The

England women's cricket team The England women's cricket team represents England and Wales in international women's cricket. Since 1998, they have been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), having been previously governed by the Women's Cricket Association ...

toured Australia in October and November 2017 to play the Australia women's national cricket team to contest the

Women's Ashes The Women's Ashes is the perpetual trophy in women's international cricket series between England and Australia. The name derives from the historic precedent of the Ashes in male cricket and, until 2013, was similarly decided exclusively on the ...

. The teams played one Test match, three Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs) and three Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is). The Women's Ashes were held by Australia prior to the start of the series. Since 2013, the series has consisted of a multi-format series with points awarded for each of the matches. Two points was awarded for each WODI or WT20I win, four points to the Test winner, or two points to each team in the event of the Test being a draw. In August 2017, Australia's captain Meg Lanning announced that she would miss the series, after undergoing surgery on her shoulder. The following month, Rachael Haynes was named as her replacement. In September 2017, Cricket Australia confirmed that the first match, the WODI at Allan Border Field, Brisbane, had sold out, the first time a Women's Ashes fixture had done so. The Test match was played as a day/night fixture, the first time a Women's Test has been played as such. The WODIs were part of the

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, with Australia winning the WODI series 2–1. The Test match ended as a draw, with Ellyse Perry of Australia scoring the first double century in a Women's Ashes Test. Australia Women retained the Ashes, after they won the first of the WT20I fixtures, leaving them with an unassailable lead. England Women went on to win the WT20I series 2–1, with the series tied 8–8 across all formats.

Squads

Ahead of the Test match, England added Kate Cross,

Natasha Farrant Natasha Eleni Farrant (born 29 May 1996) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Kent Women cricket team, Kent, South East Stars, Oval Invincibles and England women's cricket team, England. She plays as a left-arm Fast bowling, fast-med ...

and Amy Jones to their squad. Prior to the WT20I fixtures,

Lauren Cheatle Lauren Roma Cheatle (born 6 November 1998) is an Australian cricketer who plays as a left-arm fast-medium bowler and left-handed batter. She plays domestic cricket for New South Wales in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and the Sydn ...

was ruled out of the matches with a back injury, while

Sarah Aley Sarah Elizabeth Aley (born 3 June 1984) is a former Australian cricketer. She played domestic cricket for New South Wales in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and the Sydney Sixers in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL). In 2017 she pla ...

Delissa Kimmince Delissa Maree Kimmince (born 14 May 1989) is an Australian former cricketer and Australian rules footballer who played for the national cricket team as an all-rounder. She is a right-handed batter and right-arm fast-medium bowler who played fo ...

and

Molly Strano Molly Rose Strano (born 5 October 1992) is an Australian cricketer who plays as a right-arm off break bowler and right-handed batter for the Tasmanian Tigers in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and the Hobart Hurricanes in the Women' ...

were all added to Australia's squad.

WODI series

1st WODI

2nd WODI

3rd WODI

Three day match

Cricket Australia Women's XI vs England Women

Only Test

T20 tour match

Australia Governor-General's XI vs England Women

WT20I series

1st WT20I

2nd WT20I

3rd WT20I

References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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