2024–25 Women's Ashes series

2024–25 Women's Ashes series
 
  Australia England
Dates 12 January – 2 February 2025
Captains Alyssa Healy Heather Knight
Test series
One Day International series
Twenty20 International series

The England women's cricket team are scheduled to tour Australia in January and February 2025 to play the Australia women's cricket team in The Women's Ashes.[1][2] The tour will consist of one Women's Test match, three Women's One Day International (WODI) and three Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) matches.[3] In March 2024, the Cricket Australia (CA) confirmed the fixtures for the series, as a part of Australia's 2024–25 home international season.[4]

Background

The Ashes series will be played in a separate season to the men's edition for the first time since the points-based system came into use.[5] The series will be held in points system, where four points will be awarded for a Test win, two points if it is drawn and two points for each win in the limited-overs matches.[6] The four-day Test match will be played as a day/night match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) to mark the 90th anniversary of the first women's Test series.[7] It will be the first-ever day/night Test match at the MCG.[8] The game will also be the first women's Test played at the MCG since 1949, and the second day-night Test between Australia and England.[9]

Squads

 Australia  England
Test ODIs[10] T20Is[11] Test[12] ODIs[13] T20Is[14]

Tour matches

50 over match: Governor General's XI v England Women

The Governor General's XI is scheduled to play a warm-up match against the touring England women's team on 9 January.[15]

ODI series

1st ODI

12 January 2025
10:30
Scorecard
v

2nd ODI

14 January 2025
10:05
Scorecard
v

3rd ODI

17 January 2025
10:05
Scorecard
v

T20I series

1st T20I

20 January 2025
19:40 (N)
Scorecard
v

2nd T20I

23 January 2025
19:40 (N)
Scorecard
v

3rd T20I

25 January 2025
19:40 (N)
Scorecard
v

Only Test

30 January – 2 February 2025
(D/N)
Scorecard
v

References

  1. ^ "Women's Future Tours Programme" (PDF). International Cricket Council. 4 November 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Australia to face England in historic day-night women's Ashes Test at MCG". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Women's Ashes 2025 schedule confirmed". Cricket World. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Seven reveals 2024-25 Cricket Australia international schedule". Mediaweek. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Historic Day-Night Women's Ashes Test at MCG". Adda247. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  6. ^ "MCG to host its first-ever day-night Test during Women's Ashes". International Cricket Council. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  7. ^ "MCG to host historic women's Ashes Test to mark 90-year anniversary of format". ESPNcricinfo. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Women's Ashes: MCG to host its maiden D/N Test". Cricbuzz. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  9. ^ "Day-night MCG Test to headline packed women's summer". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Molineux faces surgery as Aussies reveal Ashes squad". Cricket Australia. 28 December 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  11. ^ "Molineux ruled out of Ashes, Healy's keeping role uncertain". ESPNcricinfo. 28 December 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  12. ^ "England Women name squads for 2025 Women's Ashes". England and Wales Cricket Board. 23 December 2024. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  13. ^ "Women's Ashes: England name four potential Ashes debutants for multi-format 2025 tour of Australia". Sky Sports. 23 December 2024. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  14. ^ "England names squads for multi-format women's series in Australia". Sportstar. 23 December 2024. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  15. ^ "Governor-General's XI to host England in Ashes warm-up". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 12 December 2024.