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Australian women's cricket team in England in 1987
	England	Australia
Dates	8 July – 29 August 1987
Captains	Carole Hodges	Lyn Larsen
Test series
Result	Australia won the 3-match series 1–0
Most runs	Carole Hodges (152)	Denise Annetts (352)
Most wickets	Gillian McConway (8)	Jenny Owens (14)
One Day International series
Results	3-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs	Jacqueline Court (77)	Lindsay Reeler (129)
Most wickets	Sarah Potter (3)	Lyn Fullston (4)

The Australian women's cricket team toured England 8 July – 29 August 1987 to contest The Women's Ashes for the tenth time. Australia won the three match Test series 1–0 to retain the Ashes.

Prior to the Test series, a three match WODI series was drawn at one match each. Australia also played 15 tour matches – winning 8, losing none, drawing 3, 1 match was abandoned and for 3 of the matches, the result is unknown.

In the lead up to this tour, Australia toured Ireland and won all three WODI matches.

Tour matches

55-over match: Middlesex Women vs Australia Women

8 July 1987 Scorecard

Australia  177/4 (49 overs)	v	Middlesex Women 128 (48.4 overs)
Belinda Haggett 76 (112) Avril Starling 2/31 (10 overs)		Rosalind Heggs 48 (86) Zoe Goss 3/20 (9.4 overs)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• The match was reduced before play started to 49 overs per side.

1-day single innings match: Surrey Women vs Australia Women

9 July 1987 Scorecard

Australia  294/4d (58 overs)	v	Surrey Women 121/8 (55 overs)
Lindsay Reeler 109 (112) Patsy Lovell 2/55 (16 overs)		Patsy Lovell 53* (109) Jenny Owens 3/20 (11 overs)

• Surrey Women won the toss and elected to field.

55-over match: South Women vs Australia Women

11 July 1987 Scorecard

Australia  177/6 (52 overs)	v	South Women 136 (48.2 overs)
Lyn Larsen 71* (86) Patsy Lovell 2/25 (11 overs)		Jan Brittin 42 (81) Lyn Fullston 5/32 (11 overs)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• The match was reduced before play started to 52 overs per side.

1-day single innings match: South Women vs Australia Women

12 July 1987 Scorecard

South Women 145/8d (71 overs)	v	Australia 99/2 (55 overs)
Patsy Lovell 26 (55) Zoe Goss 3/9 (15 overs)		Denise Emerson 40* (98) Catherine Mowat 1/13 (4 overs)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.

55-over match: Women's Cricket Association President's XI vs Australia Women

14 July 1987 Scorecard

Australia  175/7 (55 overs)	v	Women's Cricket Association President's XI 95 (48.2 overs)
Ruth Buckstein 42 (91) Helen Stother 3/36 (9 overs)		Julie May 20 (53) Zoe Goss 3/10 (11 overs)

• Women's Cricket Association President's XI won the toss and elected to field.

55-over match: South East Women vs Australia Women

18 July 1987 Scorecard

South East Women	v	Australia

Kent Women vs Australia Women

Kent Women	v	Australia

1-day single innings match: East Anglia and Thames Valley Women vs Australia Women

27 July 1987 Scorecard

Australia  202/3d (55 overs)	v	East Anglia and Thames Valley Women 88/6 (64 overs)
Denise Annetts 96 Gillian McConway 1/32 (15 overs)		Alison Elder 32 Karen Brown 3/14 (13 overs)

• East Anglia and Thames Valley Women won the toss and elected to field.

55-over match: East Midlands Women vs Australia Women

30 July 1987 Scorecard

East Midlands Women 78 (45.1 overs)	v	Australia 79/3 (32.1 overs)
Enid Bakewell 25 Jenny Owens 4/24 (11 overs)		Lindsay Reeler 23 Jo Chamberlain 2/25 (11 overs)

• East Midlands Women won the toss and elected to bat.

55-over match: West and West Midlands Women vs Australia Women

7 August 1987 Scorecard

Australia  190/2 (55 overs)	v	West and West Midlands Women 112 (43.4 overs)
Denise Emerson 81* (147) Judy Wilmot 1/11 (6 overs)		Margaret Frost 32* (87) Jenny Owens 3/31 (10.4 overs)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.

55-over match: West and West Midlands Women vs Australia Women

8 August 1987 Scorecard

Australia  207/6 (55 overs)	v	West and West Midlands Women 127/7 (55 overs)
Ruth Buckstein 85 (144) Sarah Potter 2/32 (6 overs)		Beverley Godley 38 (97) Lyn Fullston 3/18 (11 overs)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.

