Schutt’s pace demolishes England and leaves Australia in control at Canterbury

The 22-year-old from Adelaide sent down 18.4 overs – 11 of which were maidens – to finish with 4-26, as England were dismissed for 168 to leave the tourists with a first innings lead of 106 after Australia declared on 274-9

On a chilly, rain-protracted August day, Schutt’s naggingly accurate right-armed seamers helped Australia take a grip on this sole Ashes Test.

Having produced a corker to dismiss England skipper Charlotte Edwards, she returned with a post-tea four-over stint of two for nought before returning for a third stint to polish off the England response.

England’s Lydia Greenway said: “We’ll have to go out tomorrow feeling fresh and look to take early wickets. If we can make sure we’re disciplined with the ball then you never know how they might bat.

“We’ll chase what we’re set, it’s not more complicated than that. We’ll play to the situation of the game and give it our all.”

Schutt added: “We wanted to hit our bowling lines today, play some boring cricket and defend our 274 as hard as we could. We went out there with that plan and it came off.

“We’re can be attacking from here on, play our own brand of cricket.”