Honours even in women's Ashes Test

LONDON: England and Australia drew their one-off Ashes Test, with neither side able to force a result on the final day of four at Wormsley in Buckinghamshire, southern England on Wednesday.

Australia did their best to open up the game, with captain Jodie Fields hitting 78 not out before declaring at 231 for five.

England were set a target of 249 to win from 45 overs but never got going in pursuit of that target and a draw was agreed with the hosts 93 for two.

The result saw both sides take two points apiece in a series, which unlike the Test-only ongoing men's Ashes, also comprises three one-day internationals and three Twenty20 matches.

England had been in danger of following-on at Wormsley but were spared that indignity thanks mainly to Heather Knight's impressive first-innings 157, which saw her named player of the match.

The next match in the women's Ashes will be the first of three one-day internationals at Lord's on August 20. (AFP)