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  • England Women announce ICC Women's World Cup Squad

    England Women have announced their squad for the ICC Women’s World Cup in New Zealand.
    Fifteen players have been chosen to try and retain the trophy that Heather Knight’s team lifted at Lord’s in 2017, alongside two travelling reserves.
    England Women’s Squad
    Heather Knight (Western Storm, cap)
    Tammy Beaumont (Lightning)
    Katherine Brunt (Northern Diamonds)
    Freya Davies (South Eas

  • Australia Women win Ashes outright after ODI victory

    Australia Women 131-5 beat England Women 129 by five wickets
    Australia Women won the second ODI to win the Women's Ashes outright after a disappointing performance from England Women in Melbourne.
    The hosts bowled out Heather Knight's team for 129 and chased the total down for the loss of five wickets.
    The result means Australia Women go 10-4 up in the multi-format series with one match l

  • Australia Women retain the Women's Ashes with ODI win

    Australia Women 205-9 beat England Women 178 by 27 runs
    Australia Women won the first Women's Ashes ODI by 27 runs to go 8-4 up in the multi-format series and retain the Women's Ashes.
    At the half-way stage England looked well set to be in the game after bowling brilliantly to restrict the hosts to 205-9, but Darcie Brown (4-34) and the Australian bowlers took wickets consistently to take th

  • England Women and Australia Women draw thrilling Test

    England Women (297 and 245-9) drew with Australia Women (337-9 dec and 217-7 dec)
    England Women and Australia Women played out a thrilling draw in the Commonwealth Bank Women's Ashes Test match.
    Set an improbable 257 to win in 48 overs, Heather Knight and her team went about pulling off a record chase and with balls ticking away the visitors appeared to have become the favourites - after Kni

  • Rain interrupts intriguingly poised Test at Canberra

    Australia Women (337-9 dec and 12-2) lead England Women (297) by 52 runs
    Katherine Brunt took two early wickets in Australia's second innings before the rain intervened to interrupt an intriguingly poised Test match at Canberra.
    Australia Women will resume on 12-2 on the final morning, leading by 52 runs.
    Before the rain came Heather Knight had continued her fine innings to end on 168 not

  • Knight hundred keeps England Women in the game at Canberra

    England Women 235-8 trail Australia Women 337-9 dec by 102 runs
    Heather Knight scored a magnificent unbeaten 127 as England Women ended day two of the Commonwealth Bank Women's Ashes Test 102 runs behind Australia.
    The captain's second Test hundred - and her ninth-wicket partnership of 66 with Sophie Ecclestone - kept England in the game ahead of day three.
    Earlier, Katherine Brunt had ta

  • Sciver and Brunt take three apiece on entertaining first day

    Australia Women 327-7
    Nat Sciver took 3-41 and Katherine Brunt 3-52 as Australia Women ended day one of the Commonwealth Bank Women's Ashes Test at Canberra on 327-7.
    The visitors took three wickets in the first session and four in the third, either side of a 169-run partnership between Australia captain Meg Lanning (93) and vice-captain Rachael Haynes (86).
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  • Final Ashes IT20 abandoned due to further rain

    England Women v Australia Women - match abandoned due to rain
    The IT20 leg of the multi-format Women's Ashes series ended with another abandoned game today, leaving the score at 4-2 to Australia heading into the Test match.
    The multi-format Ashes is the best of 16 points, with two points each for a white-ball game and four points for the Test match.
    The Test match gets underway at Manuka

  • Rain in Adelaide sees points shared

    England Women v Australia Women - match abandoned due to rain
    The second IT20 between England Women and Australia Women at the Adelaide Oval was abandoned due to rain after 4.1 overs.
    It means the two available points were shared, with the score in the multi-format series now 3-1 Australia after two games. The two teams meet again at the same venue tomorrow for the final match of the IT20 le

  • McGrath takes Australia Women to Ashes lead

    Australia Women 170-1 beat England Women 169-4 by 9 wickets
    A stunning all-round performance from Tahlia McGrath saw Australia Women win the first IT20 of the Women's Ashes and go 2-0 up in the multi-format series.
    The all-rounder bludgeoned 91 from just 49 balls to chase down England's 169-4, and eclipse the visitors' promising showing with the bat. Earlier, McGrath had taken 3-26 to peg En

  • Schedule updated for Women's Ashes tour

    Cricket Australia (CA) and the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have announced changes to the Commonwealth Bank Women’s Ashes schedule.
    The multi-format Women’s Ashes series will now begin a week earlier than originally planned, on Thursday 20 January. The series will start with three IT20s at the Adelaide Oval, followed by the Test match at Manuka Oval in Canberra, which remains on Janu

  • England Women announce Women's Ashes squad and England Women's A squad

    England Women have announced their Women's Ashes squad and the England Women's A squad which will accompany the senior group throughout the tour.
    There is a 17-strong senior group, and 12 players in the England Women's A squad.
    Selection will focus on the senior group but there is scope for members of the England Women's A squad to be called into the Ashes squad while on tour.
    England Wom

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