2015 Women's Ashes series

International cricket tour the men's tour Australian cricket team in England and Ireland in 2015 November 2017 2015 Women's Ashes Flag of England.svg England Charlotte Edwards Flag of Australia.svg Australia Meg Lanning 21 July 31 August 2015 Ellyse Perry (Aus) Lydia Greenway (202) Ellyse Perry (264) Anya Shrubsole (13) Ellyse Perry (16) 1 0 1 Georgia Elwiss (63) Jess Jonassen (153) Anya Shrubsole (5) Ellyse Perry (9) 3 1 2 Lydia Greenway (118) Meg Lanning (195) Heather Knight (4) Sarah Coyte (5) Ellyse Perry (Aus) 3 2 1 Nat Sciver (67) Ellyse Perry (53) Anya Shrubsole (7) Rene Farrell (5) Anya Shrubsole (Eng) Total Ashes points 6 10 The Australian women's cricket team toured England in 2015. The matches against England were played for the Women's Ashes, which since 2013 consists of a multi-format series with points awarded for each of the matches. Two points were awarded for each Twenty20 International (T20I) or One Day International (ODI) win, and four points to the Test winner (compared with six in the previous series) or two points to each team in the event of a Test draw.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/30000859 Women's Ashes 2015: England v Australia schedule announced 11 November 2014 BBC Sport The Women's Ashes were held by England before the series but, after winning two ODIs, the Test match and the second T20I, Australia regained the Ashes on 28 August 2015 with one T20I match to play. It was also the first time Australia had won the Ashes in England since 2001, after a draw in 2009 and defeats in the 2005 and 2013 series. Australia won the ODI match series (2–1) and the sole Test match. England won the T20I match series (2–1). Overall Australia won the Ashes (10 points to 6). Australia's Ellyse Perry scored 264 runs, took 16 wickets and was named the player of the series.https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/cricket/34107281 Women's Ashes: England beat Australia in final T20 at Cardiff BBC Sport 31 August 2015 31 August 2015 The ODI matches were also part of the 2014–16 ICC Women's Championship. Squads ODIsTestT20Is ENGhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/33410677 Women's Ashes 2015 the biggest ever - Clare Connor BBC Sport 6 July 2015 6 July 2015 AUShttp://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/squad/883097.html Australia Women Name Squad for England and Ireland Series ESPN 12 August 2015 20 August 2015 ENGhttp://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/squad/906463.html Eng only Test squad ESPN Cricinfo (Sport Media) 6 August 2015 6 August 2015 AUS ENGhttp://www.espncricinfo.com/womens-ashes-2015/content/story/912747.html Hazell and Wyatt called up for Ashes T20s ESPN Cricinfo (Sport Media) 23 August 2015 23 August 2015 AUS Charlotte Edwards (c) Heather Knight (vc) Katherine Brunt Kate Cross Georgia Elwiss Lydia Greenway Rebecca Grundy Jenny Gunn Amy Jones Laura Marsh Nat Sciver Anya Shrubsole Sarah Taylor (wk) Lauren Winfield Meg Lanning (c) Alex Blackwell (vc) Kristen Beams Nicole Bolton Jess Cameron Sarah Coyte Rene Farrell Holly Ferling Alyssa Healy (wk) Jess Jonassen Erin Osborne Ellyse Perry Megan Schutt Elyse Villani Charlotte Edwards (c) Heather Knight (vc) Katherine Brunt Kate Cross Georgia Elwiss Lydia Greenway Rebecca Grundy Jenny Gunn Laura Marsh Nat Sciver Anya Shrubsole Sarah Taylor(wk) Fran Wilson Lauren Winfield Meg Lanning (c) Alex Blackwell (vc) Kristen Beams Nicole Bolton Jess Cameron Sarah Coyte Rene Farrell Holly Ferling Alyssa Healy (wk) Jess Jonassen Erin Osborne Ellyse Perry Megan Schutt Elyse Villani Charlotte Edwards (c) Heather Knight (vc) Katherine Brunt Georgia Elwiss Lydia Greenway Rebecca Grundy Jenny Gunn Danielle Hazell Laura Marsh Nat Sciver Anya Shrubsole Sarah Taylor (wk) Lauren Winfield Danielle Wyatt Meg Lanning (c) Alex Blackwell (vc) Kristen Beams Nicole Bolton Jess Cameron Sarah Coyte Rene Farrell Holly Ferling Alyssa Healy (wk) Jess Jonassen Delissa Kimmince1 Erin Osborne Ellyse Perry Megan Schutt Elyse Villani Grace Harris1 1 Delissa Kimmince was Replaced in the T20I squad by Grace Harris as she was unable to recover from a lower back issue.http://www.cricketworld.com/delissa-kimmince-out-of-womens-ashes-t20s/42257.htm Delissa Kimmince out of Women's Ashes T20s Cricket World 12 August 2015 25 August 2015 ODI series 2014–16 ICC Women's Championship 1st ODI 21 July 09:30 (UTC) AUS 238/9 (50 overs) 240/6 (45.4 overs) ENG Ellyse Perry 78 (96) Katherine Brunt 3/48 (10 overs) Nat Sciver 66 (75) Erin Osborne 3/39 (6.4 overs) England won by 4 wickets Scorecard County Ground, Taunton Steve O'Shaughnessy (Eng) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Nat Sciver (Eng) Australia won the toss and elected to bat. ICC Women's Championship Ellyse Perry (Aus) passed 1,000 runs in ODIs.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/33615038 Women's Ashes 2015: England beat Australia in first ODI 22 July 2015 BBC Sport Ashes points: England Women 2, Australia Women 0. ICC Women's Championship points: England Women 2, Australia Women 0. 2nd ODI 23 July 09:30 (UTC) AUS 259/6 (50 overs) 196 (43 overs) ENG Meg Lanning 104 (98) Nat Sciver 2/27 (3 overs) Charlotte Edwards 58 (85) Megan Schutt 4/47 (10 overs) Australia won by 63 runs Scorecard County Ground, Bristol Steve O'Shaughnessy (Eng) and Martin Saggers (Eng) Meg Lanning (Aus) England won the toss and elected to field. ICC Women's Championship Ashes points: England Women 0, Australia Women 2. ICC Women's Championship points: England Women 0, Australia Women 2. 3rd ODI 26 July 09:30 (UTC) ENG AUS Match abandoned Scorecard New Road, Worcester Martin Saggers (Eng) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Due to rain the match was abandoned and moved to the reserve day.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/33668032 Women's Ashes: Rain means third ODI goes to reserve day 26 July 2015 BBC Sport No toss had been made or teams announced. 27 July 09:30 (UTC) AUS 241/7 (50 overs) 152 (43.1 overs) ENG Meg Lanning 85 (89) Jenny Gunn 2/52 (9 overs) Lydia Greenway 45 (69) Kristen Beams 3/13 (4.1 overs) Australia won by 89 runs Scorecard New Road, Worcester Martin Saggers (Eng) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Ellyse Perry (Aus) England won the toss and elected to field. ICC Women's Championship This is the rescheduled 3rd ODI. Ashes points: England Women 0, Australia Women 2. ICC Women's Championship points: England Women 0, Australia Women 2. Test series Only Test 11–14 August AUS ENG 274/9d (101 overs) Jess Jonassen 99 (197) Anya Shrubsole 4/63 (25 overs) 168 (84.4 overs) Katherine Brunt 39 (73) Megan Schutt 4/26 (18.4 overs) 156/6d (55.5 overs) Jess Jonassen 54 (72) Katherine Brunt 2/41 (14 overs) 101 (59.1 overs) Georgia Elwiss 46 (118) Ellyse Perry 6/32 (13 overs) Australia won by 161 runs St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Neil Mallender (Eng) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Jess Jonassen (Aus) Scorecard Australia won the toss and elected to bat. Rain stopped play on the