| English women's cricket team in Australia in 1984–85 | |||
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| Australia | England | ||
| Dates | 7 December 1984 – 3 February 1985 | ||
| Captains |
Sharon Tredrea (1st Test) Raelee Thompson | Jan Southgate | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | Australia won the 5-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Denise Emerson (453) | Jan Brittin (429) | |
| Most wickets |
Debbie Wilson Lyn Fullston (19) | Avril Starling (21) | |
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | Australia won the 3-match series 3–0 | ||
| Most runs | Jill Kennare (237) | Carole Hodges (88) | |
| Most wickets | Karen Price (8) | Janet Aspinall (5) | |
The English women's cricket team toured Australia between 7 December 1984 and 3 February 1985 to contest The Women's Ashes for the ninth time. Australia won the five match Test series 2–1 to claim the Ashes for the first time since 1963.
A three match WODI series was also played where Australia won 3–0. Prior to and in between the Test matches, England played 11 tour matches – winning 6, losing 3, drawing 1 and 1 ended in no result.
Tour matches
50-over match: Western Australia Women vs England Women
| 7 December 1984 Scorecard |
England  7/121 (50 overs) |
v |  Western Australia123 (48.1 overs) |
| Jan Brittin 50 Peta Verco 3/28 (10 overs) |
Peta Verco 57 Carole Hodges 2/24 (7 overs) |
| Western Australia Women won by 5 wickets Rosalie Park, Perth Umpires: R. Gates (Aus) and Don Weser (Aus) |
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
50-over match: Western Australia Women vs England Women
| 9 December 1984 Scorecard |
| England 7/127 (50 overs) |
v | Western Australia 2/128 (45.2 overs) |
| Jan Southgate 42 Tania Meintanis 2/12 (4 overs) |
Peta Verco 40 Carole Hodges 2/19 (8 overs) |
| Western Australia Women won by 8 wickets Rosalie Park, Perth Umpires: Graham Bibby (Aus) and B. Robertson (Aus) |
- Western Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.
50-over match: Western Australia Women vs England Women
| 10 December 1984 Scorecard |
| Western Australia 7/115 (50 overs) |
v | England 9/119 (50 overs) |
| Carol Caporn 23 (65) Jacqueline Court 2/20 (10 overs) |
Megan Lear 37 (87) Tania Meintanis 3/16 (9 overs) |
| England Women won by 1 wicket Rosalie Park, Perth Umpires: R. Gates (Aus) and Terry Prue (Aus) |
- England Women won the toss and elected to field.
60-over match: South Australia Women vs England Women
| 19 December 1984 Scorecard |
| England 130 (55.4 overs) |
v |  South Australia8/123 (60 overs) |
| Chris Watmough 46 (69) Lee-Anne Hunter 4/7 (9.4 overs) |
Robbie Ellis 29* (82) Gillian McConway 3/21 (12 overs) |
| England Women won by 7 runs Thebarton Oval, Adelaide |
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
60-over match: Queensland Women vs England Women
| 29 December 1984 Scorecard |
| England 5/99 (47 overs) |
v |  Queensland |
| Megan Lear 45 Ailsa Rowell 3/15 (12 overs) |
| No result St Joseph's College, Brisbane |
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
60-over match: Queensland Women vs England Women
| 30 December 1984 Scorecard |
| England 5/202 (60 overs) |
v | Queensland 7/145 (60 overs) |
| Carole Hodges 65 Sharon Wass 1/24 (10 overs) |
Lyn Hughes (47) Jacqueline Court 2/18 (5 overs) |
| England Women won by 57 runs St Joseph's College, Brisbane |
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
2-day match: New South Wales Women vs England Women
| 7–8 January 1985 Scorecard |
New South Wales 
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v | England
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| 222 (104.2 overs) Lyn Larsen 51 (158) Janet Aspinall 2/23 (18.2 overs) |
9d/129 (70.1 overs) Janet Aspinall 35 (123) Sally Griffiths 3/8 (14 overs) | |
| 1d/30 (8.2 overs) Lisa Davies 24 (34) Susan Metcalfe 1/19 (4.2 overs) |
4/78 (29 overs) Carole Hodges 51 (78) Sally Griffiths 2/12 (9 overs) |
| Match drawn Pratten Park, Sydney |
- New South Wales Women won the toss and elected to bat.
