# Australia women's cricket team in England in 1987

The Australian women's cricket team toured England 8 July – 29 August 1987 to contest The Women's Ashes for the tenth time. Australia won the three match Test series 1–0 to retain the Ashes.
Prior to the Test series, a three match WODI series was drawn at one match each. Australia also played 15 tour matches – winning 8, losing none, drawing 3, 1 match was abandoned and for 3 of the matches, the result is unknown.
In the lead up to this tour, Australia toured Ireland and won all three WODI matches.

## Tour matches
### 55-over match: Middlesex Women vs Australia Women

* 8 July 1987 Scorecard
| Australia 177/4 (49 overs) | v | Middlesex Women 128 (48.4 overs) |
| Belinda Haggett 76 (112) Avril Starling 2/31 (10 overs) | | Rosalind Heggs 48 (86) Zoe Goss 3/20 (9.4 overs) |
* Australia Women won by 49 runs The Paulin Ground, London Umpires: Esme Irwin (Eng) and K. Merritt (Eng)
* Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* The match was reduced before play started to 49 overs per side.

### 1-day single innings match: Surrey Women vs Australia Women

* 9 July 1987 Scorecard
| Australia 294/4d (58 overs) | v | Surrey Women 121/8 (55 overs) |
| Lindsay Reeler 109 (112) Patsy Lovell 2/55 (16 overs) | | Patsy Lovell 53* (109) Jenny Owens 3/20 (11 overs) |
* Match drawn Recreation Ground, Banstead Umpires: Valerie Gibbens (Eng) and Sheila Keen (Eng)
* Surrey Women won the toss and elected to field.

### 55-over match: South Women vs Australia Women

* 11 July 1987 Scorecard
| Australia 177/6 (52 overs) | v | South Women 136 (48.2 overs) |
| Lyn Larsen 71* (86) Patsy Lovell 2/25 (11 overs) | | Jan Brittin 42 (81) Lyn Fullston 5/32 (11 overs) |
* Australia Women won by 41 runs Milk Marketing Board Ground, Thames Ditton Umpires: Esme Irwin (Eng) and Judith West (Eng)
* Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* The match was reduced before play started to 52 overs per side.

### 1-day single innings match: South Women vs Australia Women

* 12 July 1987 Scorecard
| South Women 145/8d (71 overs) | v | Australia 99/2 (55 overs) |
| Patsy Lovell 26 (55) Zoe Goss 3/9 (15 overs) | | Denise Emerson 40* (98) Catherine Mowat 1/13 (4 overs) |
* Match drawn Bank of England Ground, London Umpires: Valerie Gibbens (Eng) and Esme Irwin (Eng)
* Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.

### 55-over match: Women's Cricket Association President's XI vs Australia Women

* 14 July 1987 Scorecard
| Australia 175/7 (55 overs) | v | Women's Cricket Association President's XI 95 (48.2 overs) |
| Ruth Buckstein 42 (91) Helen Stother 3/36 (9 overs) | | Julie May 20 (53) Zoe Goss 3/10 (11 overs) |
* Australia Women won by 80 runs Old Actonians Sport Club Ground, London Umpires: Lorraine Baker (Eng) and Pip Vyvyan (Eng)
* Women's Cricket Association President's XI won the toss and elected to field.

### 55-over match: South East Women vs Australia Women

* 18 July 1987 Scorecard
| South East Women | v | Australia |
* Match abandoned Lindfield Cricket Club Ground, Lindfield

### Kent Women vs Australia Women

* 19 July 1987
| Kent Women | v | Australia |
* Unknown Crabble Athletic Ground, River

### 1-day single innings match: East Anglia and Thames Valley Women vs Australia Women

* 27 July 1987 Scorecard
| Australia 202/3d (55 overs) | v | East Anglia and Thames Valley Women 88/6 (64 overs) |
| Denise Annetts 96 Gillian McConway 1/32 (15 overs) | | Alison Elder 32 Karen Brown 3/14 (13 overs) |
* Match drawn Tring Park Cricket Club Ground, Tring Umpires: Sheila Keen (Eng) and Pip Vyvyan (Eng)
* East Anglia and Thames Valley Women won the toss and elected to field.

### 55-over match: East Midlands Women vs Australia Women

* 30 July 1987 Scorecard
| East Midlands Women 78 (45.1 overs) | v | Australia 79/3 (32.1 overs) |
| Enid Bakewell 25 Jenny Owens 4/24 (11 overs) | | Lindsay Reeler 23 Jo Chamberlain 2/25 (11 overs) |
* Australia Women won by 7 wickets Leicester Road, Hinckley
* East Midlands Women won the toss and elected to bat.

