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    Ladies’s Ashes 2025: Dates, venues, squads and format as England look to beat Australia for first time since 2014 | Cricket Information

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    All it’s essential know forward of the 2025 Ladies’s Ashes, together with dates, instances, venues, squads and format, as England look to beat Australia away from house.

    When are the Ladies’s Ashes?

    The multi-format collection runs from January 11 to February 2 in Australia, with three one-day internationals, as many T20 internationals and a one-off, four-day Check match – a day-nighter on the iconic Melbourne Cricket Floor.

    • First ODI: 11.30pm, Saturday January 11 – North Sydney Oval
    • Second ODI: 11.05pm, Monday January 13 – Junction Oval, Melbourne
    • Third ODI: 11.05pm, Thursday January 16 – Ninja Stadium, Hobart
    • First T20I: 8.40am, Monday January 20 – Sydney Cricket Floor
    • Second T20I: 8.40am, Thursday January 23 – Manuka Oval, Canberra
    • Third T20I: 8.10am, Saturday January 25 – Adelaide Oval
    • Check: 3.30am, Thursday Jan 30-Sunday Feb 2 – MCG, Melbourne

    All dates and instances UK and Eire

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    Australia’s Ellyse Perry is a key participant for her facet

    How does the factors system work?

    Groups earn two factors for a victory within the white-ball matches or take a degree apiece within the occasion of a washout.

    4 factors are awarded to the winners of the Check match, with sides incomes two factors every with a draw or tie.

    Who holds the Ladies’s Ashes?

    Australia do which suggests a collection draw will see the house facet retain the trophy. Alyssa Healy’s workforce drew 8-8 in England in 2023 however received the earlier two collection, every by 12-4 scorelines.

    England haven’t received The Ashes since 2014, with their report since studying performed 5, misplaced three, drawn two.

    Australia celebrate a wicket during the second ODI against England at The Ageas Bowl
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    Australia retrained The Ashes with an 8-8 attract England in 2023

    Which gamers have England picked?

    England might subject 4 Ashes debutants in all-rounder Freya Kemp, left-arm spinner Linsey Smith, seam bowler Ryana MacDonald-Homosexual and wicketkeeper-batter Bess Heath.

    Tempo bowler Kate Cross has been named within the ODI and Check squads regardless of a again spasm ruling her out of the Check in opposition to South Africa in December.

    England ODI squad

    Heather Knight (captain), Tammy Beaumont, Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier, Alice Capsey, Kate Cross, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Lauren Filer, Sarah Glenn, Amy Jones, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Danni Wyatt-Hodge

    England T20 squad

    Heather Knight (captain), Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier, Alice Capsey, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Lauren Filer, Danielle Gibson, Sarah Glenn, Bess Heath, Amy Jones, Freya Kemp, Linsey Smith, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Danni Wyatt-Hodge

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    England seam bowler Ryana MacDonald-Homosexual made Marizanne Kapp her first Check wicket after bowling the South African in Bloemfontein in December

    England Check squad

    Heather Knight (captain),Tammy Beaumont, Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier, Kate Cross, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Lauren Filer, Bess Heath, Amy Jones, Ryana MacDonald-Homosexual, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Danni Wyatt-Hodge

    Which gamers have Australia picked?

    Australia will probably be with out spin-bowling all-rounder Sophie Molineux because of a knee damage that requires surgical procedure, whereas it’s unclear whether or not Healy will maintain wicket as she manages a knee damage of her personal.

    Georgia Voll has been included after scoring 173 runs throughout three ODIs in opposition to India in December, together with a century in Brisbane.

    Australia's Alyssa Healy (Associated Press)
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    Alyssa Healy will captain Australia within the Ladies’s Ashes however will she maintain wicket?

    Australia squad for ODIs and T20s

    Alyssa Healy (captain), Darcie Brown, Ashleigh Gardner, Kim Garth, Grace Harris (T20s solely), Alana King, Phoebe Litchfield, Tahlia McGrath, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Voll, Georgia Wareham

    How will England deal with ‘rammed’ schedule?

    The collection will probably be achieved and dusted within the area of simply three weeks, with England coach Jon Lewis saying: “It will be tough for players to play all the games. I don’t think you’ll see consistent selection across the board from either side.

    England head coach Jon Lewis during a nets session at The Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford. Picture date: Tuesday May 28, 2024.
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    England head coach Jon Lewis expects to completely utilise his squad within the Ladies’s Ashes

    “My preference would be that there’s more space between the games and the players’ preference would be as well.

    “I am fairly positive we’d have requested extra space between the white-ball video games and the Check match. It will not be easy.

    “The schedule is pretty rammed close together. There’s no flexibility because of [the Women’s Premier League] and Christmas.”

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