England saw a promising start slip through their fingers on the first day of the only Test of the women’s Ashes, with Meg Lanning’s 93 shifting the momentum towards Australia in Canberra.

Heather Knight won the toss and elected to put Australia in to bat, a decision which was quickly rewarded when they reduced their opponents to four for two, but they fought back to finish the day with 327 for seven.

But Lanning, alongside the opener Rachael Haynes, showed her experience and class, hitting 93 from 170 including 13 fours to steer Australia towards a high first-innings total at the Manuka...