The Women's Ashes

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

Results Summary

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

Series

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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