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A solid final hour has wrested back some momentum for Australia after day two of the Women's Ashes Test at North Sydney Oval, with the home side still trailing England by 103 runs with five wickets left.

The Australians were 5-177 at stumps in reply to England's 280 all out, with Ellyse Perry the key player on 70 not out, and Alyssa Healy unbeaten on 1.

The usually batting-friendly North Sydney Oval has been harder to score off than expected in this match.

England struggled early on day one, and when Australia came to the crease in the opening session of day two the home side was finding it difficult to score freely as well.

Beth Mooney survived two early LBW shouts, as the English tried hard to get the breakthrough.

Mooney and Nicole Bolton added runs slowly, with a lot of dot balls punctuated by the odd boundary.

England had spin at both ends, with Laura Marsh and Sophie Ecclestone working in tandem.

Eventually Bolton (24) paid for trying to force the pace, pulling Marsh to Anya Shrubsole, who took a great catch at midwicket to make it 1-48 in the 27th over.

Five overs later another false shot brought Mooney (27) undone, as she departed in almost identical circumstances, caught by Nat Sciver off an average delivery from Ecclestone, for the latter's first Test wicket.

Ecclestone then trapped Alex Blackwell in front for just 6. By the dinner break, Australia was 3-84.

In the final session, Perry and Villani started off taking different approaches to the spinning ball — Perry cut and drove, where Villani's go-to stroke was defence or the sweep.

Villani tried to smash Shrubsole down the ground, but caught an edge and keeper Sarah Taylor's reflexes helped her take a very smart catch to send her on her way for 14 — the hosts were 4-95, still trailing by 185.

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Skipper Rachael Haynes started slowly, as Perry took the lead role.

Inside the final hour of play, Perry brought up her 50 with her sixth boundary, but the four meant that Australia was only halfway to overhauling England's total.

Haynes began to push on after Perry reached her 50, as the tourists' bowlers began to tire.

England took the second new ball with 20 minutes left in the day. The tourists missed a great chance when Haynes edged between first and second slips for four off Katherine Brunt.

But the experienced English bowler struck the very next ball, getting a straightforward LBW decision to dismiss the skipper for 33.

With two days' play left in the match, the advantage lies slightly with the visitors, but while England will hope to rip through Australia on day three, Heather Knight's side's first obligation will be to avoid a defeat which would clinch the Women's Ashes for their rivals.

Earlier, the English had resumed at 7-235, with hopes of pushing on towards a score of 300.

In the end, the tourists had to make do with 20 less than that, as the Australian bowlers wrapped things up after an hour of play on day two.

Fran Wilson and Shrubsole added 14 runs to the overnight score before Megan Schutt removed Wilson for 13, with the English batter caught by Perry — who had already proved her ability with her hands with a stunning caught-and-bowled to dismiss Sarah Taylor late on day one.

Laura Marsh then came to the crease, and the English tried to lift the run-rate, scoring a run a ball for the next two overs before Shrubsole holed out to Elyse Villani in the deep for 20.

The tourists then eked out another 18 runs before Marsh nicked a ball from Perry to keeper Alyssa Healy to end the innings.

Perry ended up with figures of 3-59. Behind her, Megan Schutt, Tahlia McGrath and Jess Jonassen each picked up two wickets, while leggie Amanda-Jade Wellington was the most expensive, going for 2.9 runs an over for a return of 1-61.

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