Women's Ashes 2023
2023 · 2 teams · Mixed cricket
Tournament Overview
Series Overview
The 2023 Women's Ashes was the most competitive multi-format series of the modern era. Played entirely in England, it ended in an 8-8 draw — Australia retaining the urn by virtue of holding it. Australia won the one-off Test at Trent Bridge by 89 runs, with Ash Gardner taking 12 wickets across the match. England hit back in the ODI series and the T20I series, winning both sub-competitions. The final points tally of 8-8 reflected the fine margins throughout. Ash Gardner was joint Player of the Series alongside England's Nat Sciver-Brunt, whose aggregate of 404 runs was the best by an England batter in any Women's Ashes series. The draw set the stage for Australia's historic 16-0 whitewash in 2024-25, but the 2023 series showed England were capable of competitive cricket against the world's best women's team.
Key Highlights
- 1Series ended in an 8-8 draw — Australia retained the Women's Ashes for the fifth consecutive series
- 2Ash Gardner was the standout bowler: 23 wickets across seven matches including a match-winning 12 in the Test
- 3Nat Sciver-Brunt topped England's batting: 404 runs at 57, the most by any England batter in the series
- 4Australia's Test win at Trent Bridge was the pivotal moment of the series — England couldn't recover
- 5The closest Women's Ashes series in the multi-format era; England won ODI and T20I sub-series