# 2015 Women's Ashes series

The Australian women's cricket team toured England in 2015. The matches against England were played for the Women's Ashes, which since 2013 consists of a multi-format series with points awarded for each of the matches. Two points were awarded for each Twenty20 International (T20I) or One Day International (ODI) win, and four points to the Test winner (compared with six in the previous series) or two points to each team in the event of a Test draw.
The Women's Ashes were held by England before the series but, after winning two ODIs, the Test match and the second T20I, Australia regained the Ashes on 28 August 2015 with one T20I match to play. It was also the first time Australia had won the Ashes in England since 2001, after a draw in 2009 and defeats in the 2005 and 2013 series.
Australia won the ODI match series (2–1) and the sole Test match. England won the T20I match series (2–1). Overall Australia won the Ashes (10 points to 6). Australia's Ellyse Perry scored 264 runs, took 16 wickets and was named the player of the series.
The ODI matches were also part of the 2014–16 ICC Women's Championship.

## Squads

| ODIs | ODIs | Test | Test | T20Is | T20Is |
| England | Australia | England | Australia | England | Australia |
| Charlotte Edwards (c) Heather Knight (vc) Katherine Brunt Kate Cross Georgia Elwiss Lydia Greenway Rebecca Grundy Jenny Gunn Amy Jones Laura Marsh Nat Sciver Anya Shrubsole Sarah Taylor (wk) Lauren Winfield | Meg Lanning (c) Alex Blackwell (vc) Kristen Beams Nicole Bolton Jess Cameron Sarah Coyte Rene Farrell Holly Ferling Alyssa Healy (wk) Jess Jonassen Erin Osborne Ellyse Perry Megan Schutt Elyse Villani | Charlotte Edwards (c) Heather Knight (vc) Katherine Brunt Kate Cross Georgia Elwiss Lydia Greenway Rebecca Grundy Jenny Gunn Laura Marsh Nat Sciver Anya Shrubsole Sarah Taylor(wk) Fran Wilson Lauren Winfield | Meg Lanning (c) Alex Blackwell (vc) Kristen Beams Nicole Bolton Jess Cameron Sarah Coyte Rene Farrell Holly Ferling Alyssa Healy (wk) Jess Jonassen Erin Osborne Ellyse Perry Megan Schutt Elyse Villani | Charlotte Edwards (c) Heather Knight (vc) Katherine Brunt Georgia Elwiss Lydia Greenway Rebecca Grundy Jenny Gunn Danielle Hazell Laura Marsh Nat Sciver Anya Shrubsole Sarah Taylor (wk) Lauren Winfield Danielle Wyatt | Meg Lanning (c) Alex Blackwell (vc) Kristen Beams Nicole Bolton Jess Cameron Sarah Coyte Rene Farrell Holly Ferling Alyssa Healy (wk) Jess Jonassen Delissa Kimmince$^1$ Erin Osborne Ellyse Perry Megan Schutt Elyse Villani Grace Harris$^1$ |
$^1$ Delissa Kimmince was Replaced in the T20I squad by Grace Harris as she was unable to recover from a lower back issue.

## ODI series
### 1st ODI

* ICC Women's Championship 21 July 09:30 (UTC) Scorecard
| Australia 238/9 (50 overs) | v | England 240/6 (45.4 overs) |
| Ellyse Perry 78 (96) Katherine Brunt 3/48 (10 overs) | | Nat Sciver 66 (75) Erin Osborne 3/39 (6.4 overs) |
* England won by 4 wickets County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Steve O'Shaughnessy (Eng) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Nat Sciver (Eng)
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
* Ellyse Perry (Aus) passed 1,000 runs in ODIs.
* Ashes points: England Women 2, Australia Women 0.
* ICC Women's Championship points: England Women 2, Australia Women 0.

### 2nd ODI

* ICC Women's Championship 23 July 09:30 (UTC) Scorecard
| Australia 259/6 (50 overs) | v | England 196 (43 overs) |
| Meg Lanning 104 (98) Nat Sciver 2/27 (3 overs) | | Charlotte Edwards 58 (85) Megan Schutt 4/47 (10 overs) |
* Australia won by 63 runs County Ground, Bristol Umpires: Steve O'Shaughnessy (Eng) and Martin Saggers (Eng) Player of the match: Meg Lanning (Aus)
* England won the toss and elected to field.
* Ashes points: England Women 0, Australia Women 2.
* ICC Women's Championship points: England Women 0, Australia Women 2.