50-over match: New South Wales Country Women vs England Women
| 10 January 1985 Scorecard |
| New South Wales Country 9/113 (50 overs) |
v | England 6/114 (49.1 overs) |
| S. McMicking 28 Jacqueline Court 4/25 (10 overs) |
Jan Brittin 28 D. Scurr 2/18 (7 overs) |
| England Women won by 4 wickets Primary Club Field, Dooralong |
- New South Wales Country Women won the toss and elected to bat.
55-over match: Australian Women's Cricket Council President's XI vs England Women
| 17 January 1985 Scorecard |
Australian Women's Cricket Council President's XI  182 (54.2 overs) |
v | England 5/183 (54.2 overs) |
| Lynette Cook 42 (97) Gillian McConway 2/31 (11 overs) |
Jane Powell 53* (87) Marie Cornish 2/20 (11 overs) |
| England Women won by 5 wickets Manuka Oval, Canberra Umpires: BC Richings |
- Australian Women's Cricket Council President's XI won the toss and elected to bat.
55-over match: Victoria Women vs England Women
| 20 January 1985 Scorecard |
Victoria  9/127 (55 overs) |
v | England 2/128 (48.4 overs) |
| Karen Brown 43* (38) Jan Brittin 3/5 (11 overs) |
Carole Hodges 53 (94) Leah Gallagher 1/24 (11 overs) |
| England Women won by 8 wickets Aberfeldie Park, Melbourne Umpires: Adrian Grant |
- Victoria Women won the toss and elected to bat.
55-over match: Victoria Women vs England Women
| 21 January 1985 Scorecard |
| England 136 (52.5 overs) |
v | Victoria 6/139 (50.4 overs) |
| Jan Southgate 47 (95) Karen Brown 3/29 (10.5 overs) |
Wendy Napier 35 (80) Carole Hodges 2/27 (8 overs) |
| Victoria Women won by 4 wickets Aberfeldie Park, Melbourne Umpires: Adrian Grant |
- Victoria Women won the toss and elected to field.
Test series
1st Test
| 13–16 December 1984 Scorecard |
| England
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v | Australia
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| 290 (133.1 overs) Jacqueline Court 90 (149) Lyn Fullston 4/61 (40.1 overs) |
251 (118.3 overs) Denise Emerson 84 (238) Avril Starling 3/40 (32 overs) | |
| 9d/242 (105 overs) Jan Brittin 112 (162) Raelee Thompson 4/47 (20 overs) |
8/209 (80 overs) Jill Kennare 103 (165) Helen Stother 2/44 (13 overs) |
| Match drawn WACA Ground, Perth Umpires: Peter McConnell (Aus) and Donald Weser (Aus) |
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Denise Emerson and Debbie Wilson (Aus) made their women's Test debut.
2nd Test
| 21–24 December 1984 Scorecard |
| England
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v | Australia
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| 91 (67.4 overs) Jan Brittin 22 (39) Karen Price 4/22 (17 overs) |
262 (119 overs) Denise Emerson 121 (329) Gillian McConway 4/32 (27 overs) | |
| 296 (174.1 overs) Chris Watmough 70 (123) Lyn Fullston 4/96 (54 overs) |
120 (65.5 overs) Karen Price 51 (74) Avril Starling 5/36 (16.5 overs) |
| England Women won by 5 runs Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: Tony Crafter (Aus) and Max O'Connell (Aus) |
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
3rd Test
| 1–4 January 1985 Scorecard |
| England
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v | Australia
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| 275 (152 overs) Jan Southgate 74 (160) Lyn Larsen 4/33 (21 overs) |
9d/326 (166 overs) Denise Emerson 84 (264) Avril Starling 4/50 (36 overs) | |
| 7/204 (120 overs) Carole Hodges 95 (244) Raelee Thompson 2/25 (15 overs) |
| Match drawn The Gabba, Brisbane Umpires: Michael King (Aus) and Colin Timmins (Aus) |
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Wendy Napier (Aus) made her women's Test debut.