### 55-over match: West and West Midlands Women vs Australia Women

* 7 August 1987 Scorecard
| Australia 190/2 (55 overs) | v | West and West Midlands Women 112 (43.4 overs) |
| Denise Emerson 81* (147) Judy Wilmot 1/11 (6 overs) | | Margaret Frost 32* (87) Jenny Owens 3/31 (10.4 overs) |
* Australia Women won by 78 runs Stowe Lane, Colwall Umpires: Alan Fox (Eng) and H. Whelan (Eng)
* Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.

### 55-over match: West and West Midlands Women vs Australia Women

* 8 August 1987 Scorecard
| Australia 207/6 (55 overs) | v | West and West Midlands Women 127/7 (55 overs) |
| Ruth Buckstein 85 (144) Sarah Potter 2/32 (6 overs) | | Beverley Godley 38 (97) Lyn Fullston 3/18 (11 overs) |
* Australia Women won by 80 runs Malvern College Ground, Malvern Umpires: June Bragger (Eng) and Alan Fox (Eng)
* Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.

### 55-over match: North Women vs Australia Women

* 17 August 1987 Scorecard
| Australia 232/5 (55 overs) | v | North Women 66 (35.1 overs) |
| Lindsay Reeler 105 (164) Janet Aspinall 3/41 (11 overs) | | Mary-Pat Moore 16 (76) Jenny Owens 4/7 (5 overs) |
* Australia Women won by 166 runs Trafalgar Road Ground, Southport Umpires: Alan Heath (Eng) and I. Jackson (Eng)
* North Women won the toss and elected to field.

### North Women vs Australia Women

* 18 August 1987
| North Women | v | Australia |
* Unknown Trafalgar Road Ground, Southport

### 55-over match: Yorkshire Women vs Australia Women

* 19 August 1987 Scorecard
| Australia 211/5 (55 overs) | v | Yorkshire Women 65 (29.3 overs) |
| Denise Annetts 68 (86) R. Powell 2/53 (11 overs) | | Jane Powell 30 (59) Zoe Goss 4/12 (8 overs) |
* Australia Women won by 146 runs Racecourse Ground, Thirsk Umpires: P. Aspinall (Eng) and Sally Marshall (Eng)
* Yorkshire Women won the toss and elected to field.

### Young England Women vs Australia Women

* 26 August 1987
| Young England | v | Australia |
* Unknown Church Lane, Mobberley

## WODI series
### 1st WODI

* 16 July 1987 Scorecard
| Australia 174/3 (31 overs) | v | England 104/5 (31 overs) |
| Lindsay Reeler 69 (73) Gillian McConway 1/44 (7 overs) | | Jacqueline Court 35 (51) Lyn Fullston 4/12 (6 overs) |
* Australia Women won by 70 runs Lord's, London Umpires: Anne Garton (Eng) and Veronica Reichwald (Eng)
* England Women won the toss and elected to field.
* Jo Chamberlain and Wendy Watson (Eng) both made their WODI debut.
* The match was reduced before play started to 31 overs per side.

### 2nd WODI

* 22 July 1987 Scorecard
| England | v | Australia |
* Match abandoned Woodbridge Road, Guildford

### 3rd WODI

* 25 July 1987 Scorecard
| Australia 177/7 (53 overs) | v | England 178/4 (49.3 overs) |
| Lindsay Reeler 60 (124) Sarah Potter 3/41 (10 overs) | | Carole Hodges 54 (125) Lyn Larsen 1/23 (11 overs) |
* England Women won by 6 wickets St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: Sheila Keen (Eng) and Pip Vyvyan (Eng)
* Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Patsy Lovell and Elaine Wulcko (Eng) both made their WODI debut.
* The match was reduced before play started to 53 overs per side.

## Test series
### 1st Test

* 1–3 August 1987 Scorecard
* Australia Women won by an innings and 21 runs New Road, Worcester Umpires: Janet Burns (Eng) and Anne Garton (Eng)
* England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Denise Annetts, Karen Brown, Zoe Goss, Sally Griffiths, Belinda Haggett, Jenny Owens (Aus), Jo Chamberlain, Karen Jobling, Wendy Watson and Elaine Wulcko (Eng) made their women's Test debut.
* Belinda Haggett (Aus) became the sixth batsman to score a century on debut in a women's Test match.

### 2nd Test

* 21–24 August 1987 Scorecard
* Match drawn Collingham and Linton Cricket Club Ground, Collingham Umpires: Sheila Keen (Eng) and Judith West (Eng)
* England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Karen Smithies (Eng) made her women's Test debut.
* Lindsay Reeler (Aus) scored her first and only women's Test century.
* Jenny Owens (Aus) took her first and only five-wicket haul in women's Test cricket.

### 3rd Test

* 29 August – 1 September 1987 Scorecard
* Match drawn County Cricket Ground, Hove Umpires: June Bragger (Eng) and Valerie Gibbens (Eng)
* England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Ruth Buckstein (Aus) made her only women's Test appearance.
* Karen Brown (Aus) took her first and only five-wicket haul in women's Test cricket.