English women's cricket team in Australia in 1984–85
English women's cricket team in Australia in 1984–85 | |||
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Australia | England | ||
Dates | 7 December 1984 – 3 February 1985 | ||
Captains | Sharon Tredrea (1st Test) Raelee Thompson | Jan Southgate | |
Test series | |||
Result | Australia won the 5-match series 2–1 | ||
Most runs | Denise Emerson (453) | Jan Brittin (429) | |
Most wickets | Debbie Wilson Lyn Fullston (19) | Avril Starling (21) | |
One Day International series | |||
Results | Australia won the 3-match series 3–0 | ||
Most runs | Jill Kennare (237) | Carole Hodges (88) | |
Most wickets | Karen Price (8) | Janet Aspinall (5) |
The English women's cricket team toured Australia between 7 December 1984 and 3 February 1985 to contest The Women's Ashes for the ninth time. Australia won the five match Test series 2–1 to claim the Ashes for the first time since 1963.[1][2]
A three match WODI series was also played where Australia won 3–0.[3] Prior to and in between the Test matches, England played 11 tour matches – winning 6, losing 3, drawing 1 and 1 ended in no result.[4]
Tour matches
50-over match: Western Australia Women vs England Women
7 December 1984 Scorecard |
v | Western Australia 123 (48.1 overs) | |
Jan Brittin 50 Peta Verco 3/28 (10 overs) | Peta Verco 57 Carole Hodges 2/24 (7 overs) |
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
50-over match: Western Australia Women vs England Women
9 December 1984 Scorecard |
v | ||
Jan Southgate 42 Tania Meintanis 2/12 (4 overs) |
Western Australia Women won by 8 wickets Rosalie Park, Perth Umpires: Graham Bibby (Aus) and B. Robertson (Aus) |
- Western Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.
50-over match: Western Australia Women vs England Women
10 December 1984 Scorecard |
v | ||
Carol Caporn 23 (65) Jacqueline Court 2/20 (10 overs) | Megan Lear 37 (87) Tania Meintanis 3/16 (9 overs) |
- England Women won the toss and elected to field.
60-over match: South Australia Women vs England Women
19 December 1984 Scorecard |
v | ||
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
60-over match: Queensland Women vs England Women
29 December 1984 Scorecard |
v | ||
Megan Lear 45 Ailsa Rowell 3/15 (12 overs) |
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
60-over match: Queensland Women vs England Women
30 December 1984 Scorecard |
v | ||
Carole Hodges 65 Sharon Wass 1/24 (10 overs) | Lyn Hughes (47) Jacqueline Court 2/18 (5 overs) |
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
2-day match: New South Wales Women vs England Women
7–8 January 1985 Scorecard |
v | ||
- New South Wales Women won the toss and elected to bat.
50-over match: New South Wales Country Women vs England Women
10 January 1985 Scorecard |
v | ||
S. McMicking 28 Jacqueline Court 4/25 (10 overs) | Jan Brittin 28 D. Scurr 2/18 (7 overs) |
England Women won by 4 wickets Primary Club Field, Dooralong |
- New South Wales Country Women won the toss and elected to bat.
55-over match: Australian Women's Cricket Council President's XI vs England Women
17 January 1985 Scorecard |
Australian Women's Cricket Council President's XI 182 (54.2 overs) | v | |
- Australian Women's Cricket Council President's XI won the toss and elected to bat.
55-over match: Victoria Women vs England Women
20 January 1985 Scorecard |
v | ||
Carole Hodges 53 (94) Leah Gallagher 1/24 (11 overs) |
- Victoria Women won the toss and elected to bat.
55-over match: Victoria Women vs England Women
21 January 1985 Scorecard |
v | ||
Jan Southgate 47 (95) Karen Brown 3/29 (10.5 overs) |
- Victoria Women won the toss and elected to field.
Test series
1st Test
13–16 December 1984 Scorecard |
v | ||
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Denise Emerson and Debbie Wilson (Aus) made their women's Test debut.
2nd Test
21–24 December 1984 Scorecard |
v | ||
England Women won by 5 runs Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: Tony Crafter (Aus) and Max O'Connell (Aus) |
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
3rd Test
1–4 January 1985 Scorecard |
v | ||
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Wendy Napier (Aus) made her women's Test debut.
4th Test
12–15 January 1985 Scorecard |
v | ||
- England Women won the toss and elected to field.
5th Test
25–28 January 1985 Scorecard |
v | ||
Australia Women won by 7 wickets Queen Elizabeth Oval, Bendigo Umpires: Michael Gandy (Aus) and Angelo Nicosia (Aus) |
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
WODI series
1st WODI
31 January 1985 Scorecard |
v | ||
Australia Women won by 6 runs South Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: Robin Baillache (Aus) and Graham Bugge (Aus) |
- Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Debbie Wilson (Aus) and Jan Southgate (Eng) both made their WODI debut.
- The match was reduced before play started to 57 overs per side.[5]
2nd WODI
2 February 1985 Scorecard |
v | ||
Australia Women won by 138 runs Aberfeldie Park, Melbourne Umpires: Daryl Holt (Aus) and Alan Richardson (Aus) |
- Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was reduced to 59 overs per side.[6]
- Jill Kennare (Aus) made her maiden women's ODI century.[6]
3rd WODI
3 February 1985 Scorecard |
v | ||
Jacqueline Court 45 (98) Karen Price 3/15 (12 overs) |
Australia Women won by 9 wickets Aberfeldie Park, Melbourne Umpires: Dan Bomford (Aus) and David Holden (Aus) |
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Wendy Napier (Aus) and Susan Metcalfe (Eng) both made their WODI debut.
References
- ^ "Women's Ashes 1984–85". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "Overall series results of the Women's Ashes". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "England Women in Australia Women's ODI Series 1984–85". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "England Women in Australia 1984–85". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "England Women in Australia 1984/85 (1st ODI)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ a b "England Women in Australia 1984/85 (2nd ODI)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 March 2017.