| 2015 Women's Ashes | |||
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| England | Australia | ||
| Dates | 21 July – 31 August 2015 | ||
| Captains | Charlotte Edwards | Meg Lanning | |
| Player of the series | Ellyse Perry (Aus) | ||
| Most runs | Lydia Greenway (202) | Ellyse Perry (264) | |
| Most wickets | Anya Shrubsole (13) | Ellyse Perry (16) | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | Australia won the 1-match series 1–0 | ||
| Most runs | Georgia Elwiss (63) | Jess Jonassen (153) | |
| Most wickets | Anya Shrubsole (5) | Ellyse Perry (9) | |
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | Australia won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Lydia Greenway (118) | Meg Lanning (195) | |
| Most wickets | Heather Knight (4) | Sarah Coyte (5) | |
| Player of the series | Ellyse Perry (Aus) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | England won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Nat Sciver (67) | Ellyse Perry (53) | |
| Most wickets | Anya Shrubsole (7) | Rene Farrell (5) | |
| Player of the series | Anya Shrubsole (Eng) | ||
| Total Ashes points | |||
| England 6, Australia 10 | |||
TheAustralian women's cricket team touredEngland in 2015. The matches againstEngland were played for theWomen's Ashes, which since 2013 consists of amulti-format series with points awarded for each of the matches. Two points were awarded for eachTwenty20 International (T20I) orOne Day International (ODI) win, and four points to theTest winner (compared with six in the previous series) or two points to each team in the event of a Test draw.[1]
The Women's Ashes wereheld by England before the series but, after winning two ODIs, the Test match and the second T20I, Australia regained the Ashes on 28 August 2015 with one T20I match to play. It was also the first time Australia had won the Ashes in England since 2001, after a draw in2009 and defeats in the2005 and2013 series.
Australia won the ODI match series (2–1) and the sole Test match. England won the T20I match series (2–1). Overall Australia won the Ashes (10 points to 6). Australia'sEllyse Perry scored 264 runs, took 16 wickets and was named the player of the series.[2]
The ODI matches were also part of the2014–16 ICC Women's Championship.
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 England[3] |  Australia[4] | England[5] | Australia[4] | England[6] | Australia[4] |
1Delissa Kimmince was Replaced in the T20I squad by Grace Harris as she was unable to recover from a lower back issue.[7]
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England won by 4 wickets County Ground,Taunton Umpires:Steve O'Shaughnessy (Eng) andAlex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match:Nat Sciver (Eng) |
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Australia won by 63 runs County Ground,Bristol Umpires:Steve O'Shaughnessy (Eng) andMartin Saggers (Eng) Player of the match:Meg Lanning (Aus) |
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Australia won by 89 runs New Road,Worcester Umpires:Martin Saggers (Eng) andAlex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match:Ellyse Perry (Aus) |
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Australia won by 161 runs St Lawrence Ground,Canterbury Umpires:Neil Mallender (Eng) andAlex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match:Jess Jonassen (Aus) |
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England won by 7 wickets County Ground,Chelmsford Umpires:Nick Cook (Eng) andMartin Saggers (Eng) Player of the match:Sarah Taylor (Eng) |
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Australia won by 20 runs County Ground,Hove Umpires:Nick Cook (Eng) andPeter Hartley (Eng) Player of the match:Rene Farrell (Aus) |
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England won by 5 wickets Sophia Gardens,Cardiff Umpires:Rob Bailey (Eng) andRichard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match:Nat Sciver (Eng) |
| Match | Date | Result | Points won | Running total | ||
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| England | Australia | England | Australia | |||
| ODI series | ||||||
| WODI 954 | 21 July | England by 4 wickets | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| WODI 955 | 23 July | Australia by 63 runs | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| WODI 956 | 27* July | Australia by 89 runs | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Only Test | ||||||
| WTest 138 | 11–14 August | Australia by 161 runs | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| T20I series | ||||||
| WT20I 313 | 26 August | England by 7 wickets | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| WT20I 314 | 28 August | Australia by 20 runs | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| WT20I 315 | 31 August | England by 5 wickets | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
*Match was originally scheduled on 26 July but due to rain was abandoned and moved to the reserve day (27 July).
| Player | Team | Matches | Runs | Average | Highest | 100 | 50 |
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| Ellyse Perry | Australia | 7 | 264 | 33.00 | 78 | 0 | 2 |
| Meg Lanning | Australia | 7 | 249 | 31.12 | 104 | 1 | 1 |
| Lydia Greenway | England | 7 | 202 | 33.66 | 53 | 0 | 1 |
| Jess Jonassen | Australia | 7 | 200 | 25.00 | 99 | 0 | 2 |
| Alex Blackwell | Australia | 7 | 177 | 29.50 | 58 | 0 | 1 |
| Player | Team | Matches | Wickets | Runs | Average | BBI | 4 | 5 |
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| Ellyse Perry | Australia | 7 | 16 | 215 | 13.43 | 6/32 | 0 | 1 |
| Anya Shrubsole | England | 7 | 13 | 234 | 18.00 | 4/11 | 2 | 0 |
| Megan Schutt | Australia | 6 | 12 | 172 | 14.33 | 4/26 | 2 | 0 |
| Sarah Coyte | Australia | 7 | 10 | 218 | 21.80 | 2/15 | 0 | 0 |
| Nat Sciver | England | 7 | 9 | 158 | 17.55 | 4/15 | 1 | 0 |
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