A record-breaking century from Annabel Sutherland moved Australia to the brink of victory over India in the pink-ball Test at the Waca.Sutherland’s imperious 129 was her fourth century in only seven Tests, the most by an Australian woman and one short of the world record held by England’s Jan Brittin.It helped Australia to 323 all out in their first innings, a lead of 125.By the close India were hanging on at 105 for 6.The outstanding Sutherland received excellent support from Ellyse Perry, who broke an even more significant record during her innings of 76.

Shortly before she was dismissed, Perry moved past Karen Rolton to become Australia’s highest scorer in Women’s Tests.India had the unenviable task of beginning their innings under lights and were in trouble from the moment Smriti Mandhana dragged Darcie Brown’s second ball onto the stumps.Sutherland picked up two more wickets, including Jemimah Rodrigues to a horrible ramp shot, to make it six in the match.The outstanding debutant Lucy Hamilton also has six in the match after taking 3 for 32 from eight menacing overs.The match might have ended inside two days but the discipline and judgement of another Test debut, India’s No3 Pratika Rawal.

She played a classical Test innings and finished on 43 not out from 84 balls.Rawal’s presence gives India a sliver of hope, but Australia are likely to complete victory tomorrow afternoon.If they do, the player of the match award will be a formality.29th over: India 105-6 (Rawal 43, Rana 13) Brown tries her luck around the wicket to the right-handed Rana.She defends solidly before crunching a single to mid-on.

Rawal ducks the last delivery to ensure she will be back tomorrow afternoon.But Australia are on course for a thumping victory after another dominant day at the Waca.28th over: India 104-6 (Rawal 43, Rana 13) Future player of the match Annabel Sutherland returns for one last crack tonight.Rawal carefully defends a couple of inswingers and gives Rana only one delivery to survive at the end of the over.Rana has other ideas – she takes a single to keep strike.

India trail by 21.27th over: India 102-6 (Rawal 43, Rana 12) Rawal waits for a shortish delivery from Brown and steers it expertly for four.Her judgement has been immaculate and, though that’s no surprise to those who have seen her in ODIs, it’s unusual for a Test debutant to give the rest of the team a lesson in how to bat.26th over: India 97-6 (Rawal 38, Rana 12) Rana gets a thick outside edge off Hamilton that bounces short of the cordon and runs away for a couple.She is playing aggressively, despite or perhaps because of the match situation, and gets an all-run four with a thump through extra cover.

Ash Gardner did superbly to save the boundary, only to realise they had run four anyway.25th over: India 90-6 (Rawal 38, Rana 6) Darcie Brown returns to the attack and almost strikes when Rana – who cracked a nice boundary through the covers earlier in the over – fences a delivery in the air but wide of short leg.Australia coul yet finish this off tonight; India are still 37 behind.24th over: India 83-6 (Rawal 37, Rana 1) This has been some Test debut for Lucy Hamilton: 3 for 26 in the innings, 6 for 59 in the match, a handy 23 with the bat and a couple of superb catches.Two wickets in the over for Lucy Hamilton! She didn’t even appeal when Richa Ghosh felt outside off stump at her second delivery, but the Australian cordon all heard something and, when it was given not out on the field, Alyssa Healy sent it upstairs.

Good job she did: the technology shows the thinnest of edges and Hamilton has her third wicket of the innings.This is quite outstanding from Lucy Hamilton, the kind of set-up you expect of a veteran rather than a 19-year-old on debut.She pushed Deepti back with a bouncer, then followed up with a perfect delivery that nipped back through the gate to hit the stumps.Too good.23rd over: Australia 82-4 (Rawal 37, Deepti 9) Rawal jumps on a short ball from McGrath and helps herself to four through backward square leg.

This pair have slowly but surely reduced the deficit to 43 runs.22nd over: Australia 76-4 (Rawal 32, Deepti 8) Hamilton beats Deepti with an immaculate delivery just outside off stump.“She’s so good,” says Alyssa Healy, who is mic'd up and chatting to the commentary box.“Just nick it Deepti!”21st over: Australia 74-4 (Rawal 31, Deepti 7) McGrath’s first poor ball is pulled easily for four by Deepti.There are still 13 overs remaining, though we won’t get them all in.

