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

England
v Australia⁠

Result

Australia Women won by 161 runs

England
168 & 101
Australia
274/9d & 156/6d
Date
Tuesday 11 August 2015 · England Women in 2015
Venue
Canterbury

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Australia Test scorecard

Australia won the toss and chose to bat

Australia · 1st innings 274/9 dec (101 overs)

Australia · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
EJ Villani c HC Knight b A Shrubsole 33 64 7 0 51.6
NE Bolton b A Shrubsole 36 92 4 0 39.1
MM Lanning c HC Knight b A Shrubsole 3 4 0 0 75.0
EA Perry c SJ Taylor b A Shrubsole 5 30 0 0 16.7
AJ Blackwell lbw b KH Brunt 7 21 0 0 33.3
JL Jonassen lbw b KH Brunt 99 197 10 0 50.3
AJ Healy lbw b LA Marsh 39 61 6 0 63.9
SJ Coyte c SJ Taylor b KL Cross 3 13 0 0 23.1
ML Schutt lbw b LA Marsh 11 25 2 0 44.0
KM Beams not out 26* 98 3 0 26.5
HL Ferling not out 0* 1 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 5, lb 1, w 6, nb 0) 12
Total 101 overs 274/9

Fall of wickets: 1-66 (EJ Villani, 21.5 ov), 2-70 (MM Lanning, 23.5 ov), 3-84 (NE Bolton, 29.5 ov), 4-87 (EA Perry, 33.1 ov), 5-99 (AJ Blackwell, 38.3 ov), 6-176 (AJ Healy, 59.6 ov), 7-187 (SJ Coyte, 64.3 ov), 8-206 (ML Schutt, 71.4 ov), 9-274 (JL Jonassen, 100.5 ov)

Australia · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Katherine Sciver-Brunt 24 10 60 2 2.50 0 0
Anya Shrubsole 25 4 63 4 2.52 1 0
Kate Cross 16 2 59 1 3.69 1 0
Georgia Elwiss 3 0 11 0 3.67 0 0
Laura Marsh 21 8 42 2 2.00 0 0
Heather Knight 11 2 23 0 2.09 0 0
Nat Sciver-Brunt 1 0 10 0 10.00 0 0

England Women · 1st innings 168 all out (84.4 overs)

England Women · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Heather Knight c MM Lanning b SJ Coyte 14 43 1 0 32.6
Lauren Winfield-Hill c AJ Healy b EA Perry 1 4 0 0 25.0
Sarah Taylor lbw b EA Perry 0 1 0 0 0.0
Charlotte Edwards b ML Schutt 30 67 5 0 44.8
Lydia Greenway lbw b EA Perry 22 86 4 0 25.6
Nat Sciver-Brunt lbw b ML Schutt 35 125 5 0 28.0
Georgia Elwiss b JL Jonassen 17 55 2 0 30.9
Laura Marsh c AJ Healy b ML Schutt 0 9 0 0 0.0
Katherine Sciver-Brunt b SJ Coyte 39 73 5 0 53.4
Anya Shrubsole lbw b ML Schutt 0 47 0 0 0.0
Kate Cross not out 2* 3 0 0 66.7
Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 0, nb 5) 8
Total 84.4 overs 168

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (L Winfield, 2.1 ov), 2-7 (SJ Taylor, 2.2 ov), 3-34 (HC Knight, 13.6 ov), 4-61 (CM Edwards, 23.4 ov), 5-93 (LS Greenway, 44.4 ov), 6-125 (NR Sciver, 62.4 ov), 7-125 (GA Elwiss, 63.1 ov), 8-129 (LA Marsh, 66.1 ov), 9-166 (KH Brunt, 83.3 ov), 10-168 (A Shrubsole, 84.4 ov)

England Women · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
EA Perry 17 5 38 3 2.24 0 5
ML Schutt 18.4 11 26 4 1.39 0 0
SJ Coyte 18 8 30 2 1.67 0 0
HL Ferling 14 3 33 0 2.36 0 0
JL Jonassen 16 7 36 1 2.25 0 0
MM Lanning 1 0 2 0 2.00 0 0

Australia · 2nd innings 156/6 dec (55.5 overs)

Australia · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
EJ Villani b KH Brunt 0 5 0 0 0.0
NE Bolton c KH Brunt b KL Cross 25 81 3 0 30.9
MM Lanning lbw b KH Brunt 0 3 0 0 0.0
EA Perry c SJ Taylor b A Shrubsole 13 18 2 0 72.2
AJ Blackwell not out 47* 145 5 0 32.4
JL Jonassen c LS Greenway b LA Marsh 54 72 5 1 75.0
AJ Healy b HC Knight 9 11 1 0 81.8
Extras (b 4, lb 4, w 0, nb 0) 8
Total 55.5 overs 156/6

Did not bat: SJ Coyte, ML Schutt, KM Beams, HL Ferling

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (EJ Villani, 0.5 ov), 2-2 (MM Lanning, 2.2 ov), 3-19 (EA Perry, 7.6 ov), 4-51 (NE Bolton, 26.1 ov), 5-143 (JL Jonassen, 52.5 ov), 6-156 (AJ Healy, 55.5 ov)

Australia · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Katherine Sciver-Brunt 14 2 41 2 2.93 0 0
Anya Shrubsole 18 9 28 1 1.56 0 0
Kate Cross 6 2 9 1 1.50 0 0
Laura Marsh 14 1 53 1 3.79 0 0
Heather Knight 3.5 0 17 1 4.43 0 0

England Women · 2nd innings 101 all out (59.1 overs)

England Women · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Heather Knight lbw b SJ Coyte 5 18 1 0 27.8
Lauren Winfield-Hill lbw b ML Schutt 12 50 2 0 24.0
Sarah Taylor b EA Perry 0 4 0 0 0.0
Charlotte Edwards c AJ Healy b EA Perry 1 8 0 0 12.5
Lydia Greenway b EA Perry 16 137 2 0 11.7
Nat Sciver-Brunt c AJ Healy b ML Schutt 2 2 0 0 100.0
Georgia Elwiss c ML Schutt b EA Perry 46 118 6 0 39.0
Laura Marsh b EA Perry 0 1 0 0 0.0
Katherine Sciver-Brunt c AJ Healy b EA Perry 6 14 1 0 42.9
Anya Shrubsole lbw b SJ Coyte 1 2 0 0 50.0
Kate Cross not out 4* 3 0 0 133.3
Extras (b 1, lb 5, w 0, nb 2) 8
Total 59.1 overs 101

Fall of wickets: 1-11 (HC Knight, 7.3 ov), 2-12 (SJ Taylor, 8.2 ov), 3-16 (CM Edwards, 10.1 ov), 4-27 (L Winfield, 18.5 ov), 5-29 (NR Sciver, 20.1 ov), 6-80 (LS Greenway, 52.4 ov), 7-80 (LA Marsh, 52.5 ov), 8-92 (KH Brunt, 56.6 ov), 9-97 (GA Elwiss, 58.3 ov), 10-101 (A Shrubsole, 59.1 ov)

England Women · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
EA Perry 13 5 32 6 2.46 0 2
ML Schutt 7 1 15 2 2.14 0 0
SJ Coyte 12.1 5 15 2 1.23 0 0
JL Jonassen 8 4 15 0 1.88 0 0
KM Beams 11 3 12 0 1.09 0 0
HL Ferling 4 2 5 0 1.25 0 0
MM Lanning 4 3 1 0 0.25 0 0

Player of the match: JL Jonassen · Umpires: NA Mallender, AG Wharf · TV umpire: MJ Saggers · 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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