Beaumont retired out on 201 from 238 balls in Derby with England 611 for 7 in response to 221 all out by an Australia A side captained by left-arm spinner Jess Jonassen, the only member of Australia's Test squad to move into the A side for the build-up game.

Jones was full of praise for Beaumont's knock, which resumed on 65 on the second morning with England 120 runs behind with nine wickets in hand. She shared a 170-run partnership with captain Knight for the second wicket and 148 with Sciver-Brunt, Knight's deputy, for the third.

"Five hundred runs in a day is a great effort and Tammy set that up brilliantly," Jones said. "I thought it was an incredible innings really. I don't remember any chances. She just looked really free flowing and soaked up pressure in the harder moments of the game as well, so she was brilliant and we had some good partnerships throughout which is good to see."

Meanwhile Danni Wyatt, who is part of England's Test squad but moved to the A side this week, scored 37 off 43 balls at No. 5 before she was trapped lbw by Australia pace spearhead Darcie Brown. Wyatt had moved to the top of the order in the shorter formats last year when Winfield-Hill lost her place during the 50-over World Cup and Beaumont was dropped from the T20 side ahead of the Commonwealth Games. Winfield-Hill made a return to T20Is during England's winter tour of West Indies, twice batting at No. 3 below Wyatt, who has played 245 white-ball internationals but is yet to make her Test debut.

Ashleigh Gardner, the Australian allrounder named Player of the Tournament after helping her side lift the T20 World Cup in February, didn't bowl as a precaution after being hit on the right index finger while catching before play on Thursday. While there was some swelling, the injury didn't trouble her while batting or fielding and she was expected to be fit for the Test starting on Thursday.

"There is a lot of positives to come out of it though," Garth said. "I think we actually did quite well on a wicket that's not offering much for the bowlers. Credit to them as well, they did bat very well. If you asked the coaching staff upstairs, I think they probably would have wanted a game like this rather than just cruising through three days of cricket so I think there's plenty to take out of it into next week."