England were toothless with the bat in hand whilst Australia impressed to level the series, writes Amy Lofthouse.

All done and dusted at Bristol, where England have lost by 63 runs.

Truth be told, that was a poor batting performance from a team that prides itself on its depth in batting. Once Sarah Taylor had fallen, England seemed to go with her.

There was a nice little cameo from Katherine Brunt, who has a cracking on-drive. The last six wickets however fell for 31 runs, which isn’t good enough when they were chasing such a big total. Megan Schutt has finished with figures of 4-47. She got some swing, bowled with decent pace and trapped England’s batsman on the front foot.

That makes it 2-2 in the seven match series, with the next ODI at Worcestershire on Sunday. That should give England some time to regroup and maybe look at some changes in the middle-order.

Australia are having a whale of a time it seems. They are essentially cruising, writes Geoff Lemon.

Australia still having plenty of fun here at Derbyshire. David Warner and Shaun Marsh both retired on 101, Mitchell Marsh played his shots for an innings of 53, and Shane Watson is taking out some frustration on the Derbyshire bowlers to reach 30 from 24 balls.

Derbyshire’s main relief has come from young debutants Will Davis (3 for 63) and Harry White (1/55), who’ve taken the only wickets for fall. But the retirements have left Australia six wickets down. Brad Haddin is yet to score, and needs some runs, but Peter Nevill came in ahead of him and was dismissed for 1. Michael Clarke and Adam Voges also remain short of runs, they made 16 and 1 respectively.

Australia will bat as long as they can today, and perhaps even into tomorrow. There’s limited point in them bowling, because their only frontliners are Peter Siddle, Pat Cummins and Fawad Ahmed, none of whom are likely to play a Test unless misfortune strikes down the main attack. Watson and Marsh the Younger will have plenty of bowling to do should Derbyshire put up a fight.

There are similarities between the shifting weather forecast and England’s faltering display, writes Amy Lofthouse.

There’s a light drizzle falling at Bristol and England are starting to struggle under the gloom.

England have lost wickets in clusters. Charlotte Edwards was the first to go for 58, trying to pull a Megan Schutt slower ball. She was through the shot far too quickly and it cannoned into her stumps. Amy Jones, who has yet to look comfortable in two matches, made a seven-ball duck, before having a huge heave at Jess Jonassen and being bowled.

Sarah Taylor made, as she so often does, a lovely 43. The over before her dismissal she chipped a ball just over fine leg; a risky and needless shot, given that she was finding runs with more conventional shots and her ability to place the ball.

The next over she got down on one knee and was nailed lbw by Jonassen. Lydia Greenway was the next to go, lbw for 20 to Sarah Coyte as she tried to work the ball through the leg side.

It’s been a fine captaincy display by Meg Lanning, who has mixed up her bowlers well and hasn’t been afraid to change ends to see if she can make a break through. And just as I’m about to hit send Georgia Elwiss goes for 4, trying to cut a wide Schutt delivery and only succeeding in edging onto her stumps.

Both England and Australia deserve praise of the highest order, writes Amy Lofthouse.

Meg Lanning. I’m in awe. Not only has she scored a century, she’s just produced a cracking piece of fielding to run out Heather Knight. A sprawling pick up and throw to directly hit the stumps from short mid-wicket has seen off the England vice-captain for 38.

Other than that, it’s been business as usual for Charlotte Edwards. Much as Lanning did earlier, she looks a cut above. She’s made her 46th ODI half-century and there’s been some beautiful shots in there. Her square drive is a particular favourite. You know it’s a good shot when an entire press box sighs in unison.

England have made a good start to this chase but there’s an awful lot resting on Sarah Taylor. She’s lovely to watch but has an infuriating habit of getting to 30 and then getting out. The other day in Taunton she tried to force the innings when she didn’t need to. Hopefully the calmness of Edwards at the other end will help her out.

Australia are 237-3 as it stands against Derbyshire, but the Aussies have let things slip things since David Warner retired, writes Geoff Lemon.