### 3rd ODI

* 26 July 09:30 (UTC) Scorecard
| England | v | Australia |
* Match abandoned New Road, Worcester Umpires: Martin Saggers (Eng) and Alex Wharf (Eng)
* Due to rain the match was abandoned and moved to the reserve day.
* No toss had been made or teams announced.
* ICC Women's Championship 27 July 09:30 (UTC) Scorecard
| Australia 241/7 (50 overs) | v | England 152 (43.1 overs) |
| Meg Lanning 85 (89) Jenny Gunn 2/52 (9 overs) | | Lydia Greenway 45 (69) Kristen Beams 3/13 (4.1 overs) |
* Australia won by 89 runs New Road, Worcester Umpires: Martin Saggers (Eng) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Ellyse Perry (Aus)
* England won the toss and elected to field.
* This is the rescheduled 3rd ODI.
* Ashes points: England Women 0, Australia Women 2.
* ICC Women's Championship points: England Women 0, Australia Women 2.

## Test series
### Only Test

* 11–14 August Scorecard
* Australia won by 161 runs St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: Neil Mallender (Eng) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Jess Jonassen (Aus)
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
* Rain stopped play on the morning session of day 3, with lunch taken early.
* Kristen Beams, Nicole Bolton, Jess Jonassen (all Aus) and Georgia Elwiss (Eng) made their Test debuts.
* Ashes points: England Women 0, Australia Women 4.

## T20I series
### 1st T20I

* 26 August 18:00 (UTC) (D/N) Scorecard
| Australia 122/8 (20 overs) | v | England 125/3 (17.3 overs) |
| Ellyse Perry 30 (37) Nat Sciver 2/18 (4 overs) | | Sarah Taylor 50 (43) Erin Osborne 2/22 (3 overs) |
* England won by 7 wickets County Ground, Chelmsford Umpires: Nick Cook (Eng) and Martin Saggers (Eng) Player of the match: Sarah Taylor (Eng)
* England won the toss and elected to field.
* Ashes points: England Women 2, Australia Women 0.

### 2nd T20I

* 28 August 18:00 (UTC) (D/N) Scorecard
| Australia 107/7 (20 overs) | v | England 87 (19.1 overs) |
| Jess Cameron 21* (17) Anya Shrubsole 2/9 (4 overs) | | Lydia Greenway 26 (39) Rene Farrell 3/17 (3.1 overs) |
* Australia won by 20 runs County Ground, Hove Umpires: Nick Cook (Eng) and Peter Hartley (Eng) Player of the match: Rene Farrell (Aus)
* England won the toss and elected to field.
* Ashes points: England Women 0, Australia Women 2.
* By winning this match, Australia Women regained the Ashes.

### 3rd T20I

* 31 August 09:30 (UTC) Scorecard
| Australia 111 (20 overs) | v | England 114/5 (18.1 overs) |
| Grace Harris 24 (14) Anya Shrubsole 4/11 (4 overs) | | Nat Sciver 47 (44) Rene Farrell 2/14 (4 overs) |
* England won by 5 wickets Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Umpires: Rob Bailey (Eng) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Nat Sciver (Eng)
* England won the toss and elected to field.
* Ashes points: England Women 2, Australia Women 0.

## Results

| Match | Date | Result | Points won | Points won | Running total | Running total |
| Match | Date | Result | England | Australia | England | Australia |
| ODI series |||||||
| WODI 954 | 21 July | England by 4 wickets | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| WODI 955 | 23 July | Australia by 63 runs | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| WODI 956 | 27* July | Australia by 89 runs | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Only Test |||||||
| WTest 138 | 11–14 August | Australia by 161 runs | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| T20I series |||||||
| WT20I 313 | 26 August | England by 7 wickets | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| WT20I 314 | 28 August | Australia by 20 runs | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| WT20I 315 | 31 August | England by 5 wickets | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
*Match was originally scheduled on 26 July but due to rain was abandoned and moved to the reserve day (27 July).

## Statistics
### Batting
#### Most runs

| Player | Team | Matches | Runs | Average | Highest | 100 | 50 |
| Ellyse Perry | Australia | 7 | 264 | 33.00 | 78 | 0 | 2 |
| Meg Lanning | Australia | 7 | 249 | 31.12 | 104 | 1 | 1 |
| Lydia Greenway | England | 7 | 202 | 33.66 | 53 | 0 | 1 |
| Jess Jonassen | Australia | 7 | 200 | 25.00 | 99 | 0 | 2 |
| Alex Blackwell | Australia | 7 | 177 | 29.50 | 58 | 0 | 1 |

### Bowling
#### Most wickets

| Player | Team | Matches | Wickets | Runs | Average | BBI | 4 | 5 |
| Ellyse Perry | Australia | 7 | 16 | 215 | 13.43 | 6/32 | 0 | 1 |
| Anya Shrubsole | England | 7 | 13 | 234 | 18.00 | 4/11 | 2 | 0 |
| Megan Schutt | Australia | 6 | 12 | 172 | 14.33 | 4/26 | 2 | 0 |
| Sarah Coyte | Australia | 7 | 10 | 218 | 21.80 | 2/15 | 0 | 0 |
| Nat Sciver | England | 7 | 9 | 158 | 17.55 | 4/15 | 1 | 0 |