2013 Women's Ashes series

Australian women's cricket team in England in 2013
 
  England Australia
Dates 5 August – 31 August 2013
Captains Charlotte Edwards Jodie Fields
Player of the series Heather Knight (Eng)
Most runs Heather Knight (301) Meg Lanning (298)
Most wickets Katherine Brunt (9) Erin Osborne (11)
Test series
Result 1-match series drawn 0–0
Most runs Heather Knight (161) Sarah Elliott (114)
Most wickets Anya Shrubsole (3)
Laura Marsh (3)		 Erin Osborne (4)
One Day International series
Results England won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Heather Knight (125) Meg Lanning (120)
Most wickets Katherine Brunt (5) Jess Jonassen (6)
Erin Osborne (6)
Twenty20 International series
Results England won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs Lydia Greenway (115) Meg Lanning (94)
Most wickets Danielle Hazell (4)
Jenny Gunn (4)		 Sarah Coyte (5)
Total Ashes points
England 12, Australia 4

The Australian women's cricket team toured England in 2013. The visitors were defending the Women's Ashes.

The only Test match of the tour took place on 11–14 August at Wormsley Park, and was drawn. Three One-Day Internationals (ODIs) were played: the first at Lord's on 20 August, and the other two at Hove on 23 and 25 August. Also three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches were played, on 27, 29 and 31 August, at Chelmsford, Southampton and Chester-le-Street respectively (the second and third of these being followed, on the same dates and at the same venues, by T20I matches in the concurrent Australian men's tour).

The tourists also played a match against the England Academy women on 5–6 August at Brunton Memorial Ground, Radlett. Australia won the match by 116 runs.

In 2013, for the first time, 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 were 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 ODIs and T20I games.

In that series England regained the Ashes as a result of its victory in the second T20I match. The final points total was England 12, Australia 4.

Squads

Test ODIs T20Is
 England[1]  Australia[2]  England[1]  Australia[2]  England[1]  Australia[2]

*Natalie Sciver replaced Georgia Elwiss (withdrew due to a back problem).[3]

Warm-up matches

Australia played two warm-up matches against the England Women's Academy, the first was a two-day match on 5–6 August (prior to the Test match) and the second was an ODI on 17 August (prior to the ODI and T20I series).

Warm-up matches
5 – 6 August 2013
Scorecard
v
340 (94.1 overs)
Meg Lanning 104 (126)
Kate Cross 4/48 (18 overs)
224 (82.2 overs)
Lauren Winfield 74 (149)
Jess Jonassen 4/16 (10.2 overs)
Australia won by 116 runs
Brunton Memorial Ground, Radlett
Umpires: M.T. Ennis and Nick Hall
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
17 August 2013
11:00
Scorecard
Australia 
306/9 (50 overs)
v
 England
124/9 (30 overs)
Meg Lanning 61 (52)
Rebecca Grundy 2/47 (10 overs)
Danielle Wyatt 39 (42)
Jess Jonassen 2/11 (3 overs)
Australia won by 101 runs (D/L method)
Wellington College, Crowthorne
Umpires: Terry Burstow (Eng) and Trevor Cox (Eng)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

Test

Test Match

11 – 14 August 2013
Scorecard
v
331/6d (124 overs)
Sarah Elliott 104 (276)
Anya Shrubsole 2/57 (27 overs)
314 (139.5 overs)
Heather Knight 157 (338)
Erin Osborne 4/67 (36.5 overs)
231/5d (86 overs)
Jodie Fields 78* (122)
Jenny Gunn 2/11 (9 overs)
93/2 (34 overs)
Sarah Taylor 38* (79)
Sarah Elliott 1/28 (7 overs)
Match drawn
Sir Paul Getty's Ground, Wormsley
Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Mike Burns (Eng)
Player of the match: Heather Knight (Eng)

ODI series

1st ODI

20 August 2013
10:45
Scorecard
Australia 
203/8 (50 overs)
v
 England
176 (47.3 overs)
Meg Lanning 56 (64)
Katherine Brunt 3/29 (10 overs)
Charlotte Edwards 61 (90)
Jess Jonassen 4/38 (8.3 overs)
Australia won by 27 runs
Lord's, London
Umpires: Jeremy Lloyds (Eng) and Steve O'Shaughnessy (Eng)
Player of the match: Erin Osborne (Aus)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd ODI

