The Ashes Championship History (Women’s)

The Ashes is a Test Cricket championship series and the oldest rivalry in cricket played only between Australia and England. Therefore, if one of these countries is the winner, the other one is the only runner-up. Therefore, it is meaningless for me to include a separate column here for the runner-ups. That should be obvious.

The Ashes women’s series began in 1934 and has been played somewhat less regularly than the men’s series ever since. In 2013, the Women’s Ashes switched from a Test-only series to a points system based on One Day International (ODI), Twenty20 (T20), and Test matches. Four points are awarded for a Test victory (two for a drawn game), and two points are awarded for the limited overs versions.

The first table below represents the statistic for the current/new format, while the second table represents that of the older format.

Year

Winner

Test/ODI/T-20 split

Winning/Defending Captain

Player of the Series*

Host Nation

2024-25
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
Australia
2023
N/A – Series drawn
AUS 1-0 / ENG 2-1 / ENG 2-1
Alyssa Healy / Heather Knight
Nat Sciver-Brunt (ENG) / Ashleigh Gardner (AUS)
England
2021-22
Australia
0-0/3-0/1-0*
Meghann Lanning
Tahlia McGrath (AUS)
Australia
2019
Australia
0-0/AUS 3-0/2-1
Meghann Lanning
Ellyse Perry (AUS)
England
2017-18
Series drawn—Australia retains
0-0/AUS 2-1/ENG 2-1
Rachael Haynes
Heather Knight (ENG)
Australia
2015
Australia
AUS 1-0/AUS 2-1/ENG 2-1
Meghann Lanning
Ellyse Perry (AUS)
England
2013-14
England
ENG 1-0/AUS 2-1/AUS 3-0
Charlotte Edwards
Ellyse Perry (AUS)
Australia
2013
England
0-0/ENG 2-1/ENG 3-0
Charlotte Edwards
Heather Knight (ENG)
England

*Two matches ended in a no-result.

Year

Winner

Winning/Defending Captain

Player of the Series*

Host Nation

2010-11
Australia
Alex Blackwell
Rene Farrell (AUS)
Australia
2009
Series drawn—England retains
Charlotte Edwards
N/A**
England
2007-08
England
Charlotte Edwards
Isa Guha (ENG)***
Australia
2005
England
Clare Connor
Katherine Brunt (ENG)
England
2002-03
Australia
Belinda Clark
Cathryn Fitzpatrick (AUS)
Australia
2001
Australia
Belinda Clark
N/A
England
1998
Series drawn—Australia retains
Belinda Clark
N/A
England
1991-92
Australia
Lyn Larsen
N/A
Australia
1987
Australia
Lyn Larsen
N/A
England
1984-85
Australia
Sharon Tredrea/Raelee Thompson****
N/A
Australia
1976
Series drawn—England retains
Rachael Heyhoe Flint
N/A
England
1968-69
Series drawn—England retains
Rachael Heyhoe Flint
N/A
Australia
1963
England
Mary Duggan
N/A
England
1957-58
Series drawn—Australia retains
Una Paisley
N/A
Australia
1951
Series drawn—Australia retains
Mollie Dive
N/A
England
1948-49
Australia
Mollie Dive
N/A
Australia
1937
Series drawn—England retains
Molly Hide
N/A
England
1934-35
England
Betty Archdale
N/A
Australia

*The Player of the Series award was only introduced in the 2002-03 Ashes. Thus, there are no award recipients in years prior to 2002-03.

**The 2009 Ashes Series was a one-match Test series, which was drawn. Therefore, there was no award recipient in this year.

***The 2007-08 was also a one-match Test series. Thus, the “Player of the Match,” Isa Guha, was effectively the “Player of the Series.”

****Sharon Tredrea was the captain of the Australian team for only the first Test match in the 1984-85 Ashes. Raelee Thompson took over the role of Captain after a devastating injury ruled Tredrea out of the rest of the series.