morning session of day 3, with lunch taken early.https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/cricket/33906440 Australia build large lead at Canterbury BBC Sport 14 August 2015 Kristen Beams, Nicole Bolton, Jess Jonassen (all Aus) and Georgia Elwiss (Eng) made their Test debuts. Ashes points: England Women 0, Australia Women 4. T20I series 1st T20I 26 August 18:00 (UTC) yes AUS 122/8 (20 overs) 125/3 (17.3 overs) ENG Ellyse Perry 30 (37) Nat Sciver 2/18 (4 overs) Sarah Taylor 50 (43) Erin Osborne 2/22 (3 overs) England won by 7 wickets Scorecard County Ground, Chelmsford Nick Cook (Eng) and Martin Saggers (Eng) Sarah Taylor (Eng) England won the toss and elected to field. Ashes points: England Women 2, Australia Women 0. 2nd T20I 28 August 18:00 (UTC) yes AUS 107/7 (20 overs) 87 (19.1 overs) ENG Jess Cameron 21* (17) Anya Shrubsole 2/9 (4 overs) Lydia Greenway 26 (39) Rene Farrell 3/17 (3.1 overs) Australia won by 20 runs Scorecard County Ground, Hove Nick Cook (Eng) and Peter Hartley (Eng) Rene Farrell (Aus) England won the toss and elected to field. Ashes points: England Women 0, Australia Women 2. By winning this match, Australia Women regained the Ashes. 3rd T20I 31 August 09:30 (UTC) AUS 111 (20 overs) 114/5 (18.1 overs) ENG Grace Harris 24 (14) Anya Shrubsole 4/11 (4 overs) Nat Sciver 47 (44) Rene Farrell 2/14 (4 overs) England won by 5 wickets Scorecard Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Rob Bailey (Eng) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Nat Sciver (Eng) England won the toss and elected to field. Ashes points: England Women 2, Australia Women 0. Results Match Date Result Points won Running total England Australia England Australia ODI series WODI 954 21 July ENG by 4 wickets 2 0 2 0 WODI 955 23 July AUS by 63 runs 0 2 2 2 WODI 956 27* July AUS by 89 runs 0 2 2 4 Only Test WTest 138 11–14 August AUS by 161 runs 0 4 2 8 T20I series WT20I 313 26 August ENG by 7 wickets 2 0 4 8 WT20I 314 28 August AUS by 20 runs 0 2 4 10 WT20I 315 31 August ENG by 5 wickets 2 0 6 10 *Match was originally scheduled on 26 July but due to rain was abandoned and moved to the reserve day (27 July). Statistics Batting Most runshttp://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=9705;type=series Records / Women's Ashes, 2015 / All matches / Most runs ESPNcricinfo 21 July 2015 PlayerTeamMatchesRunsAverageHighest10050Ellyse Perry AUS 7 264 33.00 78 0 2Meg Lanning AUS 7 249 31.12 104 1 1Lydia Greenway ENG 7 202 33.66 53 0 1Jess Jonassen AUS 7 200 25.00 99 0 2Alex Blackwell AUS 7 177 29.50 58 0 1 Bowling Most wicketshttp://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=9705;type=series Records / Women's Ashes, 2015 / All matches / Most wickets ESPNcricinfo 21 July 2015 PlayerTeamMatchesWicketsRunsAverageBBI45Ellyse Perry AUS 7 16 215 13.43 6/32 0 1Anya Shrubsole ENG 7 13 234 18.00 4/11 2 0Megan Schutt AUS 6 12 172 14.33 4/26 2 0Sarah Coyte AUS 7 10 218 21.80 2/15 0 0Nat Sciver ENG 7 9 158 17.55 4/15 1 0 References Further reading Tossell David The Girls of Summer: An Ashes Year with the England Women's Cricket Team 2016 Pitch Publishing Worthing, Sussex 9781785311352 External links Series home at ESPN Cricinfo 2015 Category:2014–16 ICC Women's Championship Women's Ashes Category:2015 in English women's cricket Category:2015–16 Australian women's cricket season England 2015 Australia 2015 Category:July 2015 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:August 2015 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:2015 in women's cricket