The Women's Ashes between England and Australia first took place in 1934/35 and the 2023 series in England produced an entertaining 8-8 draw.
The Ashes rivals are two of the strongest international teams in women's cricket and they are set to meet again for a multi-format series, featuring a Test match, one-day internationals and Twenty20 internationals, in 2025.
Women's Ashes dates
The Women's Ashes are scheduled for the Australian summer of 2024/25.
Subject to criticism for squeezing seven matches into 22 days, the Women's Ashes commences with an ODI on Sunday 12th January and concludes with a Test match which begins on Thursday 30th January.
Women's Ashes schedule
- 1st ODI - Saturday 11th January (23:30)
- 2nd ODI - Monday 13th January (23:05)
- 3rd ODI - Thursday 16th January (23:05)
- 1st T20I - Monday 20th January (08:15)
- 2nd T20I - Thursday 23rd January (08:15)
- 3rd T20I - Saturday 25th January (08:15)
- Test - Thursday 30th January (03:30)
*All times in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
Women's Ashes venues
The 2024/25 Women's Ashes will be held in Australia. The series location alternates between England, where the 2023 Ashes were held, and Australia.
The venues for the 2024/25 Women's Ashes matches have been finalised and will see the first women’s Test at the MCG since 1949 and the first day-night Test on the ground.
- 1st ODI - North Sydney Oval, Sydney
- 2nd ODI - CitiPower Centre, Melbourne
- 3rd ODI - Ninja Stadium, Hobart
- 1st T20I - Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
- 2nd T20I - Manuka Oval, Canberra
- 3rd T20I - Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
- Test - Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Women's Ashes format
The 2024/25 Women's Ashes will be made up of one Test match, three T20 internationals and three ODIs.
This has been the format of the series between England Women and Australia Women since 2013 and the winners are determined by a points system.
Four points are awarded to the winners of the Test match, with two points apiece in the event of a draw. In the ODI and T20 series, the winners of each game receive two points and the teams get one each for a tie or a no result.
Women's Ashes history
The 2024/25 series will be the 26th time that England and Australia have competed in the Women's Ashes. The inaugural contest was a three-match Test series in Australia in 1934/35, which was won 2-0 by England.
The first 18 Women's Ashes series featured only Test matches. However, in 2013, a multi-format system was introduced and since then each series has comprised one Test match, three ODIs and three T20 internationals.
England won the first two series under the new format, in 2013 and 2013/14, but Australia triumphed in three of the next five and the 2017/18 and 2023 Women's Ashes ended in 8-8 draws.
Australia have the advantage in the overall Women's Ashes record, winning 10 series to England's six with nine draws.
The Aussies' star all-rounder Ellyse Perry has scored the most runs (1,693) and taken the most wickets (59) in Women's Ashes matches since the launch of the multi-format system in 2013.
