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English women's cricket team in New Zealand in 1957–58
	New Zealand	England
Dates	5 November 1957 – 2 January 1958
Captains	Rona McKenzie	Mary Duggan
Test series
Result	2-match series drawn 0–0
Most runs	Eris Paton (120)	Mary Duggan (210)
Most wickets	Jean Coulston (10)	Mary Duggan (14)

The English women's cricket team toured New Zealand and Australia between November 1957 and March 1958. Against New Zealand they played two Test matches, which were both drawn.

Against Australia, they contested The Women's Ashes for the fifth time. The four match Test series was drawn 0–0, which resulted in Australia retaining the Ashes.

Tour of New Zealand

Tour matches

2-day match: North Island vs England

5–6 November 1957 Scorecard

North Island	v	England
175 (107.1 overs) Verna Coutts 74 Mary Duggan 4/32 (36 overs)		3d/80 (39.4 overs) Joan Wilkinson 34 Joyce Currie 1/10 (12 overs)
5d/82 (58 overs) Rona McKenzie 31 Betty Birch 2/7 (6 overs)		0/20 (25 overs) Joan Wilkinson 12

• North Island Women won the toss and elected to bat.

2-day match: Canterbury vs England

9, 11 November 1957 Scorecard

England	v	Canterbury
4d/208 (75 overs) Joan Wilkinson 53 Phyl Blackler 2/62 (16 overs)		8d/213 (134 overs) Phyl Blackler 43 Audrey Disbury 3/42 (21 overs)
9/85 (36 overs) Mary Duggan 19 Loretta Bayliss 5/20 (13 overs)

• England Women won the toss and elected to bat.

2-day match: Otago vs England

15–16 November 1957 Scorecard

Otago	v	England
102 (60.5 overs) Mary Webb 34 Audrey Disbury 3/29 (16 overs)		3d/198 (70.4 overs) Helen Sharpe 53 Eris Paton 1/21 (8 overs)
9/65 (51 overs) Mary Webb 26 Dorothy Macfarlane 3/9 (14 overs)

• Otago Women won the toss and elected to bat.

1-day match: Southland vs England

20 November 1957 Scorecard

Southland	v	England
25 (31 overs) Irene West 8 Edna Barker 4/9 (8 overs)		8d/202 (47 overs) Joan Wilkinson 56 Rona Cross 3/54 (16 overs)
0/0 (2 overs) Noelene Pay 0*

• Southland Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• England Women won by 10 wickets on first innings.

2-day match: South Island vs England

23, 25 November 1957 Scorecard

South Island	v	England
141 (87 overs) Eris Paton 41 Mary Duggan 6/30 (19 overs)		2d/134 (48 overs) Betty Birch 69* Phyl Blackler 1/19 (6 overs)
0/12 (12 overs) Mary Webb 10*

• England Women won the toss and elected to field.

1-day match: Nelson vs England

4 December 1957 Scorecard

England  8d/191 (48.1 overs)	v	Nelson 71 (56.5 overs)
Edna Barker 74 Dorothy Bennett 3/18 (6 overs)		Sally Davies 18 Polly Marshall 3/6 (17 overs)

• England Women won the toss and elected to bat.

2-day match: Wellington vs England

23, 25 November 1957 Scorecard

Wellington	v	England
115 (86 overs) Joyce Currie 29 Joan Hawes 4/22 (20 overs)		4d/182 (69.5 overs) Cecilia Robinson 78* Jean Coulston 2/56 (26.5 overs)
130 (82.4 overs) Gwen Sutherland 26 Edna Barker 4/36 (23 overs)		5/65 (11 overs) Hazel Sanders 14 Joyce Currie 2/25 (5 overs)

• Wellington Women won the toss and elected to bat.

1-day match: Wanganui and Wellington vs England

9 December 1957 Scorecard

England  9d/180 (59.5 overs)	v	Wanganui and Wellington 101 (41.1 overs)
Polly Marshall 57 Gwen Sutherland 3/16 (8 overs)		Gwen Sutherland 60 Polly Marshall 4/4 (6.1 overs)

• England Women won the toss and elected to bat.

2-day match: Auckland vs England

14, 16 December 1957 Scorecard

Auckland	v	England
80 (83.2 overs) Joyce Powell 34 Joan Wilkinson 3/9 (7 overs)		155 (67.5 overs) Polly Marshall 35 Joan Rich 4/41 (10 overs)
89 (84 overs) Carolyn Sinton 32 Mary Duggan 4/18 (21 overs)		1/15 (5.2 overs) Mary Duggan 11* Maureen Taylor 1/12 (3 overs)

• Auckland Women won the toss and elected to bat.

1-day match: Matamata vs England

21 December 1957 Scorecard

Matamata 81 (51.4 overs)	v	England 191/9 (72 overs)
Joyce Powell 37 Helene Hegarty 4/25 (15.4 overs)		Joan Wilkinson 76 Anne Skinner 4/46 (29 overs)

• Matamata Women won the toss and elected to bat.