Everything was going well for Australia until Warner retired for 101, as soon as he reached his century off 105 balls. With that Will Davis on debut has opened an opportunity for them in the match, having Michael Clarke caught at slip and trapping Adam Voges lbw. Davis now has 2 for 32 and is the only wicket taker. The Marsh brothers are at the crease, Shaun threatening a century of his own with 84, Mitchell on 12.

There’s a bit of commotion down in Bristol, where England are chasing 260 to win the second ODI, writes Amy Lofthouse.

England have made relatively sedate progress so far, with Heather Knight hitting an exquisite cover-drive off Megan Schutt to get her innings underway.

A few overs later Knight wafted her bat at a wide delivery from Ellyse Perry and Alyssa Healy looked to have taken a fine, low-catch to dismiss England’s vice-captain. The umpires decided to have a look, and while one replay looked clean, the other showed it hitting the ground before Healy caught it. After a bit of to-ing and fro-ing, Knight remained at the crease. Meg Lanning, at slip, is about as happy as you’d expect her to be.

Still, that scare aside, Knight and Charlotte Edwards look in good nick.. They are both exceptional drivers of the ball. One of them needs to build an innings if England are going to get near Australia’s big total.

England have it all to do then, despite a quick flurry of wickets towards the end, writes Amy Lofthouse.

Australia have made 259-6 at Bristol, with England clawing back some late wickets.

Heather Knight, who has the run-up of a pony doing dressage, picked up two wickets. Ellyse Perry was bowled for 48 as she advanced down the pitch, the first real sign of aggression she’d shown. She was an excellent foil for Meg Lanning, who made a wonderful century.

Lanning has incredible power when she’s batting. She’s been positive from the off, it was great to see her use her feet to the spinners and she’s put Australia into a really strong position. She was eventually dismissed for 104, advancing down the pitch to Natalie Sciver and being well stumped by Sarah Taylor.

Australia’s last few weeks fell in clumps, as they often do towards the end of an innings. There was another all too brief cameo from Alyssa Healy, who again has some real power in her shots. Her second ball was clubbed down the ground with such ferocity that, had it been at Taunton, it would have sailed for six. It’s been a much improved performance from Australia though, building partnerships and running between the innings. Lanning’s captain’s knock will give them confidence going in to the second innings.. I, meanwhile, am off for more cake.

The England captain, Charlotte Edwards, may well be nursing a good old-fashioned selection headache, writes Amy Lofthouse.

There are many things to like about Katherine Brunt but her absolute fury when anyone has the temerity to misfield off her bowling is hilarious. Not so hilarious for England’s fielders, who have been a little poor. Much as they did at Taunton, they’ve let far too many balls slide through their hands and that has let Australia rotate the strike, something they struggled with on Tuesday.

Captain Meg Lanning has reached her half-century. It’s come at a good pace, from 57 balls, with seven boundaries. She is a real pleasure to watch.. She’s used her feet to the spinners and she has the deftest touch when she angles the ball through the gaps in the field. She’s played shots all around the ground, which is ominous for England.

She’s been well-supported by Ellyse Perry, the two running well together. Charlotte Edwards has overused her main bowlers, which is leaving them short at the death and power play overs. Rebecca Grundy has bowled out, Katherine Brunt has one over left and I’m not sure who Edwards can turn to. She has so many bowlers in this squad, some of them should have been used earlier to give her some flexibility.

England and Australia are taking some time-out for a drinks break, Amy Lofthouse writes. Hydration break is a very, very annoying phrase. It’s drinks. But that’s besides the point.

We’re just over the halfway mark at Bristol and Australia have lost another wicket. Nicole Bolton, who had played well, shaped to pull Anya Shrubsole and was clean bowled. The ball wasn’t short enough to cut by far and it was a strange shot from a player who looked completely comfortable. Maybe she was trying to force the rate but she didn’t need to, having got herself into such a good position.

Charlotte Edwards is rotating her main bowlers, but she needs to find a fifth bowler from somewhere. Katherine Brunt was put straight back on to face Ellyse Perry, which was a good move. Perry is in incredible batting form and Brunt will offer some of that aggression first up. However I think trying something a bit different - Heather Knight or Georgia Elwiss - would make sense at this point. She’s going to run out of bowlers before the batting power play, when she needs her experienced bowlers to perform.