Australia women's cricket team in England in 1987

The Australian women's cricket team toured England 8 July – 29 August 1987 to contest The Women's Ashes for the tenth time. Australia won the three match Test series 1–0 to retain the Ashes.^[1][2]

Australian women's cricket team in England in 1987
	England	Australia
Dates	8 July – 29 August 1987
Captains	Carole Hodges	Lyn Larsen
Test series
Result	Australia won the 3-match series 1–0
Most runs	Carole Hodges (152)	Denise Annetts (352)
Most wickets	Gillian McConway (8)	Jenny Owens (14)
One Day International series
Results	3-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs	Jacqueline Court (77)	Lindsay Reeler (129)
Most wickets	Sarah Potter (3)	Lyn Fullston (4)

Prior to the Test series, a three match WODI series was drawn at one match each.^[3] Australia also played 15 tour matches – winning 8, losing none, drawing 3, 1 match was abandoned and for 3 of the matches, the result is unknown.^[4]

In the lead up to this tour, Australia toured Ireland and won all three WODI matches.^[5]

Tour matches

55-over match: Middlesex Women vs Australia Women

8 July 1987 Scorecard

Australia  177/4 (49 overs)	v	Middlesex Women 128 (48.4 overs)
Belinda Haggett 76 (112) Avril Starling 2/31 (10 overs)		Rosalind Heggs 48 (86) Zoe Goss 3/20 (9.4 overs)

Australia Women won by 49 runs The Paulin Ground, London Umpires: Esme Irwin (Eng) and K. Merritt (Eng)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• The match was reduced before play started to 49 overs per side.^[6]

1-day single innings match: Surrey Women vs Australia Women

9 July 1987 Scorecard

Australia  294/4d (58 overs)	v	Surrey Women 121/8 (55 overs)
Lindsay Reeler 109 (112) Patsy Lovell 2/55 (16 overs)		Patsy Lovell 53* (109) Jenny Owens 3/20 (11 overs)

Match drawn Recreation Ground, Banstead Umpires: Valerie Gibbens (Eng) and Sheila Keen (Eng)

• Surrey Women won the toss and elected to field.

55-over match: South Women vs Australia Women

11 July 1987 Scorecard

Australia  177/6 (52 overs)	v	South Women 136 (48.2 overs)
Lyn Larsen 71* (86) Patsy Lovell 2/25 (11 overs)		Jan Brittin 42 (81) Lyn Fullston 5/32 (11 overs)

Australia Women won by 41 runs Milk Marketing Board Ground, Thames Ditton Umpires: Esme Irwin (Eng) and Judith West (Eng)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• The match was reduced before play started to 52 overs per side.^[7]

1-day single innings match: South Women vs Australia Women

12 July 1987 Scorecard

South Women 145/8d (71 overs)	v	Australia 99/2 (55 overs)
Patsy Lovell 26 (55) Zoe Goss 3/9 (15 overs)		Denise Emerson 40* (98) Catherine Mowat 1/13 (4 overs)

Match drawn Bank of England Ground, London Umpires: Valerie Gibbens (Eng) and Esme Irwin (Eng)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.

55-over match: Women's Cricket Association President's XI vs Australia Women

14 July 1987 Scorecard

Australia  175/7 (55 overs)	v	Women's Cricket Association President's XI 95 (48.2 overs)
Ruth Buckstein 42 (91) Helen Stother 3/36 (9 overs)		Julie May 20 (53) Zoe Goss 3/10 (11 overs)

Australia Women won by 80 runs Old Actonians Sport Club Ground, London Umpires: Lorraine Baker (Eng) and Pip Vyvyan (Eng)

• Women's Cricket Association President's XI won the toss and elected to field.

55-over match: South East Women vs Australia Women

18 July 1987 Scorecard

South East Women	v	Australia

Match abandoned Lindfield Cricket Club Ground, Lindfield

Kent Women vs Australia Women

19 July 1987

Kent Women	v	Australia

Unknown Crabble Athletic Ground, River

1-day single innings match: East Anglia and Thames Valley Women vs Australia Women

27 July 1987 Scorecard

Australia  202/3d (55 overs)	v	East Anglia and Thames Valley Women 88/6 (64 overs)
Denise Annetts 96 Gillian McConway 1/32 (15 overs)		Alison Elder 32 Karen Brown 3/14 (13 overs)

Match drawn Tring Park Cricket Club Ground, Tring Umpires: Sheila Keen (Eng) and Pip Vyvyan (Eng)

• East Anglia and Thames Valley Women won the toss and elected to field.

55-over match: East Midlands Women vs Australia Women

30 July 1987 Scorecard

East Midlands Women 78 (45.1 overs)	v	Australia 79/3 (32.1 overs)
Enid Bakewell 25 Jenny Owens 4/24 (11 overs)		Lindsay Reeler 23 Jo Chamberlain 2/25 (11 overs)

Australia Women won by 7 wickets Leicester Road, Hinckley

• East Midlands Women won the toss and elected to bat.

55-over match: West and West Midlands Women vs Australia Women

7 August 1987 Scorecard

Australia  190/2 (55 overs)	v	West and West Midlands Women 112 (43.4 overs)
Denise Emerson 81* (147) Judy Wilmot 1/11 (6 overs)		Margaret Frost 32* (87) Jenny Owens 3/31 (10.4 overs)

Australia Women won by 78 runs Stowe Lane, Colwall Umpires: Alan Fox (Eng) and H. Whelan (Eng)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.