20th over: Australia 69-4 (Rawal 31, Deepti 2) Another maiden, this time from Hamilton to Rawal.It looks like India are trying to bat for stumps and make hay when the sun shines tomorrow afternoon.19th over: Australia 69-4 (Rawal 31, Deepti 2) McGrath would love a wicket or two to quieten some of the chat around her place in the team.She hasn’t really threatened but her accuracy and movement – she has conceded only four runs from four overs – have helped increase the pressure on the Indian batters.18th over: Australia 68-4 (Rawal 30, Deepti 2) Hamilton replaces Sutherland, whose spell of 5-2-14-2 was as good as those figures suggest.

Deepti gets off the mark from her 12th delivery with a measured off drive for two.17th over: Australia 64-4 (Rawal 29, Deepti 0) An accurate maiden from McGrath to Deepti.It feels like the net is closing around India, who have scored only one run in three overs since the dismissal of Harmanpreet.16th over: Australia 65-4 (Rawal 29, Deepti 0) Rawal squeezes Sutherland to gully, where Brown takes a smart catch and holds the ball up tentatively in celebration.The players arenm’t sure whether it was a bump ball; the umpires go upstairs and replays show that Rawal did indeed hit the ball into the ground before it flew to Brown.

15th over: Australia 65-4 (Rawal 29, Deepti 0) A quiet second over from Tahlia McGrath.That last wicket of Harmanpreet feels like a decisive blow to India.14th over: Australia 64-4 (Rawal 28, Deepti 0) Sutherland has 2 for 14 in this innings and 6 for 60 in the match.I think she scored a few runs as well.Rawal pushes nervously at Sutherland, worried about the inswing, and is beaten by one that goes straight on.

But the threat of the inswinger does for Harmanpreet later in the over.She plays a similar shot to Rawal, except this time it takes the edge and is beautifully caught low down by Hamilton at second slip.She is quietly having a superb Test debut; Sutherland is loudly dominating every facet of the match.13th over: Australia 62-3 (Rawal 27, Harmanpreet 11) Tahlia McGrath replaces Darcie Brown, who bowled a threatening spell of 6-1-24-1.After a couple of deliveries, Beth Mooney calls for a helmet and stands up to the stumps.

She’s soon in the action, taking the ball cleanly when Rawal is beaten by an outswinger.12th over: Australia 60-3 (Rawal 26, Harmanpreet 10) Harmanpreet takes ten from Sutherland’s third over, including terrific drives through extra cover for four off the first and last deliveries.11th over: Australia 50-3 (Rawal 26, Harmanpreet 0) A surprise short ball from Brown sits up nicely and is pulled over midwicket for four by Rawal.She gets four more through the slips, a false stroke though one she played with soft hands to ensure it bounced short of the cordon.Batting is still tough out there but Rawal is making the best of a difficult situation.

Like Ellyse Perry and Annabel Sutherland, she has a technique and tempo that are perfectly suited to this format.10th over: Australia 40-3 (Rawal 16, Harmanpreet 0) A skilful maiden from Sutherland ends with a big inswinger to Harmanpreet, who offers no stroke and is relieved to see the ball whoosh just past off stump.9th over: India 40-3 (Rawal 16, Harmanpreet 0) Once again, Rawal waits until the length is safe enough to drive and then punches Brown through point for a couple.At the risk of sounding like the oldest fart in town, this situation is crying out for the kind of classical, disciplined batting that Rawal has demonstrated.8th over: India 38-3 (Rawal 14, Harmanpreet 0) That was such a strange shot from Rodrigues.

There’s a time and place for the ramp, even in Test cricket, but Western Australia is not that place.You can’t keep a good goat down.Sutherland takes her first wicket, and her fifth of the match, with the penultimate ball of her first over.It was a horrible shot from Rodrigues, who had played so well until that point.She jumped into position for the ramp, was surprised by the extra bounce – it’s the Waca – and spooned a simple catch down the leg side.

