Marsh with flight and spin has dismissed Healy and Haynes to make Aus 2-15. Dismissals were bowled and LBW. 

Aus have have a lead of 160 with 8 wickets remaining. 

This Taunton wicket is turning. Spin from both ends from Marsh and Ecclestone with plenty of shine on the ball early in the innings. 

England avoid the follow on.  Knight has declared.. Stars 145 in front. Only choice is to add another 100. and get them back in..  Still time for a result . Australians dont play  for draws.

You still around DC?

Our bowlers cant maintain pressure. 

Finally the quick Tayla is on. She will hurry 'em.

More threatening clouds. Poor old Poms.. dont get much sun even in midsummer.

DC why arent the quicks on?

Gardner and Molineux are imparting a bit of spin on the ball at times. 

So did I.. had to sleep.

Our best chance is to knock em off before they reach the follow on point.  That three hour rain delay will come back to haunt us now. 

In some of the cricket playing countries they don’t take women’s sport as seriously as they do in others. 

Missed the collapse! 

Perry still has that outswinger going. 

It is ludicrous.

Notice we dont hear the BCCI insisting Indian women play Test matches.

The ICC needs to get out of the dark ages and introduce an Ashes like format for all the other nations.

She was more than a fringe player think you will find. Reason she had to choose between soccer and cricket. Thank goodness she chose cricket. If only our men had a complete cricketer like Ellyse.

Perry has played for the Matildas, the Australian football (soccer) team too. She was a fringe player. 

As a cricketer her all round skills in bowling and batting are extraordinary! 

I didn’t realise they don’t play red ball cricket! 

This current scenario seems absurd. 

Mate isnt it ridiculous that our women dont play red ball cricket at state level. Yet they have been playing Ashes Tests since the 50s.

Given the fact they only play a Test every two years I am impressed by the techniques of our two superstars, Perry and Lanning. Haynes and Mooney looked good too. 

I’m quite impressed by the standard in women’s Test cricket. 

I might have to attend the Tas women’s team’s games at Bellerive this next season.  

Yes she cut well. But at no time did she have her head over the ball nor her stumps protected when playing or defending the strait fuller ball. Watch how there is little foot movement.. plays away from her body.

There was also a perfect outswinger that beat the outside edge in the first over. 

No it wasn’t, mate. 

She has hit the ball well in some other attacking shots, Baggers. 

Healy and Lisa S were lauding her head being well over the ball in a cut for 4.

Thanks DC.. worked that out last nite. Was not  well publicised tho.

Great ball Ellyse Perry. 

With Perry’s high leap in her delivery stride, has she had back injury issues? 

What a beautiful smooth bowling action Perry has! 

GEM at no 192 on pay TV, Baggers. 

Beaumont bowled Perry! 

One perfect outswinger from Perry in the first over of the English innings! 

It seems 110-112 kph is a reasonable speed for female pace bowlers. 

Schutt seems to gain looping inswing at 105-106 kph. 

I wanna know why we are still batting. Is Ca thinking we only need to draw this and stop England winning to take home the Ashes.

I have a problem with Molineux's technique. Feet are stuck in cement.. off stump often exposed. Suppose you have to expect this as the women rarely play red ball cricket. This has to be remedied surely by adding a red ball component to the women state tournament.

Lanning waves the girls in finally at 8dec- 420.

English spinner, Marsh, generates as much turn as some male Test finger spinners.