Australia v India: one-off women’s cricket Test, day three – live

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38th over: India 122-6 (Rawal 53, Rana 20)

It feels like King is setting something up here, she is applying so much pressure and it seems something could happen at any time. Voll has a catching attempt at bat pad, but it falls just to her left.

37th over: India 121-6 (Rawal 53, Rana 19)

Rawal finds a single from the first ball of Brown’s next over and they continue to edge closer to Australia’s first innings total. Rana is more watchful, but then she tries to get on to the front foot to a delivery that moves unexpectedly and edges it to the slips. Sutherland makes a diving attempt, but can’t hold it. If she had managed to take it, it would have been one of the great catches of all time, so I think we can forgive her.

36th over: India 119-6 (Rawal 52, Rana 19)

King continues to bowl very tightly – the ball is turning to miss the bat on almost every delivery. There’s just one run from the over.

35th over: India 118-6 (Rawal 51, Rana 19)

Brown starts the over with a short ball in an attempt to rattle Rawal, but she manages to swat it away for a single. Brown throws in another short ball to Rana, but she sensibly ducks under it. The last ball of the over hits Rana right in the quad and we have a little break as she recovers.

34th over: India 117-6 (Rawal 50, Rana 19)

Lots of chat from the Australians being picked up on the stump mic as King continues to turn the screws in her spell. Rawal manages to find a single and brings up her 50 – she’s has been fantastic for India so far. Once Rana gets on strike, she has a clear plan and gets down low and sweeps the ball to the boundary for four. King’s next ball is a beauty and she comes so close to hitting the stumps.

33rd over: India 112-6 (Rawal 49, Rana 15)

Brown picks up where she left off with a great line and length delivery. The pressure is building on the Indian batters, still 18 runs behind Australia’s first innings total. Rawal finally finds the ball she’s been waiting for, stepping around for a big pull shot to the boundary for four. Brown tightens up to follow it up with a good yorker length delivery to force Rawal back into a defensive position.

32nd over: India 107-6 (Rawal 44, Rana 15)

King resumes and takes her time getting her field set. Rana hits the first ball of the over back towards her, but it lands safely wide of King. An almost stumping next ball – King is really making things happen here and Rana has to get her bat out into a strong forward defensive position to avoid losing her wicket. King is bowling beautifully here, there is almost a chance on every ball. Another maiden for Australia.

31st over: India 107-6 (Rawal 44, Rana 15)

Brown comes on from the other end and starts with three dots to Rawal, all landing in a very similar spot. There’s a big appeal for lbw in the middle of the over, but no joy from the umpire. Brown is very insistent that they should review, but she can’t convince her captain. It’s a maiden in the end – a good start to the day from Brown.

30th over: India 107-6 (Rawal 44, Rana 15)

Alana King bowls the first over of the day and Rana gets off strike straight away. Kind bowls a good line and length and pins Rawal down for quite a while, just two runs for the over.

The players are on the field and we’re ready to get Day 3 underway!

Ellyse Perry is chatting now after easing her way into the top spot of highest ever Australian women’s run scorers yesterday. She responds to questions about her record-breaking in typically humble fashion.

“It’s probably more indicative of how long I’ve been playing for more than anything special about me,” she said. “Having the chance to be part of this team and experience so much with them is such a privilege.”

Lucy Hamilton is having a chat in the pre-show and spoke a bit about getting the call to find out that she was in the team for this Test.

“It all happened in a bit of a blur,” she said. “I called my parents and luckily they were already coming over with grandparents. I just feel so lucky to be here and learn from the group.”

If you want to catch up on all of yesterday’s action before today’s play gets underway, you can re-live it over by over right here:

Preamble

Hello and welcome to Day 3 of this very exciting Test match! So far this Test we have already had 26 wickets fall and one century – what else awaits with two days of play still in front of us?

Yesterday was all about Annabel Sutherland, as she raised the bat for her third Test century and topped off the afternoon with two very important wickets – dismissing both Jemimah Rodrigues (14) and Harmanpreet Kaur (11). Pratika Rawal is providing some hope for India, currently on 43* and hoping Sneh Rana (14*) can stay with her and keep some life in this contest.

Australia are still 20 runs ahead with only four wickets remaining for India and it seems unlikely at this stage that they can put on a big enough stand from here to get into a position they can defend, but stranger things have happened in Test cricket!

We’re not far away from the first ball of the day being bowled, so let’s jump in and see what will happen!