The
England women's cricket team toured
Australia during the
2013–14 season, where they successfully defended
The Women's Ashes
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.
The series was played five months after the
Australian women's 2013 tour of England, and followed the
men's 2013–14 Ashes series. It retained the same point format adopted for the 2013 Women's Ashes: the Ashes were decided based on a
points system, taking account not only of the one
Test
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match, but also the results of
limited-overs games. Six points are awarded for a Test victory (two points to each side in the event of a draw), and two points for a victory in any of the
WODIs and
WT20I games.
The only Test match of the tour took place on 10–13 January at
Perth
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. England won the match by 61 runs. Three One Day Internationals were played: the first and second at
Melbourne
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on 19 and 23 January were won by England and Australia respectively, and the third at
Hobart on 26 January, was won by Australia. Three Twenty20 matches were also played, scheduled as "double-headed" events alongside the
men's T20 matches between Australia and England. England won the first T20 at
Hobart on 29 January, giving them an unassailable 10–4 points lead in the series, and thus retaining the Women's Ashes. The final two T20 matches played on 31 January and 2 February, at
Melbourne
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and
Sydney respectively were both won by Australia. The three T20s were double-headers along with
men's T20 Matches.
In-between tourists also played a match against the Australia A Women on 6–7 January at
Floreat Park Oval, Perth, which was drawn.
They also played a 50-overs limited over warm-up against Cricket Australia Chairman's Women's XI on 19 January at
Junction Oval
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, Melbourne, won by CA Women's XI by 2 wickets.
The final points total was Australia 8, England 10.
Test Match
WODI series
1st WODI
2nd WODI
3rd WODI
WT20I series
1st WT20I
2nd WT20I
3rd WT20I
Results
Statistics
Batting
;Most runs
Bowling
;Most wickets
References
External links
ESPN Cricinfo:Fixtures and ResultsBBC Sport: points system
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