2-day match: New Zealand England Touring Team vs England

1–2 January 1958 Scorecard

England	v	New Zealand England Touring Team
7d/227 (81 overs) Josephine Batson 81 Rona McKenzie 3/33 (10 overs)		9d/210 (104.1 overs) Joyce Powell 85 Helene Hegarty 2/45 (26 overs)
3d/112 (84 overs) Cecilia Robinson 40* Joyce Currie 2/34 (14 overs)		6/99 (23 overs) Phyl Blackler 39* Polly Marshall 2/12 (2 overs)

• England Women won the toss and elected to bat.

Test series

1st Test

New Zealand	v	England
223 (137.2 overs) Rona McKenzie 60 Mary Duggan 6/55 (40 overs)		7d/255 (106 overs) Mary Duggan 108 Jean Coulston 4/73 (31 overs)
7d/177 (115 overs) Evon Dickson 65 Dorothy Macfarlane 2/35 (33 overs)		4/48 (36 overs) Joan Wilkinson 11 Joyce Currie 3/36 (18 overs)

• New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Edna Barker, Audrey Disbury, Dorothy Macfarlane, Ruth Westbrook (Eng) and Evon Dickson (NZ) all made their women's Test debuts.

2nd Test

England	v	New Zealand
186 (86.1 overs) Joan Wilkinson 90 Phyl Blackler 4/46 (17.1 overs)		130 (71.1 overs) Eris Paton 77* Joan Hawes 4/36 (23.1 overs)
7d/171 (79 overs) Mary Duggan 85 Mary Webb 3/32 (15 overs)		9/203 (79 overs) Eris Paton 43 Mary Duggan 5/47 (28 overs)

• England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Shirley Driscoll, Joan Hawes, Helen Sharpe (Eng) and Carolyn Sinton (NZ) all made their women's Test debuts.

Tour of Australia

English women's cricket team in Australia in 1957–58
	Australia	England
Dates	11 January – 24 March 1958
Captains	Una Paisley	Mary Duggan Cecilia Robinson (4th Test)
Test series
Result	4-match series drawn 0–0
Most runs	Betty Wilson (282)	Cecilia Robinson (256)
Most wickets	Betty Wilson (21)	Mary Duggan (9)

Tour matches

1-day match: Bathurst vs England

11 January 1958 Scorecard

England	v	Bathurst
8d/179 (48.2 overs) Marjorie Holdsworth 51 M Rawlinson 3/53 (17 overs)		32 (20.3 overs) G Bradley 12 Joan Hawes 4/14 (7 overs)
		8/77 (27 overs) (f/o) A Long (27) Mary Duggan 5/23 (10 overs)

• England Women won the toss and elected to bat.

2-day match: Queensland vs England

17–18 January 1958 Scorecard

Queensland	v	England
66 (27.3 overs) D Byrne 28 Dorothy Macfarlane 4/20 (7 overs)		2d/253 (70 overs) Cecilia Robinson 105* T Crouch 1/32 (8 overs)
74 (28.3 overs) V Beddington 11 Edna Barker 3/23 (6 overs)

• Queensland Women won the toss and elected to bat.

1-day match: Queensland vs England

18 January 1958 Scorecard

England  323 (69.3 overs)	v	Queensland
Marjorie Holdsworth 70 Val Slater 3/35 (12 overs)

• England Women won the toss and elected to bat.

1-day match: Brisbane vs England

22 January 1958 Scorecard

England  5d/151 (47.4 overs)	v	Brisbane 66 (58.3 overs)
Hazel Sanders 50* H Doherty 3/21 (9 overs)		D Adams 30 Audrey Disbury 3/16 (10.3 overs)

• England Women won the toss and elected to bat.

2-day match: Australian XI vs England

24–25 January 1958 Scorecard

Australian XI	v	England
133 (69.5 overs) Joyce Christ 40 Mary Duggan 4/28 (18.5 overs)		4d/171 (64 overs) Joan Wilkinson 46 J Coulthard 2/53 (14 overs)
58 (47.5 overs) Joyce Christ 14 Mary Duggan 2/11 (13 overs)		0/23 (6 overs) Shirley Driscoll 12*

• Australian XI Women won the toss and elected to bat.

1-day match: Metropolitan XI vs England

27 January 1958 Scorecard

England  9d/186 (54.1 overs)	v	Metropolitan XI 6/128 (65 overs)
Mary Duggan 52 Muriel Picton 3/40 (13 overs)		Joyce Christ 38* Dorothy Macfarlane 3/33 (24 overs)

• England Women won the toss and elected to bat.

