| The Women's Ashes | |
|---|---|
| Countries | Australia and England |
| Administrator | International Cricket Council |
| Format | Test cricket |
| First tournament | 1934 |
| Tournament format | Series |
| Number of teams | 2 |
| Current champion | England |
| Most successful | Australia (7 titles) |
| Most runs | Karen Rolton (874) |
| Most wickets | Betty Wilson (53) |
The Ashes or the Women's Ashes is the Women's Test cricket series between England and Australia. It is named after the Ashes. The series was first played in 1934 and was the first ever women's Test series. It only became officially known as the Ashes in the 1998 series when an autographed bat was burned before the first Test at Lord's.
A total of 17 series have been played with 44 matches (and a match abandoned). There is no set length of the series with it varying between 1 and 5 Tests. It has only become a biennial series since 2001. Since then it has also been restricted to a 2 Test series.
In 2005, England won the Ashes for the first time in 42 years. When the English men won the 2005 Ashes and paraded through London on an open-topped bus, the English women followed them on a bus of their own.
In February 2007, England Women travelled to Australia to defend the Ashes, doing so successfully by winning the one-off Test in Bowral by six wickets.
In July 2009, England retained the Ashes after their one-off test at Worcester ended in a draw.
Contents |
| Played | Won by Australia |
Won by England |
Drawn | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Tests | 45 | 11 | 8 | 26 |
| Tests in Australia | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
| Test in England | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| All Series | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 |
| Series in Australia | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Series in England | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Serie | Season | Played in | First Match | Tests played (sched) |
Tests won by Australia |
Tests won by England |
Tests drawn | Series result | Holder at series end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1934-35 | Australia | 28 December 1934 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | England | England |
| 2 | 1937 | England | 12 June 1937 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Drawn | England |
| 3 | 1949-50 | Australia | 15 January 1949 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Australia | Australia |
| 4 | 1951 | England | 16 June 1951 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Drawn | Australia |
| 5 | 1957-58 | Australia | 7 February 1958 | 3 (4) | 0 | 0 | 3 | Drawn | Australia |
| 6 | 1963 | England | 15 June 1961 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | England | England |
| 7 | 1968-69 | Australia | 27 December 1968 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Drawn | England |
| 8 | 1976 | England | 19 June 1976 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Drawn | England |
| 9 | 1984-85 | Australia | 13 December 1984 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Australia | Australia |
| 10 | 1987 | England | 1 August 1987 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Australia | Australia |
| 11 | 1991-92 | Australia | 19 February 1992 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Australia | Australia |
| 12 | 1998 | England | 6 August 1998 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Drawn | Australia |
| 13 | 2001 | England | 24 June 2001 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Australia | Australia |
| 14 | 2002-2003 | Australia | 15 February 2003 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Australia | Australia |
| 15 | 2005 | England | 9 August 2005 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | England | England |
| 16 | 2007-2008 | Australia | 15 February 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | England | England |
| 17 | 2009 | England | 10 July 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Drawn | England |
| 18 | 2010-11 | Australia | 22 January 2011 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Australia | Australia |
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