Meg Lanning has been named to make her Test debut. Picture: Cricket Australia
UPDATE: Veteran Sarah Elliott played a crucial role in the Southern Stars batting attack, making 54 not out as Australia progressed to 3-170 off 67 overs at tea on day one of the women's Ashes Test.
Opener Meg Lanning was run out on 48 just after lunch, while Jess Cameron played an entertaining innings to be out LBW the ball after she brought up her 50.
Cameron brought up her 50 , which included 10 fours from 96 balls, with a pull shot to the boundary in the 66th over just before the tea break, but was out LBW to Laura Marsh the next ball
Elliott, who made 81 in a six-hour stand to help deliver the 2011 Ashes, was happy to leave first-change bowler Jenny Gunn early on, handing the Englishwoman five maidens in the first stage of her innings.
The 31-year-old, who came to the crease half way through the tenth over, was patient, but later started to play her shots.
She made her 50, which included eight fours, off 149 balls.
She survived a big LBW shout on 27.
Cameron was tentative early but quickly found her stride.
Lanning was facing the second ball of the second over after lunch and hit a solid shot through cover point.
Lanning and batting partner Elliott took two runs as Katherine Brunt fielded the ball out near the boundary.
When Lanning turned to take a third, Elliott sent her back, but she failed to make her ground as wicketkeeper Sarah Taylor took off the bails.
It brought Victorian Jess Cameron to the crease with Australia 2-87.
Lanning, in her Test debut, was 45 not out at lunch alongside Elliott (24) as Australia reached 1-84 from 33 overs.
Lanning, who made 104 off 124 balls in a tour match against England A last week, was watchful early before unleashing with nine fours, including a powerful back-foot pull shot.
She was dropped by England keeper Sarah Taylor when she was on 13 and appeared to edge another ball which Taylor couldn't reach, but the umpire didn't think Lanning had hit it.
She survived an lbw shout in the 30th over, appearing to be a fair way down the track.
Pace bowler Anya Shrubsole snared the wicket of opener Rachel Haynes (10), bowled, in the 10th over.
Shrubsole and fellow English opening bowler Katherine Brunt troubled the Aussies early with their pace and movement.
Australia took four Test rookies into the game as they began their quest to retain the Ashes.
Lanning, Erin Osborne, Megan Schutt and 17-year-old speedster Holly Ferling were named alongside six veterans from the team that won the last Ashes Test, in 2011.
Captain Jodie Fields, who won the toss and elected to bat, was named despite injuring her finger during a tour game last week.
Swing bowler Julie Hunter, who had a slight side strain and missed the tour match, failed to make the XI.
Australia: Meg Lanning Rachel Haynes Sarah Elliott Jess Cameron Alex Blackwell Jodie Fields Erin Osborne Ellyse Perry Sarah Coyte Megan Schutt Holly Ferling Julie Hunter (12th)
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