England women's cricket team in Australia and New Zealand in 2007–08

The English women's cricket team toured Australia and New Zealand between January and March 2008. In Australia, they were defending the Women's Ashes. The sides won 2 ODIs apiece, while Australia won the T20 match. The only Test match played was won by England, who thus defended the Women's Ashes.^[1] In New Zealand, the two teams played a five match ODI series, which was won by England, 3–1.^[2]

English women's cricket team in Australia in 2007–08
	Australia	England
Dates	25 January – 18 February 2008
Captains	Karen Rolton	Charlotte Edwards
Test series
Result	England won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs	Lisa Sthalekar (100)	Claire Taylor (108)
Most wickets	Lisa Sthalekar (4)	Isa Guha (9)
One Day International series
Results	5-match series drawn 2–2
Most runs	Alex Blackwell (178)	Charlotte Edwards (140)
Most wickets	Ellyse Perry (9)	Laura Marsh (7)
Player of the series	Ellyse Perry (Aus)
Twenty20 International series
Results	Australia won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs	Kate Blackwell (30)	Claire Taylor (34)
Most wickets	Ellyse Perry (4)	Rosalie Birch; Laura Marsh; Jenny Gunn (1)

Tour of Australia

Squads

Australia[3]	England[4]
Karen Rolton (c) Sarah Andrews Alex Blackwell Kate Blackwell Kris Britt Melissa Bulow Leonie Coleman (wk) Sarah Edwards Shelley Nitschke Ellyse Perry Kirsten Pike Jodie Purves (wk) Emma Sampson Lisa Sthalekar	Charlotte Edwards (c) Caroline Atkins Rosalie Birch Holly Colvin Steph Davies Lydia Greenway Isa Guha Jenny Gunn Laura Marsh Beth Morgan Charlie Russell Nicky Shaw Jane Smit (wk) Claire Taylor Sarah Taylor (wk)

Tour matches

50-over match: Victoria v England

25 January 2008 Scorecard

England  137 (48.3 overs)	v	Victoria 143/1 (35.4 overs)
Jenny Gunn 29 (77) Jane Franklin 2/16 (10 overs)		Rachael Haynes 63* (102) Jenny Gunn 1/20 (5 overs)

Victoria Women won by 9 wickets Caulfield Grammar School, Melbourne Umpires: C Stevens (Aus) and Geoff Joshua (Aus)

• Victoria Women won the toss and elected to field.

50-over match: Australia Under-21s v England

28 January 2008 Scorecard

Australia Under-21s  214/8 (50 overs)	v	England 162 (42 overs)
Jess Duffin 53* (33) Steph Davies 2/28 (10 overs)		Caroline Atkins 32* (66) Rene Farrell 3/22 (6 overs)

Australia Under-21s Women won by 52 runs Albert Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: Ashley Barrow (Aus) and Geoff Joshua (Aus)

• Australia Under-21s Women won the toss and elected to bat.

50-over match: Australia Under-21s v England

30 January 2008 Scorecard

England  249/9 (50 overs)	v	Australia Under-21s 174 (49.3 overs)
Beth Morgan 70 (127) Delissa Kimmince 2/48 (10 overs)		Rachael Haynes 37 (55) Rosalie Birch 3/21 (10 overs)

England Women won by 75 runs Geelong Cricket Ground, Geelong Umpires: Ashley Barrow (Aus) and Tony Ward (Aus)

• England Women won the toss and elected to bat.

Only WT20I

1 February 2008 Scorecard

Australia  127/5 (20 overs)	v	England 106/8 (20 overs)
Kate Blackwell 30* (28) Rosalie Birch 1/12 (4 overs)		Claire Taylor 34 (32) Ellyse Perry 4/20 (4 overs)

Australia Women won by 21 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: Geoff Joshua (Aus) and John Ward (Aus) Player of the match: Ellyse Perry (Aus)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Ellyse Perry and Leonie Coleman (Aus) made their WT20I debuts.

WODI Series

1st ODI

3 February 2008 Scorecard

England  233/6 (50 overs)	v	Australia 177 (49.2 overs)
Jenny Gunn 48 (64) Shelley Nitschke 2/38 (10 overs)		Ellyse Perry 40 (65) Laura Marsh 3/41 (8 overs)

England Women won by 56 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: Bob Parry (Aus) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.

2nd ODI

4 February 2008 Scorecard

Australia  240/4 (50 overs)	v	England 156 (45.1 overs)
Alex Blackwell 101 (159) Jenny Gunn 2/39 (9 overs)		Lydia Greenway 27 (41) Ellyse Perry 3/24 (8 overs)

Australia Women won by 84 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: Bob Parry (Aus) and John Ward (Aus) Player of the match: Alex Blackwell (Aus)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd ODI

7 February 2008 Scorecard

Australia	v	England

Match Abandoned Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: Darren Goodger (Aus) and Rod Tucker (Aus)

• No toss.
• No play possible due to rain.

