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England Women · Test · Women's Ashes · Only Test

Australia
v England⁠

Result

England Women won by 6 wickets

Australia
154 & 231/9d
England
244 & 144/4
Date
Friday 15 February 2008 · England Women in 2008
Venue
Bowral

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

Australia v England Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to field

Australia · 1st innings 154 all out (81.5 overs)

Australia · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
MJ Bulow c SJ Taylor b NJ Shaw 11 47 2 0 23.4
AJ Blackwell b IT Guha 1 3 0 0 33.3
KL Rolton c SC Taylor b IT Guha 34 93 4 0 36.6
LC Sthalekar lbw b IT Guha 2 22 0 0 9.1
S Nitschke c SC Taylor b IT Guha 4 18 0 0 22.2
KA Blackwell run out (HL Colvin) 45 132 5 0 34.1
EA Perry run out (LA Marsh/SJ Taylor) 21 77 2 0 27.3
LA Coleman c LS Greenway b LA Marsh 13 50 1 0 26.0
SJ Andrews c SJ Taylor b NJ Shaw 6 23 1 0 26.1
KE Pike b IT Guha 10 29 2 0 34.5
EM Sampson not out 0* 1 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 1, w 0, nb 6) 7
Total 81.5 overs 154

Fall of wickets: 1-2 (AJ Blackwell, 1.2 ov), 2-30 (MJ Bulow, 16.4 ov), 3-37 (LC Sthalekar, 23.4 ov), 4-56 (S Nitschke, 29.3 ov), 5-59 (KL Rolton, 31.1 ov), 6-109 (EA Perry, 53.6 ov), 7-137 (LA Coleman, 71.4 ov), 8-138 (KA Blackwell, 72.6 ov), 9-154 (SJ Andrews, 80.5 ov), 10-154 (KE Pike, 81.5 ov)

Australia · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Nicky Shaw 19 9 18 2 0.95 0 0
Isa Guha 18.5 4 40 5 2.12 0 3
Holly Colvin 8 2 35 0 4.38 0 1
Beth Morgan 10 3 20 0 2.00 0 0
Laura Marsh 16 10 20 1 1.25 0 0
Rosalie Birch 10 3 20 0 2.00 0 0

England Women · 1st innings 244 all out (140.4 overs)

England Women · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Caroline Atkins c LA Coleman b EA Perry 15 71 1 0 21.1
Beth Morgan b EM Sampson 10 68 1 0 14.7
SC Taylor c LA Coleman b LC Sthalekar 79 252 8 0 31.3
Charlotte Edwards c LA Coleman b EA Perry 94 182 11 0 51.6
Sarah Taylor b LC Sthalekar 19 85 0 0 22.4
Lydia Greenway c KA Blackwell b S Nitschke 0 17 0 0 0.0
Nicky Shaw b LC Sthalekar 0 7 0 0 0.0
Rosalie Birch c EA Perry b KE Pike 12 66 1 0 18.2
Laura Marsh b EM Sampson 7 38 1 0 18.4
Isa Guha lbw b S Nitschke 4 48 0 0 8.3
Holly Colvin not out 2* 10 0 0 20.0
Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 0, nb 0) 2
Total 140.4 overs 244

Fall of wickets: 1-26 (CMG Atkins, 22.4 ov), 2-26 (BL Morgan, 23.3 ov), 3-185 (CM Edwards, 84.1 ov), 4-216 (SC Taylor, 108.1 ov), 5-219 (SJ Taylor, 110.5 ov), 6-219 (NJ Shaw, 112.6 ov), 7-219 (LS Greenway, 113.4 ov), 8-233 (LA Marsh, 127.1 ov), 9-242 (RA Birch, 137.2 ov), 10-244 (IT Guha, 140.4 ov)

England Women · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
EM Sampson 33 9 65 2 1.97 0 0
EA Perry 23 10 49 2 2.13 0 0
KE Pike 21 10 29 1 1.38 0 0
S Nitschke 24.4 11 27 2 1.09 0 0
LC Sthalekar 28 8 48 3 1.71 0 0
SJ Andrews 11 2 24 0 2.18 0 0

Australia · 2nd innings 231/9 dec (93 overs)

Australia · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
AJ Blackwell b IT Guha 24 43 5 0 55.8
MJ Bulow lbw b IT Guha 2 14 0 0 14.3
KL Rolton lbw b IT Guha 4 24 1 0 16.7
LC Sthalekar c IT Guha b BL Morgan 98 204 14 0 48.0
S Nitschke c & b HL Colvin 36 122 4 0 29.5
KA Blackwell c LA Marsh b HL Colvin 33 73 5 0 45.2
EA Perry c LA Marsh b NJ Shaw 6 36 1 0 16.7
LA Coleman lbw b IT Guha 8 15 1 0 53.3
SJ Andrews not out 9* 19 1 0 47.4
KE Pike b HL Colvin 4 7 1 0 57.1
EM Sampson not out 0* 2 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 2, lb 2, w 2, nb 1) 7
Total 93 overs 231/9

Fall of wickets: 1-18 (MJ Bulow, 7.2 ov), 2-33 (AJ Blackwell, 13.2 ov), 3-34 (KL Rolton, 13.4 ov), 4-141 (S Nitschke, 56.5 ov), 5-198 (LC Sthalekar, 77.6 ov), 6-204 (KA Blackwell, 80.5 ov), 7-217 (LA Coleman, 85.6 ov), 8-219 (EA Perry, 90.3 ov), 9-231 (KE Pike, 92.4 ov)

Australia · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Nicky Shaw 24 8 58 1 2.42 1 0
Isa Guha 23 6 60 4 2.61 1 1
Beth Morgan 14 6 27 1 1.93 0 0
Holly Colvin 21 6 42 3 2.00 0 0
Laura Marsh 7 1 25 0 3.57 0 0
Rosalie Birch 4 0 15 0 3.75 0 0

England Women · 2nd innings 144/4 (56.3 overs)

England Women · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Caroline Atkins lbw b EA Perry 8 24 1 0 33.3
Beth Morgan c KA Blackwell b LC Sthalekar 13 92 0 0 14.1
SC Taylor not out 64* 142 11 0 45.1
Lydia Greenway lbw b S Nitschke 26 31 5 0 83.9
Sarah Taylor c KA Blackwell b EM Sampson 12 24 2 0 50.0
Charlotte Edwards not out 14* 26 2 0 53.8
Extras (b 0, lb 7, w 0, nb 0) 7
Total 56.3 overs 144/4

Did not bat: NJ Shaw, RA Birch, LA Marsh, IT Guha, HL Colvin

Fall of wickets: 1-12 (CMG Atkins, 8.3 ov), 2-61 (BL Morgan, 28.6 ov), 3-92 (LS Greenway, 39.4 ov), 4-121 (SJ Taylor, 48.1 ov)

England Women · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
EM Sampson 11.3 3 28 1 2.43 0 0
EA Perry 13 6 17 1 1.31 0 0
LC Sthalekar 13 4 49 1 3.77 0 0
SJ Andrews 4 2 9 0 2.25 0 0
KE Pike 2 0 10 0 5.00 0 0
S Nitschke 13 3 24 1 1.85 0 0

Player of the match: Isa Guha · Umpires: PR Reiffel, RJ Tucker · Match referee: Tim Donahoo. Scorecard from ball-by-ball data by Cricsheet (opens in a new tab), used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (opens in a new tab). Names as Cricsheet writes them; England players link to their profiles.

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