Australia v England: Women’s Ashes second cricket one-day international – live

Australia set England 181-run target for victory at Junction Oval
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1st over: Australia 2-0 (Litchfield 0, Healy 0) Lauren Bell starts for England with the ball. She bowled well in the first game but shows some signs of nerves early on by spearing a couple down the leg side to give the umpire an early arm stretch.

Bell is into her groove soon enough though, the rest of the over is full as the tall seamer goes in search of some early swing, she’ll have to find it pronto, the sun is starting to burn through in Melbourne. Litchfield defends and it’s just two runs off the first over.

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