The Women's Ashes

The Ashes or the Women's Ashes is the Women's Test cricket series between England and Australia. It is named after the more famous Ashes. The series was first played in 1934 and was the first ever women's test series. It only became officially known as the Ashes in the 1998 series when a autographed bat was burned before the first test at Lord's.

Related Topics:
Women's Test cricket - England - Australia - Ashes - 1934 - 1998 - Lord's

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A total of 15 series have been played with 44 matches. There is has been no set length of the series with it varying between 1 and 5 tests. It has only become a biennial series since 2001. Since then it has also been restricted to a 2 test series.

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Biennial - 2001

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In the last series in 2005 England won the Ashes for the first time in 42 years. When the English men won the 2005 Ashes and paraded through London on an open-topped bus, the English women followed them on a bus of their own.

Related Topics:
Last series - The 2005 Ashes

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