Summary

  • Third ODI, Worcester

  • Ireland need 292 to win

  • England 291 (48.5 overs): Dunkley 119 (119); Murray 4-56

  • England looking to complete series sweep after winning first two matches

  • Listen to BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra commentary at top of page

Have your say on England women this summer

Live Reporting

by Mike Peter

  1. Eng 268-6

    Kia McCartney is the first Ireland bowler to complete her allocation, conceding four runs from her final over as she finishes with figures of 1-53.

    England number eight Mady Villiers takes singles off her first two balls.

  2. Henry Moeran
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    That's some sharp work behind the stumps from Amy Hunter. There was a bit of an edge and there was a stumping appeal as well.

    Charlie Dean looks frustrated but I don't think she has any reasons to be.

  3. wicket

    WICKET

    Dean c Hunter b Murray 4 (Eng 264-4)

    Two in three balls for Ireland!

    It's four and out for England captain Charlie Dean, who whacks her first ball from Cara Murray through mid-wicket for four, but feathers an edge behind from the next delivery.

    Had Dean not knicked it then she might have been dismissed stumped anyway, as she was a little way out of her crease and Amy Hunter took off the bails after collecting the ball.

    Hunter appealed to the square leg umpire, so I think she thought that was the method of dismissal.

  4. Ffion Wynne
    BBC Sport cricket writer on BBC Radio Sports Extra

    Gaby Lewis has done fantastically well there. Her arms were stretched out quite far in front of her and she took it on the move.

    Freya Kamp looked in complete disbelief that she had caught it. Lewis has done really, really well.

  5. wicket

    WICKET

    Kemp c Lewis b Murray 23 (Eng 260-5)

    Another catch on the ropes!

    Freya Kemp advances and lifts Cara Murray down the ground, but finds Gaby Lewis at long-off.

    The Ireland captain stretches out to her left and completes the catch, holding her balance to stop herself stepping over the boundary.

  6. Rufus Bullough
    CricViz analyst

    Ireland's spinners have dropped short once too often today, with 55% of balls bowled short of a good length, far higher than in the first two ODIs.

  7. Eng 257-4

    Only a couple of singles from the remainder of the over.

    England should comfortably make 300, but they'll be keen to move a fair way beyond thar mark.

  8. Ffion Wynne
    BBC Sport cricket writer on BBC Radio Sports Extra

    It was quite a simple shot really. A small step out of her crease and thumped down the ground. Dani Gibson displaying her power and that high backlift gives so much power to hit through the line of the ball.

  9. 6 runs

    Eng 254-4

    Dani Gibson of England batsGetty Images

    There's the acceleration!

    Dani Gibson sends Kia McCartney's opening delivery flying over long-off for the first six of the day.

    250 up for England.

  10. Eng 248-4

    Six deliveries from Lara McBride, six singles for England.

    No signs of England acceleration in that over especially.

  11. Rufus Bullough
    CricViz analyst

    Ireland's spinners have dropped short once too often today, with 55% of balls bowled short of a good length - far higher than in the first two ODIs.

  12. Eng 242-4

    Pow!

    Dani Gibson smashes Kia McCartney through mid-wicket, clearing a leaping short fielder and reaching the boundary.

  13. Eng 236-4

    Another tidy drive from Freya Kemp, sending Louise Little through the covers for four.

    A further single takes her to 17 from 13 balls.

  14. Eng 228-4

    Just a couple of singles off Lara McBride's seventh over.

    I'd expect England to unleash in the next few overs, but they let this one tick by.

  15. Eng 224-4

    Neatly done from Freya Kemp.

    She steps down to the last ball from Cara Murray and caresses it through the covers for four.

  16. Eng 217-4

    Dani Gibson comes in at six for England and she gets off the mark immediately, finding two out to the cover boundary.

  17. Nathan Johns
    Irish cricket journalist on BBC Test Match Special

    That was travelling and Orla Prendergast had to stop her momentum from going over the rope for six.

    Any other Ireland fielder underneath it and Sophia Dunkley might still be there. She has picked out the best fielder in the team.

  18. wicket

    WICKET

    Dunkley c Prendergast b McBride 119 (Eng 214-4)

    Dunkley goes!

    The England opener pulls Lara McBride for four but the off-spinner has her revenge two deliveries later.

    Dunkley launches a long-hop out to the mid-wicket boundary, but Orla Prendergast is out there and she takes the catch above her head, stopping herself to ensure she doesn't fall over the rope.

  19. Thea Brookes
    Former Birmingham Phoenix all-rounder on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    This is a fantastic base for England to have going into the final 10-15 overs.

  20. Phil Long
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    Sophia Dunkley of England celebrates reaching her centuryGetty Images

    This is Sophia Dunkley's highest ODI score. Her previous best was 107 against South Africa in 2022.

    The highest score on this ground is 123 from Lauren Winfield-Hill against Pakistan in 2016.