Australia captain Meg Lanning scored her sixth one-day international hundred as her side levelled the Women's Ashes series with a 63-run win over England at Bristol on Thursday.

Lanning's 104 was the cornerstone of Australia's 6 for 259 in 50 overs.

England, despite a half-century from veteran captain Charlotte Edwards, finished well short of what would have been a record chase as seamer Megan Schutt took 4 for 47.

Victory saw Australia level the multi-format Ashes at two points all after holders England won Tuesday's first one-dayer by four wickets.

It also meant the tourists had followed the example of the men's side, which won the second Test at Lord's on Sunday to square that Ashes series at 1-1.

Lanning and the in-form Ellyse Perry added 132 for the third wicket.

The Australia skipper, dropped on 72 and 83, eventually compiled a hundred off just 92 balls before she was stumped for 104 by Sarah Taylor off Natalie Sciver.

Team kept belief after poor start to series, says Lanning

Sorry, this audio has expired Interview: Meg Lanning

Lanning said the team had not lost belief even after losing game one in the series.

"We were still confident that we knew where we needed to improve, and if we did that we'd certainly have a much better chance of winning (game two) and I think we really did that," she said.

"It's always nice when you've got 50-60 on the board when you come in, you can take a little bit of time and the ball's that little bit older.

"I thought everyone with the bat really did their job - it was really unselfish of everyone out there.

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"(I thought) 260 was a pretty good score on that wicket, I never really felt like I was in, it was fairly hard to hit the middle so I thought we did really well."

In reply, England saw Edwards and Heather Knight put on 92 for the first wicket before the latter was run out by Lanning's direct hit from mid-wicket.

Schutt then bowled Edwards as she took one of the most prized wickets in women's cricket.

Taylor was in fine form while making 43 of 49 balls before falling to Jess Jonassen.

Sorry, this audio has expired Interview: Heather Knight

Meanwhile a disappointed Knight said: "Wickets cost us, throughout our innings.

"Obviously as a top order, all three of us got starts. Ideally, if you are going to win the game, one of us needed to go on and got a big score as Meg did for them."

The series continues with Sunday's third one-dayer at Worcester.

Grandstand will cover game three of the Women's Ashes on Sunday night from 7:15pm (AEST) on Grandstand Digital, Online and the ABC Radio Mobile App.

AFP