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England Women · Test · Women's Ashes · 2nd Test

England
v Australia⁠

Result

England Women won by 6 wickets

England
289 & 75/4
Australia
131 & 232
Date
Wednesday 24 August 2005 · England Women in 2005
Venue
Worcester

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Australia Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to field

Australia · 1st innings 131 all out (60.3 overs)

Australia · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
BJ Clark lbw b KH Brunt 18 21 4 0 85.7
LM Keightley run out (IT Guha) 5 13 1 0 38.5
KL Rolton lbw b KH Brunt 4 10 1 0 40.0
LC Sthalekar c SC Taylor b BL Morgan 34 74 5 0 45.9
KA Blackwell b IT Guha 4 17 1 0 23.5
AJ Blackwell lbw b JL Gunn 20 76 3 0 26.3
CL Fitzpatrick lbw b CJ Connor 17 33 3 0 51.5
Julie Hayes c LK Newton b KH Brunt 15 67 2 0 22.4
S Nitschke c J Smit b KH Brunt 1 46 0 0 2.2
JC Price c J Smit b KH Brunt 0 5 0 0 0.0
E Liddell not out 0* 4 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 8, lb 0, w 2, nb 3) 13
Total 60.3 overs 131

Fall of wickets: 1-27 (LM Keightley, 5.3 ov), 2-27 (BJ Clark, 6.1 ov), 3-42 (KL Rolton, 8.4 ov), 4-49 (KA Blackwell, 13.6 ov), 5-89 (LC Sthalekar, 29.6 ov), 6-101 (AJ Blackwell, 38.4 ov), 7-113 (CL Fitzpatrick, 41.5 ov), 8-126 (S Nitschke, 56.5 ov), 9-130 (JC Price, 58.4 ov), 10-131 (Julie Hayes, 60.3 ov)

Australia · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Katherine Sciver-Brunt 13.3 4 47 5 3.48 0 0
Jenny Gunn 17 10 17 1 1.00 2 0
Isa Guha 13 3 32 1 2.46 0 2
Beth Morgan 8 3 17 1 2.13 0 0
Clare Connor 8 5 9 1 1.13 0 0
Charlotte Edwards 1 0 1 0 1.00 0 1

England Women · 1st innings 289 all out (125.2 overs)

England Women · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Charlotte Edwards lbw b E Liddell 18 40 3 0 45.0
Laura Newton lbw b KL Rolton 0 8 0 0 0.0
Jenny Gunn c LC Sthalekar b E Liddell 38 132 6 0 28.8
Clare Connor c JC Price b CL Fitzpatrick 37 75 7 0 49.3
SC Taylor b CL Fitzpatrick 43 122 7 0 35.2
Arran Brindle c LM Keightley b S Nitschke 20 47 3 0 42.6
Lydia Greenway c JC Price b CL Fitzpatrick 8 34 1 0 23.5
Beth Morgan lbw b E Liddell 24 83 3 0 28.9
Jane Smit lbw b E Liddell 4 5 1 0 80.0
Katherine Sciver-Brunt lbw b LC Sthalekar 52 106 8 0 49.1
Isa Guha not out 31* 100 3 0 31.0
Extras (b 1, lb 8, w 5, nb 0) 14
Total 125.2 overs 289

Fall of wickets: 1-12 (LK Newton, 3.3 ov), 2-36 (CM Edwards, 14.3 ov), 3-100 (CJ Connor, 41.6 ov), 4-100 (JL Gunn, 42.3 ov), 5-133 (A Brindle, 56.1 ov), 6-143 (LS Greenway, 65.4 ov), 7-196 (BL Morgan, 88.4 ov), 8-204 (J Smit, 90.5 ov), 9-204 (SC Taylor, 91.1 ov), 10-289 (KH Brunt, 125.2 ov)

England Women · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
CL Fitzpatrick 40 11 90 3 2.25 0 0
KL Rolton 10 0 39 1 3.90 0 0
Julie Hayes 17 6 34 0 2.00 0 0
E Liddell 31 8 57 4 1.84 2 0
S Nitschke 11 4 30 1 2.73 2 0
LC Sthalekar 15.2 4 29 1 1.89 0 0
AJ Blackwell 1 0 1 0 1.00 1 0

Australia · 2nd innings 232 all out (134.5 overs)

Australia · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
LM Keightley lbw b KH Brunt 0 16 0 0 0.0
BJ Clark c A Brindle b JL Gunn 2 29 0 0 6.9
KL Rolton c J Smit b KH Brunt 13 39 3 0 33.3
LC Sthalekar lbw b JL Gunn 0 5 0 0 0.0
KA Blackwell c LS Greenway b KH Brunt 72 284 14 0 25.4
AJ Blackwell c LS Greenway b IT Guha 14 45 3 0 31.1
CL Fitzpatrick c sub (RA Birch) b CM Edwards 2 45 0 0 4.4
Julie Hayes c & b CJ Connor 5 15 1 0 33.3
S Nitschke not out 88* 231 16 1 38.1
JC Price lbw b KH Brunt 0 1 0 0 0.0
E Liddell c J Smit b BL Morgan 24 105 3 0 22.9
Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 3, nb 6) 12
Total 134.5 overs 232

Fall of wickets: 1-2 (LM Keightley, 4.4 ov), 2-7 (BJ Clark, 9.5 ov), 3-7 (LC Sthalekar, 11.4 ov), 4-18 (KL Rolton, 18.5 ov), 5-46 (AJ Blackwell, 33.6 ov), 6-58 (CL Fitzpatrick, 50.3 ov), 7-67 (Julie Hayes, 55.2 ov), 8-179 (KA Blackwell, 102.5 ov), 9-179 (JC Price, 102.6 ov), 10-232 (E Liddell, 134.5 ov)

Australia · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Katherine Sciver-Brunt 34 15 64 4 1.88 0 0
Jenny Gunn 27 16 35 2 1.30 3 0
Isa Guha 18 4 52 1 2.89 0 6
Beth Morgan 15.5 7 21 1 1.33 0 0
Clare Connor 26 20 25 1 0.96 0 0
Charlotte Edwards 14 4 32 1 2.29 0 0

England Women · 2nd innings 75/4 (28.3 overs)

England Women · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Charlotte Edwards lbw b CL Fitzpatrick 24 40 4 0 60.0
Laura Newton lbw b E Liddell 0 2 0 0 0.0
Jenny Gunn lbw b E Liddell 0 1 0 0 0.0
Clare Connor lbw b CL Fitzpatrick 13 41 2 0 31.7
Arran Brindle not out 24* 51 4 0 47.1
Lydia Greenway not out 10* 36 1 0 27.8
Extras (b 1, lb 2, w 1, nb 0) 4
Total 28.3 overs 75/4

Did not bat: SC Taylor, BL Morgan, J Smit, KH Brunt, IT Guha

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (LK Newton, 1.2 ov), 2-1 (JL Gunn, 1.3 ov), 3-36 (CJ Connor, 12.6 ov), 4-39 (CM Edwards, 14.5 ov)

England Women · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
CL Fitzpatrick 11.5 3 36 2 3.04 1 0
E Liddell 9 2 18 2 2.00 0 0
KL Rolton 2 1 4 0 2.00 0 0
LC Sthalekar 2.4 1 4 0 1.50 0 0
Julie Hayes 3 0 10 0 3.33 0 0

Player of the match: KH Brunt · Umpires: J Hayes, RK Illingworth. 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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