55-over match: North Women vs Australia Women

17 August 1987 Scorecard

Australia  232/5 (55 overs)	v	North Women 66 (35.1 overs)
Lindsay Reeler 105 (164) Janet Aspinall 3/41 (11 overs)		Mary-Pat Moore 16 (76) Jenny Owens 4/7 (5 overs)

• North Women won the toss and elected to field.

North Women vs Australia Women

North Women	v	Australia

55-over match: Yorkshire Women vs Australia Women

19 August 1987 Scorecard

Australia  211/5 (55 overs)	v	Yorkshire Women 65 (29.3 overs)
Denise Annetts 68 (86) R. Powell 2/53 (11 overs)		Jane Powell 30 (59) Zoe Goss 4/12 (8 overs)

• Yorkshire Women won the toss and elected to field.

Young England Women vs Australia Women

Young England	v	Australia

WODI series

1st WODI

Australia  174/3 (31 overs)	v	England 104/5 (31 overs)
Lindsay Reeler 69 (73) Gillian McConway 1/44 (7 overs)		Jacqueline Court 35 (51) Lyn Fullston 4/12 (6 overs)

• England Women won the toss and elected to field.
• Jo Chamberlain and Wendy Watson (Eng) both made their WODI debut.
• The match was reduced before play started to 31 overs per side.

2nd WODI

England	v	Australia

3rd WODI

Australia  177/7 (53 overs)	v	England 178/4 (49.3 overs)
Lindsay Reeler 60 (124) Sarah Potter 3/41 (10 overs)		Carole Hodges 54 (125) Lyn Larsen 1/23 (11 overs)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Patsy Lovell and Elaine Wulcko (Eng) both made their WODI debut.
• The match was reduced before play started to 53 overs per side.

Test series

1st Test

England	v	Australia
134 (78.3 overs) Wendy Watson 50 (100) Karen Brown 3/17 (14 overs)		293 (133.2 overs) Belinda Haggett 126 (254) Gillian McConway 6/71 (40 overs)
138 (90.5 overs) Carole Hodges 55 (253) Jenny Owens 4/18 (16.5 overs)

• England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Denise Annetts, Karen Brown, Zoe Goss, Sally Griffiths, Belinda Haggett, Jenny Owens (Aus), Jo Chamberlain, Karen Jobling, Wendy Watson and Elaine Wulcko (Eng) made their women's Test debut.
• Belinda Haggett (Aus) became the sixth batsman to score a century on debut in a women's Test match.

2nd Test

England	v	Australia
201 (89.2 overs) Wendy Watson 69* (145) Jenny Owens 5/55 (20.2 overs)		346/3d (139.4 overs) Denise Annetts 193 (?) Jo Chamberlain 2/74 (28 overs)
116/4 (63 overs) Jan Brittin 70* (191) Jenny Owens 2/36 (14 overs)

• England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Karen Smithies (Eng) made her women's Test debut.
• Lindsay Reeler (Aus) scored her first and only women's Test century.
• Jenny Owens (Aus) took her first and only five-wicket haul in women's Test cricket.

3rd Test

Australia	v	England
366/7d (171 overs) Ruth Buckstein 83* (283) Karen Smithies 3/63 (39 overs)		265/8d (154 overs) Karen Smithies 64 (158) Karen Brown 5/32 (32 overs)
262/8d (114.5 overs) Lindsay Reeler 75 (160) Jacqueline Court 2/31 (11.5 overs)

• England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Ruth Buckstein (Aus) made her only women's Test appearance.
• Karen Brown (Aus) took her first and only five-wicket haul in women's Test cricket.

References

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2. "Overall series results of the Women's Ashes". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
3. "England Women in Australia Women's ODI Series 1987". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
4. "Australia Women in British Isles 1987". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
5. "Australia Women v Ireland Women ODI Series 1987". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
6. "Australia Women in British Isles 1987 (Middlesex Women v Australia Women)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
7. "Australia Women in British Isles 1987 (South Women v Australia Women)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
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9. "Australia Women in British Isles 1987 (3rd ODI)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
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See also	Record by opponent

• International cricket competitions from 1985–86 to 1988
• 1987 in women's cricket
• 1987 in Australian cricket
• 1987 in English cricket
• Australia women's national cricket team tours
• Women's cricket tours of England
• 1987 in Australian women's sport
• 1987 in English women's sport