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

England
v Australia⁠

Result

Match drawn

England
268 & 106/3
Australia
309 & 231
Date
Friday 10 July 2009 · England Women in 2009
Venue
Worcester

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Australia Test scorecard

Australia won the toss and chose to bat

Australia · 1st innings 309 all out (113.3 overs)

Australia · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
S Nitschke c CMG Atkins b NJ Shaw 15 37 2 0 40.5
AJ Blackwell c SJ Taylor b KH Brunt 0 4 0 0 0.0
KL Rolton lbw b KH Brunt 0 6 0 0 0.0
LC Sthalekar lbw b KH Brunt 6 20 1 0 30.0
JM Fields lbw b KH Brunt 139 254 21 0 54.7
LJ Poulton b KH Brunt 1 14 0 0 7.1
RL Haynes b LA Marsh 98 239 13 0 41.0
EA Perry not out 18* 63 3 0 28.6
LK Ebsary lbw b KH Brunt 3 15 0 0 20.0
RM Farrell b NJ Shaw 8 15 1 0 53.3
SJ Andrews c SJ Taylor b NJ Shaw 11 14 2 0 78.6
Extras (b 1, lb 9, w 0, nb 0) 10
Total 113.3 overs 309

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (AJ Blackwell, 0.6 ov), 2-5 (KL Rolton, 2.6 ov), 3-19 (LC Sthalekar, 10.4 ov), 4-23 (S Nitschke, 11.3 ov), 5-28 (LJ Poulton, 14.6 ov), 6-257 (JM Fields, 90.3 ov), 7-271 (RL Haynes, 99.3 ov), 8-280 (LK Ebsary, 104.1 ov), 9-297 (RM Farrell, 109.4 ov), 10-309 (SJ Andrews, 113.3 ov)

Australia · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Katherine Sciver-Brunt 26 10 69 6 2.65 0 0
Nicky Shaw 21.3 4 67 3 3.12 0 0
Jenny Gunn 12 2 41 0 3.42 0 0
Laura Marsh 27 7 61 1 2.26 0 0
Holly Colvin 16 3 37 0 2.31 0 0
Caroline Atkins 3 0 13 0 4.33 0 0
Beth Morgan 8 4 11 0 1.38 0 0

England Women · 1st innings 268 all out (129.3 overs)

England Women · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Caroline Atkins lbw b RM Farrell 2 9 0 0 22.2
Lydia Greenway c SJ Andrews b RM Farrell 5 29 1 0 17.2
SC Taylor c LJ Poulton b LK Ebsary 10 43 1 0 23.3
Charlotte Edwards b EA Perry 10 21 2 0 47.6
Beth Morgan b LC Sthalekar 58 262 4 0 22.1
Sarah Taylor lbw b S Nitschke 21 26 4 0 80.8
Jenny Gunn c JM Fields b LK Ebsary 41 124 4 0 33.1
Katherine Sciver-Brunt b RM Farrell 27 84 5 0 32.1
Nicky Shaw b RL Haynes 13 39 1 0 33.3
Holly Colvin not out 17* 61 3 0 27.9
Laura Marsh b SJ Andrews 38 84 5 0 45.2
Extras (b 4, lb 14, w 3, nb 5) 26
Total 129.3 overs 268

Fall of wickets: 1-2 (CMG Atkins, 2.3 ov), 2-11 (LS Greenway, 8.6 ov), 3-28 (SC Taylor, 16.4 ov), 4-28 (CM Edwards, 17.1 ov), 5-59 (SJ Taylor, 27.1 ov), 6-136 (JL Gunn, 68.4 ov), 7-183 (KH Brunt, 92.5 ov), 8-209 (NJ Shaw, 105.1 ov), 9-209 (BL Morgan, 106.1 ov), 10-268 (LA Marsh, 129.3 ov)

England Women · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
RM Farrell 30 14 32 3 1.07 0 0
SJ Andrews 20.3 8 32 1 1.56 0 0
EA Perry 12 1 49 1 4.08 0 1
LK Ebsary 14 4 35 2 2.50 2 4
LC Sthalekar 26 14 41 1 1.58 0 0
S Nitschke 19 4 46 1 2.42 1 0
RL Haynes 4 4 0 1 0.00 0 0
LJ Poulton 4 0 15 0 3.75 0 0

Australia · 2nd innings 231 all out (70.1 overs)

Australia · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
AJ Blackwell c & b KH Brunt 68 135 6 1 50.4
S Nitschke lbw b LA Marsh 25 60 4 0 41.7
KL Rolton run out (LA Marsh) 31 69 4 0 44.9
LK Ebsary b NJ Shaw 21 33 1 0 63.6
LC Sthalekar run out (CM Edwards) 7 11 0 0 63.6
LJ Poulton run out (sub ()) 23 41 1 0 56.1
JM Fields b LA Marsh 9 23 0 0 39.1
RM Farrell c LS Greenway b HL Colvin 4 7 0 0 57.1
RL Haynes st SJ Taylor b HL Colvin 16 19 2 0 84.2
EA Perry c BL Morgan b HL Colvin 6 19 0 0 31.6
SJ Andrews not out 4* 4 0 0 100.0
Extras (b 10, lb 6, w 1, nb 0) 17
Total 70.1 overs 231

Fall of wickets: 1-49 (S Nitschke, 20.4 ov), 2-130 (KL Rolton, 41.4 ov), 3-150 (AJ Blackwell, 46.2 ov), 4-164 (LC Sthalekar, 50.1 ov), 5-171 (LK Ebsary, 53.1 ov), 6-191 (JM Fields, 59.3 ov), 7-204 (RM Farrell, 62.6 ov), 8-206 (LJ Poulton, 63.4 ov), 9-224 (RL Haynes, 68.3 ov), 10-231 (EA Perry, 70.1 ov)

Australia · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Katherine Sciver-Brunt 18 2 64 1 3.56 0 0
Nicky Shaw 17 4 34 1 2.00 0 0
Laura Marsh 19 3 43 2 2.26 0 0
Holly Colvin 12.1 0 59 3 4.85 0 0
Beth Morgan 2 0 11 0 5.50 1 0
Caroline Atkins 2 0 4 0 2.00 0 0

England Women · 2nd innings 106/3 (53 overs)

England Women · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Caroline Atkins lbw b SJ Andrews 0 7 0 0 0.0
Lydia Greenway c & b EA Perry 23 70 2 0 32.9
SC Taylor b LC Sthalekar 12 53 2 0 22.6
Charlotte Edwards not out 53* 96 10 0 55.2
Beth Morgan not out 9* 92 1 0 9.8
Extras (b 5, lb 1, w 3, nb 0) 9
Total 53 overs 106/3

Did not bat: SJ Taylor, JL Gunn, KH Brunt, NJ Shaw, HL Colvin, LA Marsh

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (CMG Atkins, 1.5 ov), 2-37 (SC Taylor, 20.4 ov), 3-39 (LS Greenway, 21.6 ov)

England Women · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
RM Farrell 7 6 4 0 0.57 0 0
SJ Andrews 13 5 22 1 1.69 0 0
LK Ebsary 2 0 8 0 4.00 1 0
LC Sthalekar 13 4 19 1 1.46 0 0
EA Perry 8 2 14 1 1.75 0 0
S Nitschke 5 0 20 0 4.00 0 0
RL Haynes 5 3 13 0 2.60 0 0

Player of the match: JM Fields · Umpires: NGB Cook, TE Jesty · Match referee: DT Jukes. 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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