Cricket: England A Australia tour roundup
- Lauren White
- Apr 20
- 3 min read
In March, we posted about the squad announcement for the upcoming tour. Now the tour is over but did you miss the action? Here is a roundup of everything that happened down under.
T20 Games (26th-30th March):
The first T20 was played on Wednesday 26th March and opened the international series at Hurstville Oval in Sydney. The England side played impressively, winning by three wickets. Australia started, playing all 20 overs and putting 117 runs on the board with 6 wickets to their name. England came out only playing just over 19 overs before coming over the run tally and winning with 119 runs and 7 wickets. Lauren Cheatle, Tess Flintoff and Heather Graham all did well for Australia, performing 4 full overs and having 2 wickets each. Paige Scholfield was a stand out performer for England after 36 runs from 29 balls including 1 six and 4 fours.
2 days later on Friday, England opened up the test scoring 88 runs and 4 wickets before there being no result and Australia not batting. The third match at the same ground was abandoned without having a ball being bowled and therefore England won the T20 section after the other two games not being finished.
One Day International - 50 Over (2nd-7th April):
In the first one day international between the two sides on Wednesday 2nd April, Australia won at the Cricket Central in Sydney by 5 wickets. England chose to bat first playing all 50 balls but Australia got the win getting 215 runs and 5 wickets with England receiving 214/9. Georgia Voll was the performer of the match for Australia as she started the batting off. She continued through the match being not out after having 122 balls played and getting 137 runs including 13 fours and 1 six.
Australia continued to dominate in the one day international series as the two sides returned to the same venue on Friday. They won the day by 125 runs as England only managed 136 runs with all their players out compared to Australia's 261 runs and 8 wickets. Australia won the toss and decided to bat first with Tahlia Wilson starting off the batting facing 82 balls, getting 68 runs including 5 fours. She was the stand out player for Australia before being caught out by Grace Scrivens.
England managed to claw it back in the final one day international on the following Monday as they won by one wicket with 199/9 compared to Australias 195. Australia chose to bat first after winning the toss but got 195 runs on the board before Nicola Hancock had no remaining partner to play the game. England took this to their advantage with Paige Scholfield being their main player facing 102 balls and put 83 extra runs on their sheet including 9 fours.
4-Day Match (12th-15th April):
Australia won the final series as they played at the Cricket Central in Sydney winning the event by 25 runs. In the 1st Innings, England won with 407 runs compared to Australia's 343 despite Australia choosing to bat first. They won overall after England got 264 runs in the second innings compared to Australia's 353 runs and 6 wickets.
In the first innings, Paige Scholfield was the dominant player for England facing 257 balls, getting 164 runs on the board including 17 fours. Australia’s Rachel Trenaman faced the most balls after seeing 131 of them, but only getting 77 runs including 12 fours. In the first innings, England’s Issy Wong performed excellently after bowling 5 Australians out in her 25 overs and only letting the Aussies put 63 runs on the board.
Despite letting Australia have 97 runs, Mady Villiers had 3 wickets to her name for England which helped but it was too late as they later lost. In the second innings, England were all out with only 264 runs being placed, with Hollie Armitage facing the most balls.
What’s next for England A:
County Cricket returns for everyone involved, with the next game for the International side being 23rd June as the side host New Zealand in Derby for a One Day International. 3 days later, they will host the same side in the same venue for the same competition with a third being hosted in Chelmsford on 29th June.
They will then play 3 T20’s against New Zealand again playing the first at Chelmsford on 3rd July. They then travel to Beckenham for the second on 5th July and the final one on 7th July before the Hundred series in August.
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