England Women suffered a 86-run defeat to Australia in their third and final One Day International Ashes match in Hobart.
Ash Gardner hit her maiden international century while half-centuries from Beth Mooney and Tahlia McGrath saw their side post 308-8.
England started brightly, openers Phoebe Litchfield and Alyssa Healy both dismissed for 15 by Lauren Filer and Nat Sciver-Brunt respectivel
England Women suffered a 21-run defeat in a nail-biting second ODI Ashes encounter against Australia at the Junction Oval, Melbourne.
England, who won the toss and elected to field, bowled Australia out for 180 inside 45 overs, with spinner Sophie Ecclestone taking 4-35 and Alice Capsey impressing with 3-22.
The hosts lost their last eight wickets for just 49 runs after Capsey removed Ellyse
England were beaten by four wickets in their first One Day International of the Women's Ashes against Australia in Sydney.
Australia's Ash Gardner took 3-19 as England were bowled out for 203, and then scored an unbeaten 42 to lead her side to victory with 11.1 overs to spare.
The home side won the toss and elected to bowl.
After Maia Bouchier's early dismissal, captain Heather Knight (39
Somerset all-rounder Archie Vaughan will captain England Men U19s for the first time on their upcoming tour of South Africa.
Vaughan will lead an 18-man squad across three Youth ODIs and two Youth Test matches.
The squad will fly out on Thursday 9 January with the opening Youth ODI at Cape Town on Friday 17 January. The two-match Test series begins in Stellenbosch on Sunday 26 January before
England Men's Test captain Ben Stokes has been ruled out of all cricket for at least three months after further assessments confirmed he has torn his left hamstring. The Durham all-rounder will undergo surgery in January.
The injury occurred during the third Test in Hamilton, during England's recent 2-1 Test series victory in New Zealand.
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England Women have named their squads for the 2025 Women’s Ashes in Australia, which begins next month.
Heather Knight will captain the groups who will contest a multi-format series that includes three One Day Internationals and three T20s (each worth two points) and a four-day Test-match (worth four points).
All-rounder Freya Kemp and spinner Linsey Smith (both T20 squad only) and wicketk
The England Men’s selection panel has named the squads for next month’s white-ball tour of India, which includes three ODIs, five IT20s, and the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025, hosted by Pakistan in February and March 2025.
Both squads feature 15 players, marking the first tour and tournament under Head Coach Brendon McCullum.
England Men’s ODI Squad – India Tour & ICC Men’s Champions T
