Australia captain Rachael Haynes will urge her team to waste no time slamming the door shut on England's Ashes hopes ahead of the third one-dayer of the series on Sunday.
The Aussies rammed home their early series lead on Thursday night, claiming a 75-run victory over England in the rain-affected match to make it two straight to start the series.
With the women's Ashes decided on a points basis - of two points for each of the three ODIs and Twenty20s as well as four for the Test - Australia are now at most just two wins away from retaining the trophy.
And Haynes has vowed not to waste the early-series momentum and let England back into the contest.
"We definitely don't want to let them back in at all," Haynes told AAP.
"We know England are a very dangerous team. I don't think we've seen the best of them yet.
"We want to make sure we continue on the form that we've presented and close the door as soon as we can."
The Aussies have completely outplayed an English side that just two months ago won their home World Cup, in each of the first two one-dayers.
Thursday's win was Australia's third biggest over the old enemy in 14 years, and came off the back of the Aussies' sixth highest women's ODI total of all time at 4-296.
Haynes herself was dominant. She lashed 89 off 56 as the hosts as Australia belted 94 off their final 10 overs at Coffs Harbour International Stadium on the NSW north coast.
"It's a great start for us," Haynes said.
"But we don't want to rest on our laurels. We want to make sure we come out here on Sunday and build on the start that we've had."
Australia's only hiccup came when Ellyse Perry was barred from bowling by the umpires after two chest and head-high full tosses slipped out of her hands in wet conditions.
But it mattered little as fellow quick Megan Schutt ran through England's top and middle order to claim 4-26 to roll the visitors for 209 after their victory target was reduced to 285 due to the rain.
Meanwhile Australia are also confident they will welcome back allrounder Ashleigh Gardner for Sunday's match.
She claimed three wickets and hit a match-turning 27 from 18 balls late in Australia's series-opening win, but missed Thursday's victory through a mild concussion.
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