4th ODI

10 February 2008 Scorecard

Australia  177 (49.2 overs)	v	England 178/3 (46 overs)
Karen Rolton 65 (71) Nicky Shaw 3/37 (10 overs)		Charlotte Edwards 70* (100) Ellyse Perry 2/24 (8 overs)

England Women won by 7 wickets Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: Darren Goodger (Aus) and Rod Tucker (Aus)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.

5th ODI

11 February 2008 Scorecard

Australia  211/9 (50 overs)	v	England 170 (46.3 overs)
Alex Blackwell 61 (125) Steph Davies 4/47 (9 overs)		Charlotte Edwards 44 (88) Ellyse Perry 3/30 (8 overs)

England Women won by 7 wickets Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: Gerard Abood (Aus) and Rod Tucker (Aus)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Steph Davies (Eng) made her WODI debut.

Test Match

15 – 18 February 2008 Scorecard

Australia	v	England
154 (81.5 overs) Kate Blackwell 45 (132) Isa Guha 5/40 (18.5 overs)		244 (140.4 overs) Charlotte Edwards 94 (182) Lisa Sthalekar 3/48 (28 overs)
231/9d (93 overs) Lisa Sthalekar 98 (204) Isa Guha 4/60 (23 overs)		144/4 (56.3 overs) Claire Taylor 64* (142) Ellyse Perry 1/17 (13 overs)

England Women won by 6 wickets Bradman Oval, Bowral Umpires: Paul Reiffel (Aus) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Isa Guha (Eng)

• England Women won the toss and elected to field.
• Ellyse Perry, Emma Sampson, Kirsten Pike and Leonie Coleman (Aus) all made their WTest debuts.

Tour of New Zealand

English women's cricket team in New Zealand in 2007–08
	New Zealand	England
Dates	22 February – 3 March 2008
Captains	Haidee Tiffen	Charlotte Edwards
One Day International series
Results	England won the 5-match series 3–1
Most runs	Sarah Tsukigawa (163)	Claire Taylor (242)
Most wickets	Beth McNeill (8)	Charlotte Edwards (10)
Player of the series	Claire Taylor (Eng)

Squads

New Zealand[5]	England[4]
Haidee Tiffen (c) Nicola Browne Sarah Burke Rachel Candy Ingrid Cronin-Knight Sophie Devine Lucy Doolan Ros Kember Katey Martin (wk) Sara McGlashan Beth McNeill Amy Satterthwaite Sarah Tsukigawa Aimee Watkins	Charlotte Edwards (c) Caroline Atkins Rosalie Birch Holly Colvin Steph Davies Lydia Greenway Isa Guha Jenny Gunn Laura Marsh Beth Morgan Charlie Russell Nicky Shaw Jane Smit (wk) Claire Taylor Sarah Taylor (wk)

Tour matches

50-over match: New Zealand A v England

22 February 2008 Scorecard

England  183/9 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 86 (37.2 overs)
Claire Taylor 62 (72) Lucy Doolan 3/21 (10 overs)		Rachel Priest 22 (58) Isa Guha 3/9 (6.2 overs)

England Women won by 97 runs Lincoln No. 3, Lincoln Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Glenn Holden (NZ)

• England Women won the toss and elected to bat.

WODI Series

1st ODI

24 February 2008 Scorecard

New Zealand  261/9 (50 overs)	v	England 138 (40.3 overs)
Nicola Browne 52 (65) Isa Guha 3/47 (10 overs)		Charlotte Edwards 70* (87) Beth McNeill 6/32 (10 overs)

New Zealand Women won by 123 runs Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln Umpires: Glenn Holden (NZ) and Tim Parlane (NZ)

• England Women won the toss and elected to field.

2nd ODI

24 February 2008 Scorecard

New Zealand  242/8 (50 overs)	v	England 243/1 (44.4 overs)
Sarah Tsukigawa 73 (54) Isa Guha 2/22 (10 overs)		Claire Taylor 111* (111) Beth McNeill 1/38 (10 overs)

England Women won by 9 wickets Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Evan Watkin (NZ)

• New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd ODI

24 February 2008 Scorecard

New Zealand  199 (49 overs)	v	England 200/4 (48.1 overs)
Sarah Tsukigawa 37 (52) Katherine Brunt 2/18 (7 overs)		Sarah Taylor 86* (137) Sarah Tsukigawa 2/29 (10 overs)

England Women won by 6 wickets Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ)

• England Women won the toss and elected to field.
• Ingrid Cronin-Knight (NZ) made her WODI debut.

4th ODI

24 February 2008 Scorecard

New Zealand  258/9 (50 overs)	v	England
Katey Martin 79 (100) Charlotte Edwards 3/47 (10 overs)

No result Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Derek Walker (NZ)

• England Women won the toss and elected to field.
• No further play possible due to rain.
• Lucy Doolan (NZ) made her WODI debut.

5th ODI

24 February 2008 Scorecard

New Zealand  241/9 (50 overs)	v	England 242/4 (47.4 overs)
Aimee Watkins 67 (92) Isa Guha 2/24 (8 overs)		Charlotte Edwards 83* (69) Aimee Watkins 3/42 (10 overs)

England Women won by 6 wickets Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Derek Walker (NZ)

• England Women won the toss and elected to field.