Holly Ferling of Australia appeals unsuccessfully for a wicket during day three of the Women's Ashes Series match between England and Australia at Wormsley Cricket Ground. THE Womens Ashes Test appears headed for a draw after England played itself back into the match thanks to the brilliant stonewalling of batters Heather Knight and Laura Marsh. Knight (157) played a crucial innings, spending almost seven hours at the crease, while Marsh batted for 343 minutes for just 55 runs as England virtually quashed any chance Australia had of winning the match at Wormsley. England had recovered from 6-113 on day two to be all out for 314, just 17 runs behind Australia's first innings total of 6-331 (dec). Australia's openers played cautiously in the final session - which was interrupted for an hour by bad light and rain - before Rachael Haynes was caught at cover for 23 in the 21st over off the bowling of Jenny Gunn. Knight notched her maiden international century, moving to 157 before she was run out by Haynes at cover point. Australia refused to take the new ball until the 27th over of the day (over 101), with off spinner Erin Osborne and swing bowler Sarah Coyte opening the day's play and continuing on through the early part of the morning. Katherine Brunt of England bats during day three of the Women's Ashes Series match between England and Australia at Wormsley Cricket Ground. But the pace bowlers had little impact on the slow Wormsley wicket. Coyte had Katherine Brunt (4) out lbw in the 115th over, with England (8-274) still 57 runs behind. Megan Schutt picked up her first wicket of the match, bowling Marsh in the 137th over, before Erin Osborne had Anya Shrubsole caught behind three overs later. Australia 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR Rachael Haynes of Australia picks up some runs during day three of the Women's Ashes Series match between England and Australia at Wormsley Cricket Ground. RL Haynes b Shrubsole 10 36 33 2 0 30.30 MM Lanning run out (Brunt) 48 123 108 8 0 44.44 SJ Elliott c Greenway b Shrubsole 104 355 276 14 0 37.68 JE Cameron lbw b Marsh 50 108 97 10 0 51.54 AJ Blackwell lbw b Marsh 54 192 169 6 0 31.95 JM Fields* b Brunt 6 13 10 1 0 60.00 EA Osborne not out 10 47 29 1 0 34.48 EA Perry not out 31 25 24 4 0 129.16 Extras (b 8, lb 7, w 1, nb 2) 18 Total (6 wickets dec; 124 overs) 331 (2.66 runs per over) Did not bat SJ Coyte, ML Schutt, HL Ferling Fall of wickets 1-17 (Haynes, 9.3 ov), 2-87 (Lanning, 34.2 ov), 3-167 (Cameron, 65.4 ov), 4-266 (Elliott, 109.4 ov), 5-277 (Fields, 112.5 ov), 6-287 (Blackwell, 117.1 ov) Bowling O M R W Econ KH Brunt 23 8 48 1 2.08 (1w) A Shrubsole 27 4 57 2 2.11 (1nb) JL Gunn 26 12 47 0 1.80 (1nb) A Brindle 4 0 19 0 4.75 LA Marsh 27 7 74 2 2.74 D Hazell 17 2 71 0 4.17 England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR HC Knight run out (Haynes) 157 417 338 20 0 46.44 A Brindle lbw b Perry 5 37 22 1 0 22.72 SJ Taylor c Elliott b Ferling 33 58 40 6 0 82.50 CM Edwards* lbw b Ferling 3 12 11 0 0 27.27 LS Greenway c & b Osborne 4 17 18 1 0 22.22 TT Beaumont c Blackwell b Osborne 1 15 9 0 0 11.11 JL Gunn lbw b Osborne 6 17 13 1 0 46.15 LA Marsh b Schutt 55 343 304 3 0 18.09 KH Brunt lbw b Coyte 4 8 7 1 0 57.14 D Hazell not out 9 86 71 0 0 12.67 A Shrubsole c Fields b Osborne 9 12 15 2 0 60.00 Extras (b 5, lb 13, w 1, nb 9) 28 Total (all out; 139.5 overs) 314 (2.24 runs per over) Fall of wickets 1-36 (Brindle, 8.6 ov), 2-80 (Taylor, 21.6 ov), 3-84 (Edwards, 25.4 ov), 4-97 (Greenway, 30.5 ov), 5-102 (Beaumont, 33.5 ov), 6-113 (Gunn, 37.6 ov), 7-269 (Knight, 111.1 ov), 8-274 (Brunt, 114.1 ov), 9-303 (Marsh, 136.2 ov), 10-314 (Shrubsole, 139.5 ov) EA Perry 29 10 51 1 1.75 (6nb) ML Schutt 15 3 43 1 2.86 (1nb) HL Ferling 17 2 59 2 3.47 EA Osborne 36.5 11 67 4 1.81 SJ Elliott 15 4 29 0 1.93 (1nb) RL Haynes 2 0 8 0 4.00 (1nb, 1w) Australia 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR RL Haynes c Beaumont b Gunn 23 75 68 4 0 33.82 MM Lanning not out 29 105 80 5 0 36.25 SJ Elliott not out 10 29 32 1 0 31.25 Extras (b 1, lb 1) 2 Total (1 wicket; 30 overs) 64 (2.13 runs per over) To bat JE Cameron, AJ Blackwell, JM Fields*, EA Osborne, EA Perry, SJ Coyte, ML Schutt, HL Ferling Fall of wickets 1-40 (Haynes, 20.5 ov) KH Brunt 9 5 15 0 1.66 A Shrubsole 10 3 23 0 2.30 JL Gunn 4 2 5 1 1.25 LA Marsh 4 1 4 0 1.00 D Hazell 2 0 8 0 4.00 CM Edwards 1 0 7 0 7.00 Australia won toss Umpires MR Benson and M Burns Match referee DT Jukes