Another gruelling day in the Women's Ashes for England. Scroll down to watch the highlights and read all the reaction following the close of play.

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We will of course be back at 03:15 GMT on Saturday with live text commentary and ball-by-ball coverage from the Test Match Special team for day two.

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Australia all-rounder Annabel Sutherland on her century: "It was pretty special. To have a Test match here at the G, have a good time and score some runs, it’s pretty special. I got to do it in front of family and friends.

"I love batting. Anytime I get a chance I try and cash in. I know how important it is to get ahead in the game. We’ve kept them out there and we’ll try to get as far ahead as we can."

On Australia's position: "I think we were pretty keen to get more of a lead. Ideally we'll only bat once and look to take 10 as fast as we can."

On Beth Mooney: "She’s pretty chill, she’ll rock up five minutes before the warm-up and hopefully tick it over to three figures."

On the conditions: "There was still a bit in it. They [England] bowled well in patches. In the morning, they created a lot of chances but couldn't convert them."

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England fast bowler Lauren Fileron England's performance: "We're happy with how we bowled. We attacked them and they were patient, fair play to them. We'll just go again tomorrow. We don't want to be a team that gives up. We want to keep pushing and fighting to better ourselves on the pitch and as people."

On talk about the team: "It's not been the tour we wanted. We all know we're better than this, we don't need reminding. There's messages going on, it's hard to hear but we understand that we haven't performed the way we wanted to. Hopefully over the next few days we can show what we're made of."

On the dropped catches: "We know we need to work on some stuff in the field. We're all human. Dropped catches do happen, probably more often than we'd like but we can work on it tomorrow."

On training: "We work really hard to test ourselves. In a game, it's a completely different scenario, there's an additional pressure. It's [catches] something we need to get better at. It's hard to replicate it in training."

On the MCG: "I'm pleasantly surprised about the crowd. The birds have surprised me the most. It's an amazing stadium and a great place to play cricket."

Despite how the scorecard appears England's bowling at times was actually pretty good. The intelligence, skill and persistence from Lauren Bell to get the wicket of Phoebe Litchfield was a case in point. She built pressure over the course of a few overs and got her reward.

Equally, Sophie Ecclestone's marathon efforts with the ball deserved more than just the wickets of Alyssa Healy and Ash Gardner.

England bowler Ryana MacDonald-Gay, speaking to TNT Sports: "I am really happy with how it went today [getting that first Ashes wicket] because Annabel Sutherland batted really well. So to get her wicket was pretty amazing.

"The message [from England captain Heather Knight] was to just bowl line and length, hit the stumps, and try to do that for as long as I can.

"With the bat yesterday it was hard. They have some really good bowlers but I found the longer I was out there the easier it was. They were quite on it at the start and the longer we kept them out there the more they wore down a bit more."

On making her Ashes debut: "I was nervous but I'm very competitive and don't want to be shown up by anyone else, That's where the grit and determination comes from."

On dropped catches costing England: "That was unfortunate but we have to keep moving on. Australia have some good batters, and still have some good batters to come.

"The only way to keep going was to forget about it and keep buzzing around. The pitch is playing okay, and there's a bit in it for the batters and a bit for the bowlers."

England's fielding woes did not just extend to Annabel Sutherland, though.

They dropped seven bona fide catches, and missed a few other chances you suspect the Aussies might have caught.

On top of that were a few sloppy misfields and a lack of intensity to build pressure at times.

From an Australian perspective it's been a day dominated by Annabel Sutherland after the all-rounder, who resumed the day on 24, went on to hit 163 off 258 balls. Her third Test century.

She was dropped by England twice early in her innings - a relatively straightforward chance for Danni Wyatt-Hodge and a much tougher one for wicketkeeper Amy Jones - with Sophie Ecclestone the bowler on both occasions.

Ryana MacDonald-Gay eventually got her wicket, but the damage was done by that point.

Mark Robinson
Warwickshire first-team coach on TNT Sports

Do England look psychologically gone in the field? Yes, they do. It's been infectious hasn't it? One goes down, confidence goes and people don't really want the ball.

They had spells in the game where it got embarrassing and it was a hard watch. The headlines will be about the catching and fielding and quite rightly so. I thought they did actually do some things well.

I think Heather Knight has had a good game as captain which looks and sounds ridiculous when you see the scorecard. The bowlers have delivered to a large extent.

Georgia Elwiss
England all-rounder on TNT Sports

Was this arguably England's worst day of the Women's Ashes? I think so.

From my point of view, the position they came into this Test match they wanted to show heart, fight and give a good account of themselves.

Unfortunately, today, they have shown anything but that, especially in the field. The bowlers did well in the morning, stuck at it, and created chances but fielders let them down.

Catches an international side should take have gone down and Australia made England pay.

Michelle Goszko
Ex-Australia batter on BBC Sounds

We saw an epic innings from Annabel Sutherland. There's been some good contributions from Phoebe Litchfield and Alyssa Healy as well. Hopefully Beth Mooney can get two more runs tomorrow to take her up to a century.

The crowd aren't happy but Beth Mooney is all smiles - OK, there might have been a hint of a grimace, too - as she walks off unbeaten on 98.

A day of utter Australian dominance. Annabel Sutherland led the way with a magnificent 163 before Mooney took over later in the day.

As for England, well, catching practice is in order after they shelled seven in the day, including Sutherland twice in the 30s and three when Mooney had very few.

Australia lead by 252 runs and 16-0 is looking pretty good from here.

Tahlia McGrath does get a single but Beth Mooney only manages one from the next.

McGrath then hits over extra cover and there are boos from the crowd as they come back for two.

No single fifth ball and that brings more boos from the crowd. There will be no ton for Mooney tonight.

Just a single first ball for Beth Mooney. Can Tahlia McGrath get Mooney back on strike?

Heather Knight is coming on to bowl her off-spin, looking to tempt Beth Mooney perhaps?

Beth Mooney takes two from the first ball of the over then calls for a quick single.

It would have been very tight and Tahlia McGrath might have been in trouble had Nat Sciver-Brunt managed to gather the ball cleanly at mid-wicket.

Time for one more over before stumps. Mooney is on 96.

Michelle Goszko
Ex-Australia batter on BBC Sounds

England have only employed five bowlers all day. They haven't really tried anything different here.

Lauren Filer is going to the short stuff late in the day and changes the angle to round the wicket to Tahlia McGrath.

Just a single from that one.

Beth Mooney will be on strike to start the next, she needs seven for a maiden Test hundred. With just five minutes left in the day, will she get there tonight?

Michelle Goszko
Ex-Australia batter on BBC Sounds

It's been a Katy Perry kind of day for England in the field, hot and cold.

Henry Moeran
Test Match Special commentator

England have been dreadful from the field but Australia have been far from perfect.