Pratika Rawal overturns an LBW decision on view.She padded up to a huge inswinger from Annabel Sutherland, who has just come into the attack, and was given out on the field.But it looked touch and go on height and, after Rawal went upstairs, the technology suggested it would have bounced over the stumps.7th over: India 34-2 (Rawal 11, Rodrigues 14) An inside-edge negates a big LBW appeal from Brown against Rawal, who responds by timing a boundary through extra cover.It’s notable that she and Rodrigues are playing with softer hands than the openers; in doing so, they’ve reduced the deficit to 91.

6th over: India 30-2 (Rawal 7, Rodrigues 14) A very wide delivery from Hamilton is flashed through extra cover for four by Rodrigues, whose shot selection has been immaculate so far.She plays an even better stroke to end the over, timing Hamilton straight down th ground for four.Lovely stuff.5th over: India 22-2 (Rawal 7, Rodrigues 6) A wide half-volley from Brown is squeezed expertly behind square for four by Rawal.This has been a calm, measured response to the loss of those two early wickets.

In the circumstances, Mandhana and Verma’s shots were ill-conceived at best.4th over: India 18-2 (Rawal 3, Rodrigues 6) Rodrigues drives Hamilton carefully through the covers for four and then down the ground for two.3rd over: India 12-2 (Rawal 3, Rodrigues 0) I missed most of that over as I was trying to change the picture at the top of the page.The lack of shouting in the commentary box suggests that nothing much happened.2nd over: India 10-2 (Rawal 3, Rodrigues 0) You’d expect Rawal and now Jemimah Rodrigues to bat with more patience.

They need to because Australia are all over India like a cheap cliche.There you go.Hamilton slips in a wide, full-length tempter to Verma, who edges a big drive through to Beth Mooney.Lovely bowling, thoughtless batting.1.

3 overs: India 10-1 (Verma 5, Rawal 3) Shafali Verma tries to drive Lucy Hamilton and snicks the ball this far short of second slip.It bounces through for four runs but these are great signs for Australia.India are going hard against the swinging ball, an approach that feels fraught with peril.1st over: India 4-1 (Verma 0, Rawal 2) Pratika Rawal is the new batter.A sensational start for Australia! Smriti Mandhana has gone second ball, dragging an inswinger from Darcie Brown back onto the stumps.

Not a great shot, in truth, especially when you know the ball is likely to swing back towards you.Mandhana departs after making just six runs in the match.Alyssa Healy addresses the team ahead of her final innings in the field as Australian captain.The players all burst out laughing because Phoebe Litchfield has a fly on her tooth.“You’d think I’d have something poetic to say,” says Healy, “but I couldn’t stop laughing.

”Hamilton is dropped by Gautam, a fairly straightforward chance at mid-on.But it doesn’t hurt India: two balls later she cloths a pull and is take at midwicket by Rana.Satghare finishes with 4 for 50 on debut, a fine effort, and India trail by 125.Australia’s total was built on two classical innings: 76 from Ellyse Perry and 129 from Annabel Sutherland, hwere fourth century in only seven Tests.The timing of the innings has worked out perfectly for Australia, who will take the new ball just as the sun is setting over the Waca.

90th over: Australia 321-9 (Hamilton 21, Brown 0) Hamilton hits Gaud for two boundaries, an efficient cut and a high-class off drive, to extend Australia’s lead to 123.I’ll be surprised if Hamilton finishes her Test career batting at No10; she can really play.“Jan and Rosie here, still following the cricket in Khao Lak, Thailand,” write Jan and Rosie.“Need your updates so keep them coming.A huge tropical thunderstorm here.

”No such weather in Perth, though it was 40 degrees earlier today.89th over: Australia 311-9 (Hamilton 13, Brown 0) Sayali Satghare has excellent figures on debut: 18-2-48-3.A wicket straight after the dinner break.King chips Satghare towards short extra cover, where Sneh Rana swoops to her left to take an accomplished catch.King, such a valuable lower-order batter, goes after another useful innings