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18th on: Australia 71-1 (Healy 46, Lanning 14) Good start for Gordon, who plays with a little more rhythm than Ecclestone because of its lower trajectory. She is good enough to locate the inner edge of Lanning, spitting behind the square. If Ecclestone is in conflict, the Scottish import will have a lot of work to do today.

17th: Australia 69-1 (Healy 45, Lanning 13) Sciver struggles but Healy's class does not help her, sending her back to the third man for another limit. She does not stop finishing half a volley with Lanning's treatment. Both drivers are motoring, scoring 40 points on the ten consecutive passes together and dealing almost exclusively with limits.

16th on: Australia 60-1 (Healy 40, Lanning 9) Lanning helped an Ecclestone start before he left. How many times has a bowler sent his first goal to the cricket test to complete another's game? This is what Gordon is responsible for doing: getting out with a nerve center to the Australian skipper. I'm afraid to report that Brunt also hangs out between the two, seeking to favor this right ankle, she had a pain while celebrating a ticket office in Leicester. Uh oh.

Bowling through tears, Ecclestone took off from the ground after two deliveries. The right arm hurts a lot. Kirstie Gordon, in her debut, will finish the round. Disastrous for England if they lost their best spinner.

15th on: Australia 56-1 (Healy 40, Lanning 5) Good news: Ecclestone stays there. Four balls remaining in the Sciver over, to replace Brunt, and she runs the first of these down the side of the legs for four byes. Not good. Before the break, Healy had already imposed a ninth limit with the aforementioned clip past the square leg. England has a real problem on her hands here.

Two balls in the 15th finish, the drinks are called and Ecclestone gets examined by medical staff after diving unsuccessfully to stop a Healy clip through a square leg. She hit the bridge and grabbed her shoulder. She looks good. Let's hope so.

14th on: Australia 47-1 (Healy 36, Lanning 4) Ecclestone immediately found his beach, forcing Healy to advance from the start. She beats her on the inside edge halfway, causing a loud shout, but bowler only. But missing its length to finish, Healy swings to cut four others. They go up the stairs to confirm that Marsh did not keep her, the player's leg on the sponge.

13th on: Australia 43-1 (Healy 32, Lanning 4) Stroke! After watching 14 balls of points, Meg Lanning manages to stand out with a nice timed push of the back foot, down to the rope for four. Otherwise, Brunt is exactly where she should be, asking the right questions to the Australian captain.

12th on: Australia 39-1 (Healy 32, Lanning 0) Excellent first of Ecclestone, spin for the first time of the test in this 12th. The big tweaker on the left arm, which was so impressive in his debut test in Sydney two years ago, beats Healy for the first time with a full performance that has made a lot, well packed by Taylor. Healy defends the 20-year-old with total respect. She tries to score in the last delivery, but she does not beat the field. I argue that Ecclestone is already the best spinner in the world. England needing a win to stay alive, it's four huge days for her.

11th on: Australia 39-1 (Healy 32, Lanning 0) I tell you that, Healy is on a century pace in session here, taking Brunt considering the smaller width, slapping her by the back dot for the seventh limit. Ooooooh, Brunt bites with a beauty later in the set, again able to cut beyond the inner edge; just above the woodwork. Healy ends up having a long way to defend. Fantastic contest.

9th on: Australia 33-1 (Healy 26, Lanning 0) Brunt to Lanning is at the box office. It is quite remarkable that the Australian captain, the greatest female drummer of all time in the 50-and-over format, averages 17 out of her four events and has never reached the age of 50 years. She goes away, goes away, then defends herself here. When a ball comes on the stump of the leg to finish, she chooses the midwicket. Maiden is. England must do it early.

"The proposal comes to mind," writes Abhijato Sensarma. "The authorities want the T20s and the cricketers want the tests, while the purists are the most comfortable with the best of both worlds – the ODIs. But why could not we have the best of three worlds by combining the three formats to create a new one? In the spirit of Men's knock-outs, including the revenue-generating game, organize a "two-day cricket" … On the first day, play 20 overs each; come back the next day and each play 20 more withdrawals. Four rounds, ten wickets per round, and endless fun all the time (until the ODI-esque limit of 80 overruns is reached, of course)! "

I like most of the original ideas, but I prefer to give them more tests.