23 August 2013
14:20
Scorecard
England 
256/6 (50 overs)
v
 Australia
205 (48.2 overs)
Charlotte Edwards 53 (84)
Jess Jonassen 2/29 (7 overs)
Jess Cameron 81 (108)
Katherine Brunt 2/36 (9 overs)
England won by 51 runs
County Cricket Ground, Hove
Umpires: Martin Bodenham (Eng) and Peter Hartley (Eng)
Player of the match: Anya Shrubsole (Eng)
  • England won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd ODI

25 August 2013
10:45
Scorecard
Australia 
203/4 (36 overs)
v
 England
204/5 (33.2 overs)
Meg Lanning 64 (69)
Danielle Hazell 2/36 (7 overs)
Heather Knight 69 (65)
Erin Osborne 3/49 (7 overs)
England won by 5 wickets
County Cricket Ground, Hove
Umpires: Ismail Dawood (Eng) and Ian Gould (Eng)
Player of the match: Sarah Taylor (Eng)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Due to a wet outfield the match was reduced to 36 overs per side.

T20I series

1st T20I

27 August 2013
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
England 
146/4 (20 overs)
v
 Australia
131/5 (20 overs)
Sarah Taylor 77 (58)
Erin Osborne 1/22 (4 overs)
Jess Cameron 35 (36)
Jenny Gunn 2/33 (4 overs)
England won by 15 runs
County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford
Umpires: Nick Cook (Eng) and Nigel Llong (Eng)
Player of the match: Sarah Taylor (Eng)
  • England won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd T20I

29 August 2013
14:15
Scorecard
Australia 
127/7 (20 overs)
v
 England
128/5 (19 overs)
Meg Lanning 60 (53)
Danielle Hazell 2/11 (4 overs)
Lydia Greenway 80* (64)
Sarah Coyte 2/29 (4 overs)
England won by 5 wickets
Rose Bowl, Southampton
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and David Millns (Eng)
Player of the match: Lydia Greenway (Eng)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Holly Ferling (Aus) made her T20I debut.

3rd T20I

31 August 2013
10:00
Scorecard
Australia 
91/7 (20 overs)
v
 England
92/3 (16.2 overs)
Meg Lanning 32 (29)
Danielle Hazell 2/20 (4 overs)
Natalie Sciver 37* (44)
Sarah Coyte 2/9 (3 overs)
England won by 7 wickets
Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
Umpires: Tim Robinson (Eng) and Martin Saggers (Eng)
Player of the match: Katherine Brunt (Eng)
  • England won the toss and elected to field.

Results

Match Date Result Points won Running total
England Australia England Australia
Test
WTest 1344 11–14 August Draw 2 2 2 2
One-Day Internationals
WODI 881 20 August  Australia by 27 runs 0 2 2 4
WODI 882 23 August  England by 51 runs 2 0 4 4
WODI 883 25 August  England by 5 wickets 2 0 6 4
Twenty20s
WT20I 208 27 August  England by 15 runs 2 0 8 4
WT20I 209 29 August  England by 5 wickets 2 0 10 4
WT20I 210 31 August  England by 7 wickets 2 0 12 4

Statistics

Batting

Most runs[4]
Player Team Matches Runs Average Highest 100 50
Heather Knight  England 7 301 37.62 157 1 1
Meg Lanning  Australia 7 298 37.25 64 0 3
Sarah Taylor  England 7 269 38.42 77 0 2
Jess Cameron  Australia 7 241 30.12 81 0 2
Alex Blackwell  Australia 7 206 29.42 54 0 1

Bowling

Most wickets[5]
Player Team Matches Wickets Runs Average BBI 5
Erin Osborne  Australia 7 11 290 26.36 4/67 0
Sarah Coyte  Australia 7 10 220 22.00 2/9 0
Katherine Brunt  England 7 9 233 25.88 3/29 0
Jenny Gunn  England 7 8 274 34.25 2/11 0
Jess Jonassen  Australia 4 6 131 21.83 4/38 0

References

  1. ^ a b c "Women's Ashes 2013: England name women's squads to face Australia". BBC Sport. 6 August 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Ellyse Perry included in Australia's Women's Ashes squad". BBC Sport. 21 May 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Women's Ashes 2013: Natalie Sciver replaces Georgia Elwiss". BBC Sport. 15 August 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Records / Women's Ashes, 2013 / All matches / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Records / Women's Ashes, 2013 / All matches / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 August 2015.