Women's Ashes: Day Two, Test Match, Taunton - Play abandoned for rain after Perry century

Ellyse Perry completed her century in Taunton before rain halted the Test match after lunch.

Photo from BBC Sport

England Women - Yet to bat / 341-5 - Australia Women
Beginning the day on 265-3, Ellyse Perry and Rachael Haynes extended their fourth wicket stand from 105 to 162 before lunch.
They had climbed to 341-5 by lunch, after Perry and Haynes fell to off-spinner Laura Marsh for 116 and 87 respectively - the latter's dismissal came after she was dropped on 66.
Two planned afternoon resumptions did not come to fruition, with the covers staying firmly on the pitch.
Play was abandoned soon after 5:20pm, with play scheduled to restart art 11:00am tomorrow.

Photo from ABC

Women's Ashes Fixtures and Results
Teams earn four points for a win and two for a draw in the Test, with two points for a win in all limited-overs games.

2 July 
First ODI, Leicester
Australia won by two wickets (England 0-2 Australia)

4 July 
Second ODI, Leicester 
Australia won by four wickets (England 0-4 Australia)

7 July
Third ODI, Canterbury
Australia won by 194 runs (England 0-6 Australia)

18-21 July 
Only Test, Taunton

26 July
First Twenty20 international, Chelmsford

28 July
Second Twenty20 international, Hove

31 July
Third Twenty20 international, Bristol

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