Who’s playing and how does it work? Everything to know about the women’s Ashes series

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Here, foxsports.com.au has everything you need to know ahead of the series from the squads to the weather forecast and what time each game is scheduled to start.

SQUADS

Australia

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

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

Test: To be named at later date

England

ODIs: 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.

T20s: 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.

Test: 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-Gay, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Danni Wyatt-Hodge.

DATES (Times in AEDT)

First ODI – January 12, 10.30am: North Sydney Oval, Sydney

Second ODI – January 14, 10.05am: Junction Oval, Melbourne

Third ODI – January 17, 10.05am: Bellerive Oval, Hobart

First T20I – January 20, 7.40pm: SCG, Sydney

Second T20I – January 23, 7.40pm: Manuka Oval, Canberra

Third T20I – January 25, 7.10pm: Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

Day-Night Test – January 30 – February 2, 2.30pm MCG, Melbourne

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WEATHER FORECAST

Obviously it is hard to accurately forecast the weather for some of the later games, but for now it looks like it will be sunshine and a very low chance of showers for the first ODI in Sydney.

Meanwhile, there is a small chance of rain for the second ODI in Melbourne while the conditions are expected to be overcast in Hobart.

HOW TO WATCH

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FORMAT

Since 2013, the women’s Ashes has been decided on a points system in a multi-format series that features three T20s, three ODIs and a Test match.

Two points are awarded for white-ball contests, while the winner of the Test match receives four with points split for draws, ties and abandoned games.

RECENT RESULTS

Despite losing four of the six white-ball matches, Australia retained the women’s Ashes in 2023 after winning the lone Test at Trent Bridge by 89 runs, with the series drawn 8-8.

2013: England 12-4 Australia – England win the Ashes

2013-14: Australia 8-10 England – England win the Ashes

2015: England 6-10 Australia – Australia win the Ashes

2017-18: Australia 8-8 England – Australia retain the Ashes

2019: England 4-12 Australia – Australia win the Ashes

2021-22: Australia 12-4 England – Australia win the Ashes

2023: England 8-8 Australia – Australia retain the Ashes