55-over match: West and West Midlands Women vs Australia Women

8 August 1987 Scorecard

Australia  207/6 (55 overs)	v	West and West Midlands Women 127/7 (55 overs)
Ruth Buckstein 85 (144) Sarah Potter 2/32 (6 overs)		Beverley Godley 38 (97) Lyn Fullston 3/18 (11 overs)

Australia Women won by 80 runs Malvern College Ground, Malvern Umpires: June Bragger (Eng) and Alan Fox (Eng)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.

55-over match: North Women vs Australia Women

17 August 1987 Scorecard

Australia  232/5 (55 overs)	v	North Women 66 (35.1 overs)
Lindsay Reeler 105 (164) Janet Aspinall 3/41 (11 overs)		Mary-Pat Moore 16 (76) Jenny Owens 4/7 (5 overs)

Australia Women won by 166 runs Trafalgar Road Ground, Southport Umpires: Alan Heath (Eng) and I. Jackson (Eng)

• North Women won the toss and elected to field.

North Women vs Australia Women

18 August 1987

North Women	v	Australia

Unknown Trafalgar Road Ground, Southport

55-over match: Yorkshire Women vs Australia Women

19 August 1987 Scorecard

Australia  211/5 (55 overs)	v	Yorkshire Women 65 (29.3 overs)
Denise Annetts 68 (86) R. Powell 2/53 (11 overs)		Jane Powell 30 (59) Zoe Goss 4/12 (8 overs)

Australia Women won by 146 runs Racecourse Ground, Thirsk Umpires: P. Aspinall (Eng) and Sally Marshall (Eng)

• Yorkshire Women won the toss and elected to field.

Young England Women vs Australia Women

26 August 1987

Young England	v	Australia

Unknown Church Lane, Mobberley

WODI series

1st WODI

16 July 1987 Scorecard

Australia  174/3 (31 overs)	v	England 104/5 (31 overs)
Lindsay Reeler 69 (73) Gillian McConway 1/44 (7 overs)		Jacqueline Court 35 (51) Lyn Fullston 4/12 (6 overs)

Australia Women won by 70 runs Lord's, London Umpires: Anne Garton (Eng) and Veronica Reichwald (Eng)

• England Women won the toss and elected to field.
• Jo Chamberlain and Wendy Watson (Eng) both made their WODI debut.
• The match was reduced before play started to 31 overs per side.^[8]

2nd WODI

22 July 1987 Scorecard

England	v	Australia

Match abandoned Woodbridge Road, Guildford

3rd WODI

25 July 1987 Scorecard

Australia  177/7 (53 overs)	v	England 178/4 (49.3 overs)
Lindsay Reeler 60 (124) Sarah Potter 3/41 (10 overs)		Carole Hodges 54 (125) Lyn Larsen 1/23 (11 overs)

England Women won by 6 wickets St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: Sheila Keen (Eng) and Pip Vyvyan (Eng)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Patsy Lovell and Elaine Wulcko (Eng) both made their WODI debut.
• The match was reduced before play started to 53 overs per side.^[9]

Test series

1st Test

1–3 August 1987 Scorecard

England	v	Australia
134 (78.3 overs) Wendy Watson 50 (100) Karen Brown 3/17 (14 overs)		293 (133.2 overs) Belinda Haggett 126 (254) Gillian McConway 6/71 (40 overs)
138 (90.5 overs) Carole Hodges 55 (253) Jenny Owens 4/18 (16.5 overs)

Australia Women won by an innings and 21 runs New Road, Worcester Umpires: Janet Burns (Eng) and Anne Garton (Eng)

• England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Denise Annetts, Karen Brown, Zoe Goss, Sally Griffiths, Belinda Haggett, Jenny Owens (Aus), Jo Chamberlain, Karen Jobling, Wendy Watson and Elaine Wulcko (Eng) made their women's Test debut.
• Belinda Haggett (Aus) became the sixth batsman to score a century on debut in a women's Test match.^[10]

2nd Test

21–24 August 1987 Scorecard

England	v	Australia
201 (89.2 overs) Wendy Watson 69* (145) Jenny Owens 5/55 (20.2 overs)		346/3d (139.4 overs) Denise Annetts 193 (?) Jo Chamberlain 2/74 (28 overs)
116/4 (63 overs) Jan Brittin 70* (191) Jenny Owens 2/36 (14 overs)

Match drawn Collingham and Linton Cricket Club Ground, Collingham Umpires: Sheila Keen (Eng) and Judith West (Eng)

• England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Karen Smithies (Eng) made her women's Test debut.
• Lindsay Reeler (Aus) scored her first and only women's Test century.
• Jenny Owens (Aus) took her first and only five-wicket haul in women's Test cricket.

3rd Test

29 August – 1 September 1987 Scorecard

Australia	v	England
366/7d (171 overs) Ruth Buckstein 83* (283) Karen Smithies 3/63 (39 overs)		265/8d (154 overs) Karen Smithies 64 (158) Karen Brown 5/32 (32 overs)
262/8d (114.5 overs) Lindsay Reeler 75 (160) Jacqueline Court 2/31 (11.5 overs)

Match drawn County Cricket Ground, Hove Umpires: June Bragger (Eng) and Valerie Gibbens (Eng)

• England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Ruth Buckstein (Aus) made her only women's Test appearance.
• Karen Brown (Aus) took her first and only five-wicket haul in women's Test cricket.

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