8th on: Australia 33-1 (Healy 26, Lanning 0) That does not stop Healy from losing his first partner, hitting the first ball of Shrubsole's new covered ball for his fifth limit. Oh, make six! A wonderful car spot the best of the lot up to now. She is 26 of 28 balls half an hour in a test. Like you do!

From the start of each test match, the plan is to reach the top, and that's exactly what Brunt did, eliminating just enough to escape the outside edge of the opening match. Another return to a figure for Western Australia. And in the Lanning walks.

7th on: Australia 25-1 (Healy 18)

6th on: Australia 19-0 (Healy 17, Bolton 1) This is a great start for Healy, slapping a wider Shrubsole delivery with perfect four-point timing. Lastly, an even better shot along the rug on the other side of the point for another limit.

5th on: Australia 11-0 (Healy 9, Bolton 1) Stroke. Healy said she would not restrain her natural instincts in cricket testing and it shows when Brunt runs out, the Australian takes her with a hard blow over the midwicket. I like this elevation. If she takes tea, for example, she will be well over 100 years old.

4th on: Australia 6-0 (Healy 4, Bolton 1) The sole of shrubs starts to have a nice hoop very early, Bolton playing it very carefully. The Australian opener is not a very good player, but when she made her test debut four years ago, she had very tough sessions against the new ball.

3rd on: Australia 6-0 (Healy 4, Bolton 1) Brunt is on top, leaving little room for Bolton and winning a first run without success. After passing a single to cover Healy's turn, Brunt repeats the first ball of the match to finish, disengaging from the seam to cut it in half again. Dangerous start this from the Barnsley Express.

2nd on: Australia 5-0 (Healy 4, Bolton 0) The soleplate escapes us at the end of the pavilion, Bolton defending himself and leaving with caution. Just as there was bottom of the river, the transport is routed to Sarah Taylor. The left-hander gets Australia out of goal via a leg-bye, giving Healy a shot at the last ball of the ball and using it wisely to lead an elegant border across a blanket for four.

1st win: Australia 0-0 (Healy 0, Bolton 0) Brunt cut Healy in half with the first test ball! A beauty that goes up the seam. The opener engages in his rhythm while the reverse continues, thus allowing to defend well. Nice report from Brunt, which is encouraging. Two years ago, the two balls of Schutt's first victory were not hit by the goalkeeper, the track was so dead. Crossed fingers.

Oh, give it up. Believe yourself, there is a hole at the back of the field that referees want to cover by the man from the field. Odd. Retry: TO PLAY!

Katherine Brunt has the ball in her hand. It will almost certainly be his last test match for England. What a warrior she was. Healy is on strike. TO PLAY!

Jerusalem plays. Referees head for the center, followed by Heather Knight and his team. Australian players Nicole Bolton and Alyssa Healy follow. The latter is at the top of the list for the first time in Test Match.

England: Amy Jones, Tammy Beaumont, Heather Knight (c), Georgia Elwiss, Nat Sciver, Sarah Taylor (week), Katherine Brunt, Anya Shrubsole, Laura Marsh, Sophie Ecclestone and Kirstie Gordon.

Australia: Nicole Bolton, Alyssa Healy (week), Meg Lanning (c), Ellyse Perry, Rachael Haynes, Beth Mooney, Ash Gardner, Sophie Molineux, Jess Jonassen, Megan Schutt and Tayla Vlaeminick.

Let's be realistic: it's a terrible blow to lose if all this happens in Ciderabad. But at least, spinsters in England already have something to work on there.

Australia goes with an extra bat, leaving aside Wareham leggings. England plays three specialist spinners, overlooking the Cross seam. Full XIs shortly.

In fact, read this before the draw. Megan Schutt has opinions and is not afraid to express them. His last column explains why it is absolutely false that only Australians can play the tests and that it is unfair to be able to do it only every two years. Crucially, she also comes with ideas for the future.