English women's cricket team in Australia in 2013–14

English women's cricket team in Australia in 2014
		Australia		England
Dates		10 January – 2 February 2014
Captains		Jodie Fields		Charlotte Edwards
Player of the series		Ellyse Perry (Aus)
Most runs		Ellyse Perry (286)		Charlotte Edwards (280)
Most wickets		Rene Farrell (12)		Anya Shrubsole (10)
Test series
Result		England won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs		Ellyse Perry (102)		Arran Brindle (103)
Most wickets		Ellyse Perry (8)		Anya Shrubsole (7)
One Day International series
Result		Australia won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs		Alex Blackwell (189)		Sarah Taylor (136)
Most wickets		Erin Osborne (5)		Jenny Gunn (4)
Twenty20 International series
Result		Australia won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs		Meg Lanning (143)		Charlotte Edwards (132)
Most wickets		Rene Farrell (5)		Arran Brindle (2) Georgia Elwiss (2) Danielle Hazell (2)
Total Ashes points
Australia 8, England 10

The England women's cricket team toured Australia during the 2013–14 season, where they successfully defended the Women's Ashes.

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 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 One Day Internationals and Twenty20 games.

The only Test match of the tour took place on 10–13 January at Perth. England won the match by 61 runs. Three One Day Internationals were played: the first and second at Melbourne on 19 and 23 January, being won by England and Australia respectively, and the third at Hobart on 26 January, 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.^[1] The final two T20 matches played on 31 January and 2 February, at Melbourne 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, Melbourne, won by CA Women's XI by 2 wickets.

The final points total was Australia 8, England 10.

Test

10 – 13 January 2014 Scorecard

England	v	Australia
201 (91.1 overs) Arran Brindle 68 (126) Rene Farrell 4/43 (18.1 overs)		207 (88.2 overs) Ellyse Perry 71 (172) Anya Shrubsole 4/51 (19 overs)
190 (79 overs) Charlotte Edwards 56 (76) Ellyse Perry 5/38 (20 overs)		123 (48.1 overs) Ellyse Perry 31 (54) Kate Cross 3/35 (14 overs)

England won by 61 runs WACA Ground, Perth Umpires: Ian Lock and Greg Davidson Player of the match: Ellyse Perry (Aus)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.

ODI series

1st ODI

19 January 2014 10:00 Scorecard

Australia  3/209 (50 overs)	v	England 3/210 (46.5 overs)
Alex Blackwell 82 (121) Jenny Gunn 1/30 (10 overs)		Lydia Greenway 69* (94) Holly Ferling 1/29 (7 overs)

England won by 7 wickets Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: Shawn Craig and Geoff Joshua Player of the match: Lydia Greenway (Eng)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd ODI

23 January 2014 14:20 Scorecard

Australia  7/266 (50 overs)	v	England 240 (46.2 overs)
Nicole Bolton 124 (152) Natalie Sciver 2/23 (6 overs)		Sarah Taylor 63 (75) Erin Osborne 3/49 (8.2 overs)

Australia won by 26 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: Ashley Barrow and Greg Davidson Player of the match: Nicole Bolton (Aus)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat

3rd ODI

26 January 2014 13:00 Scorecard

England  4/268 (50 overs)	v	Australia 6/269 (49.3 overs)
Sarah Taylor 64 (57) Jess Jonassen 1/50 (10 overs)		Ellyse Perry 90* (95) Jenny Gunn 3/56 (10 overs)

Australia won by 4 wickets Bellerive Oval, Hobart Umpires: Tony Ward and Tony Wilds Player of the match: Ellyse Perry (Aus)

• England won the toss and elected to bat

T20I series

1st T20I

29 January 2014 14:00 Scorecard

Australia  3/150 (20 overs)	v	England 1/151 (17.5 overs)
Meg Lanning 78* (54) Danielle Hazell 1/25 (4 overs)		Charlotte Edwards 92* (59) Jess Jonassen 1/29 (3 overs)

England won by 9 wickets Bellerive Oval, Hobart Umpires: Greg Davidson and Sam Nogajski Player of the match: Charlotte Edwards (Eng)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat

2nd T20I

31 January 2014 14:45 Scorecard

England  6/98 (20 overs)	v	Australia 3/99 (15.1 overs)
Charlotte Edwards 28 (34) Holly Ferling 2/14 (3 overs)		Meg Lanning 42 (28) Arran Brindle 1/9 (2 overs)

Australia won by 7 wickets Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: Shawn Craig and Tony Ward Player of the match: Holly Ferling (Aus)

• Australia won the toss and elected to field

3rd T20I

2 February 2014 14:45 Scorecard

England  8/101 (20 overs)	v	Australia 3/102 (18.3 overs)
Natalie Sciver 28 (33) Rene Farrell 4/15 (3 overs)		Elyse Villani 36* (47) Georgia Elwiss 1/12 (3 overs)

Australia won by 7 wickets Stadium Australia, Sydney Umpires: Damien Mealey (Aus) and Tony Wilds (Aus) Player of the match: Rene Farrell (Aus)

• Australia won the toss and elected to field.

Results

Match	Date	Result	Points won		Running total
			Australia	England	Australia	England
Only Test
WTest 135	10–13 January	England by 61 runs	0	6	0	6
ODI series
WODI 902	19 January	England by 7 wickets	0	2	0	8
WODI 905	23 January	Australia by 26 runs	2	0	2	8
WODI 907	26 January	Australia by 4 wickets	2	0	4	8
T20I series
WT20I 234	29 January	England by 9 wickets	0	2	4	10
WT20I 235	31 January	Australia by 7 wickets	2	0	6	10
WT20I 236	2 February	Australia by 7 wickets	2	0	8	10

Statistics

Batting

Most runs^[2]

Player	Matches	Runs	Average	Highest
Ellyse Perry	7	286	95.33	90*
Charlotte Edwards	7	280	40.00	92*
Arran Brindle	7	244	61.00	68
Alex Blackwell	7	221	44.20	82*
Meg Lanning	7	221	31.57	78*

Bowling

Most wickets^[3]

Player	Matches	Wickets	Runs	Average	BBI
Rene Farrell	7	12	252	21.00	7/77
Ellyse Perry	7	12	306	25.50	8/79
Anya Shrubsole	4	10	268	26.80	7/99
Erin Osborne	7	8	247	30.87	3/49
Jenny Gunn	6	7	221	31.57	3/27

References

1. England retains women's Ashes with nine-wicket Twenty20 win against Australia ABC News (Australia), 29 January 2014.
2. "Records / Women's Ashes, 2013/14 / All matches / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
3. "Records / Women's Ashes, 2013/14 / All matches / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2014.

External links

• ESPN Cricinfo:Fixtures and Results
• BBC Sport: points system
• ESPN Cricinfo: points system retained