Nat Sciver and Kent’s Alice Davidson-Richards both scored maiden Test hundreds as England grabbed the initiative on day two of the LV= Insurance Test at Taunton.

Coming together with their side wobbling at 121-5, Sciver (119*) and Davidson-Richards (107) combined for a superb partnership of 207 – England Women’s joint-second highest partnership in Test cricket.

Kent and South East Stars all-rounder Davidson-Richards became the first England Women player to score a hundred on Test debut since Lesley Cooke in 1986, and the third overall. Her partnership with Sciver was also England’s highest in Test cricket since 2013.

The pair took England 44 runs ahead of the visitors at the close of day two, with four England wickets in hand.