4th Test
| 12–15 January 1985 Scorecard |
| Australia
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v | England
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| 8d/232 (110 overs) Denise Emerson 58 (186) Gillian McConway 3/39 (26 overs) |
140 (81.1 overs) Jan Brittin 45 (122) Denise Martin 4/24 (19 overs) | |
| 9d/153 (95 overs) Raelee Thompson 24* (98) Avril Starling 4/57 (26 overs) |
128 (106 overs) Jan Brittin 65 (280) Lyn Fullston 4/53 (25 overs) |
| Australia Women won by 117 runs Grahame Park, Gosford Umpires: Alf Debnam (Aus) and Don Gray (Aus) |
- England Women won the toss and elected to field.
5th Test
| 25–28 January 1985 Scorecard |
| England
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v | Australia
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| 196 (109.1 overs) Jan Southgate 59 (158) Raelee Thompson 5/33 (28 overs) |
8d/285 (122.1 overs) Jill Kennare 104 (204) Gillian McConway 2/52 (28.1 overs) | |
| 204 (141.4 overs) Jacqueline Court 41 (131) Peta Verco 3/30 (24.4 overs) |
3/118 (50 overs) Jill Kennare 42 (49) Jan Brittin 1/11 (3 overs) |
| Australia Women won by 7 wickets Queen Elizabeth Oval, Bendigo Umpires: Michael Gandy (Aus) and Angelo Nicosia (Aus) |
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
WODI series
1st WODI
| 31 January 1985 Scorecard |
| Australia 6/169 (57 overs) |
v | England 163 (56.2 overs) |
| Denise Emerson 70 (162) Janet Aspinall 2/16 (10 overs) |
Jan Brittin 73 (113) Denise Martin 2/19 (12 overs) |
| Australia Women won by 6 runs South Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: Robin Baillache (Aus) and Graham Bugge (Aus) |
- Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Debbie Wilson (Aus) and Jan Southgate (Eng) both made their WODI debut.
- The match was reduced before play started to 57 overs per side.
2nd WODI
| 2 February 1985 Scorecard |
| Australia 7/253 (59 overs) |
v | England 115 (47.1 overs) |
| Jill Kennare 122 (139) Janet Aspinall 3/48 (12 overs) |
June Edney 35 (72) Denise Martin 3/8 (7.1 overs) |
| Australia Women won by 138 runs Aberfeldie Park, Melbourne Umpires: Daryl Holt (Aus) and Alan Richardson (Aus) |
- Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was reduced to 59 overs per side.
- Jill Kennare (Aus) made her maiden women's ODI century.
3rd WODI
| 3 February 1985 Scorecard |
| England 9/157 (60 overs) |
v | Australia 1/158 (46.5 overs) |
| Jacqueline Court 45 (98) Karen Price 3/15 (12 overs) |
Jill Kennare 100* (149) Avril Starling 1/15 (9 overs) |
| Australia Women won by 9 wickets Aberfeldie Park, Melbourne Umpires: Dan Bomford (Aus) and David Holden (Aus) |
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Wendy Napier (Aus) and Susan Metcalfe (Eng) both made their WODI debut.
References
- "Women's Ashes 1984–85". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- "Overall series results of the Women's Ashes". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- "England Women in Australia Women's ODI Series 1984–85". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- "England Women in Australia 1984–85". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- "England Women in Australia 1984/85 (1st ODI)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "England Women in Australia 1984/85 (2nd ODI)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
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| International cricket in 1984–85 | |
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| Preceding season: International cricket in 1984 | |
| September 1984 | |
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| November 1984 | |
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| Following season: International cricket in 1985 | |
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