunched that pull shot but the full length dive stopped any run.

A loose over from Lauren Filer, six from it all up.

She opens up her third over with a wide down the leg side.

Not a whole lot of pace in this wicket so Healy has to be careful. She bunts one to the leg side and takes the quick single.

Two runs from that over. No rush early for Healy or Perry.

Ellyse Perry is the new batter in. Don’t need to tell you how important a wicket she is for England.

WAS THAT AN EDGE? There was a big noise as the ball went past Perry’s bat, but again it’s given not out. Heather Knight has opted to review at the very last second, only because it is Ellyse Perry really. What was that noise?

Big fat gap between bat and ball the whole way through. There was a noise, but it didn’t really seem to time up properly with the shot. Bit of a weird one, but Perry survives. England is now all out of reviews with 46.1 overs to come.

So a dramatic over! Five runs, two reviews and a wicket from it.

Just the tiniest little tickle on the glove from Litchfield, but the snicko showed it up clear as day. I think Litchfield gave the game away a little with the “oh no…” after the ball went past.

A good start for Litchfield but no more than that.

Too straight from Filer and Healy helps herself to a single off her pad.

SHOT! Sheeeeesh. Just about the shot of the series so far from Litchfield. You will not see a better on drive, straight back past the bowler from the middle of the bat for four. Glorious.

ANOTHER SHOUT! Again England is interested in a potential glove down the leg side. One review already down, do they risk another? They do! Let’s have another look.