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King will have her chance against the new batter, and it’s another right hander – England are not blessed with a right-hand left-hand combination option.
Sciver-Brunt will want to make her mark against Australia as captain.
Just one run from the over.
After three dot balls to start the over, Knight comes down the track to the left handed spin of Molineux and turns it inside out to play the ball over mid off. A clever boundary.
But the next ball she is pinned back on the crease by a ball that thuds into the pads and Australia have sent this one upstairs.
It is hitting the wickets, the three reds come up on the screen and Knight has to depart for 20.
Australia have turned to their trump card, Alana King, who caused so many problems for England in the Ashes earlier this year.
England start by finding the gaps for singles, but King has found a bit of grip here.
Three runs from the over.
Beaumont prods forward to Molineux and chips up towards long on, there are cries of catch, but it was too far away from the straight midwicket.
To Knight the fielder has come up to mid on and she plays the ball through the gap for four.
Six runs from the over.
Beaumont has played nicely here and she continues in that fashion by shovelling Sutherland to the mid on boundary, she might not have hit it cleanly, but it was enough for four.
Knight was almost caught on her heels going for a single but a fumble at extra cover allowed her to get through.
Beaumont pushes down the ground for a single to long on. 
Knight comes a long way down to Molineux but has been hit on the pad, there’s a half appeal from Mooney, but I don’t think anyone was convinced by that and it was going down.
Two runs from the over.
Sutherland has rapped Beaumont on the back of the leg after she comes down the wicket and defends back to the bowler who shies at the stumps with the batter still in the way. 
Sutherland gets the edge! Knight has edged one behind but it’s too wide for the diving Beth Mooney to catch.
She has bowled well so far, and gets another play and miss out of the former England captain. 
Time for the spin of Sophie Molineux now that the fielding restrictions allow for more players outside the ring. 
Knight is able to just tap into the leg side and run to prevent the scoreboard stagnating. 
Beaumont comes down the wicket and chips up and over wide mid on to the boundary. That will relieve a bit of the pressure that had been building. 
Sutherland might have started with a delivery that was short and wide but she has kept the margins tight since then and is giving hardly anything away.
Knight gets a single to bring Beaumont on strike, but they are being pegged back a bit after an explosive start.
Just the one run from the over after back to back maidens.
Since taking that wicket, Garth has also found her length, and it’s back to back maidens to finish the powerplay.
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