Live: Australia hunts wickets as India looks to add to its total on day three

110th over – Perry charging in again

Too straight to Deepti, who takes one more to fine leg.

Perry is looking far more threatening to the right-handed Taniya… until Taniya pulls out a cover drive like that. Lovely shot, just for one though.

SHOUT! Another lbw appeal, but I reckon Deepti has edged that. And it pitched outside leg. And it was probably too high.

We go again. Over bowled.

109th over – Gardner around the wicket to Deepti

IN THE AIR! Safe! An actual aggressive sweep shot from Deepti turned into a skied top edge. Lucky it didn’t quite carry to deep square leg.

One run and nearly a chance off the over.

108th over – Perry to continue

BEATEN! Really good stuff from Perry, nibbling away from the left-handed Deepti Sharma. She had a whif at it, but no nick.

Deepti squeezes one off her toes out to fine leg and takes a single.

Thigh-high full bunger from Perry to end the over. Not a no ball, and not hit for any runs by Taniya.

107th over – Gardner to Taniya

There’s a short leg in, no catchers on the off side. Spoke too soon, the helmet is being run out and there will be a silly point under Taniya’s nose too.

FOUR! There’s no gully though! A bit edgy from Taniya, but squirted through that region and away to third for four.

Taniya is now playing everything off the back foot, entirely because of the presence of the silly point. Good captaincy, and a good over.

106th over – Perry to Deepti now

No real urgency from India so far, but it’s early days.

Seems a real priority on bowling full for Perry so far. The Aussie quicks on the whole have been too short throughout this Test so far, so it’s good to see. Give the pink ball a chance to swing.

EDGED! Just short of Healy! Genuine nick on that one, but the ball just died off the edge. Healy took it smartly, but on the half-volley.

Great over from Perry, a maiden.

105th over – Gardner spinning them up again

Half a shout as Deepti is hit on the pad, but there was a massive inside edge on it first. Gardner is around the wicket to the lefty.

Gardner gets a little too straight and Deepti works it with the angle for a single to fine leg.

Just the one from the over.

104th over – Ellyse Perry, come on down

Meg Lanning wastes no time going to her big gun. Perry bowled really well without luck yesterday, and looked genuinely relieved to have finally broken through last night.

Great start from Perry. Late tail into Taniya’s toes.

The pressure is released though thanks to a misfield from Molineux at point (she got a dodgy bounce, in fairness). Two to get Taniya off the mark.

Good start from Perry, but Taniya up to the task early.

Hi Dean. Is this a four day or five day match? Given the Indian batting, a shorter match may help Aus salvage a draw worst case?

-Simon – WA

It’s a four-day match, but remember the women play more overs in their days than the men. Today they are shooting for a minimum of 108 overs, and tomorrow will be the same. It doesn’t fully make up the difference but (if it hadn’t poured for two days) it makes a result likely.

Also Australia will still be 100% thinking of the win. They are a long way off settling for draws yet.

103rd over – Ash Gardner to get us going

We’re on! Techincally we were on a moment ago, when Tahlia McGrath bowled the one ball remaining in her over. Deepti took it for a single.

But now we’re on properly with Gardner getting us underway.

Will be interesting to see India’s approach here. Would imagine they would want at least another 100 runs before thinking declaration, and they likely aren’t going to want to waste too much time in doing so.

No hurry in that over though, it’s a maiden.

How’s the weather looking?

Third time’s a charm

Hello again! It’s day three of this Australia v India women’s Test at Carrara Stadium, and gosh dang it, we are going to PLAY SOME CRICKET TODAY. The weather has been a real nuisance so far, ruining what has threatened to become a really engrossing Test match. But with sunny skies on the horizon today, we might finally get the game we have been hoping for.

Make no mistake, Australia are still up against it after two (well, kinda) days in the field chasing leather off the bat of Smriti Mandhana and others. But some wickets after dinner yes terday brought them back into the game, and with the talent at their disposal, all three results remain open.

Feels like the summer is starting for real today. Don’t miss any of it, keep the blog handy.