2-day match: New South Wales vs England

31 January – 1 February 1958 Scorecard

New South Wales	v	England
107 (69.5 overs) Patricia Thomson 16 Edna Barker 5/28 (25 overs)		9d/114 (48.4 overs) Betty Birch 30 Hazel Buck 7/24 (16.4 overs)
1d/31 (17 overs) Mary Allitt 15 Joan Hawes 1/6 (7 overs)		1/25 (3.4 overs) Mary Duggan 11 Joyce Christ 1/8 (2 overs)

• England Women won the toss and elected to field.

1-day match: New South Wales XI vs England

3 February 1958 Scorecard

England  2d/169 (52 overs)	v	New South Wales XI 126 (45.3 overs)
Josephine Batson 62* S Collins 1/21 (12 overs)		Mollie Dive 46 Dorothy Macfarlane 4/31 (18 overs)

• England Women won the toss and elected to bat.

2-day match: Victoria vs England

18–19 February 1958 Scorecard

England	v	Victoria
4d/103 (54 overs) Betty Birch 31 Betty Wilson 2/10 (5 overs)		0/6 (8 overs) Nell Massey 4*

• The result of the toss is unknown.
• There was no play on Day 2 due to rain.

2-day match: South Australia vs England

28 February – 1 March 1958 Scorecard

England	v	South Australia
8d/176 (78 overs) Audrey Disbury 47* Val Bungay 2/26 (15 overs)		45 (46.4 overs) Ruth Dow 18 Helene Hegarty 5/21 (20 overs)
		84 (53.4 overs) Barbara Orchard 21 Audrey Disbury 4/31 (17.4 overs)

• England Women won the toss and elected to bat.

1-day match: South Australia vs England

1 March 1958 Scorecard

England  7/87 (41 overs)	v	South Australia
Shirley Driscoll 27 Ruth Dow 5/22 (14 overs)

• The result of the toss is unknown.

1-day match: Western Australia vs England

17 March 1958 Scorecard

England  4d/160 (52 overs)	v	Western Australia 55 (47 overs)
Cecilia Robinson 45 Betty Newman 3/46 (18 overs)		P Mace 15 Joan Wilkinson 5/1 (7 overs)

• Western Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.

Test series

1st Test

Australia	v	England

2nd Test

Australia	v	England
38 (43.5 overs) Betty Wilson 12 Mary Duggan 7/6 (14.5 overs)		35 (30.3 overs) Mary Duggan 12 Betty Wilson 7/7 (10.3 overs)
9d/202 (109.5 overs) Betty Wilson 100 Joan Hawes 3/32 (17.5 overs)		8/76 (64 overs) Shirley Driscoll 24 Betty Wilson 4/9 (19 overs)

• England Women won the toss and elected to field.
• No play was possible on Day 1 due to rain.
• Faith Coulthard, Joyce Dalton and Nell Massey (Aus) all made their women's Test debut.
• Betty Wilson (Aus) became the first bowler to take a hat-trick in women's Test cricket.
• Wilson became the first Test player (man or woman) to score a century and take ten wickets in a match.
• Both Australia and England scored their lowest first innings total.

3rd Test

Australia	v	England
292 (159.3 overs) Betty Wilson 127 Helene Hegarty 4/70 (46.3 overs)		325 (192.4 overs) Cecilia Robinson 102 Betty Wilson 6/71 (49 overs)
2/78 (59 overs) Ruth Dow 30* Helene Hegarty 1/12 (10 overs)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Marjorie Marvell (Aus) and Josephine Batson (Eng) both made their women's Test debut.

4th Test

England	v	Australia
6d/253 (121 overs) Betty Birch 72* Joyce Bath 2/41 (24 overs)		7d/280 (137 overs) Valma Batty 70 Joan Hawes 2/54 (27 overs)
188 (102.5 overs) Cecilia Robinson 96* Joyce Bath 3/11 (8 overs)		1/59 (21 overs) Nell Massey 40*

• England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Marie McDonough (Aus) made her women's Test debut.
• Cecilia Robinson (Eng) was the first batter to carry the bat in women's Test cricket.

References

1. "England Women in Australia 1957–58". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
2. "Women's Ashes 1957–58". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
3. "Overall series results of the Women's Ashes". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
4. "Bowlers who have a hat-trick in women's Test cricket". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
5. "Batsmen who have carried the bat in women's Test cricket". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 March 2017.

External links

• England Women tour of New Zealand 1957/58 from Cricinfo
• England Women tour of Australia 1957/58 from Cricinfo

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Home series	England 1934–35 England 1948–49 New Zealand 1956–57 England 1957–58 England 1968–69 New Zealand 1971–72 India 1976–77 New Zealand 1978–79 England 1984–85 New Zealand 1984–85 New Zealand 1986–87 New Zealand 1990–91 India 1990–91 England 1991–92 New Zealand 1992–93 New Zealand 1995–96 Pakistan 1996–97 New Zealand 1997–98 South Africa 1998–99 England 1999–2000 New Zealand 1999–2000 New Zealand 2001–02 England 2002–03 New Zealand 2003–04 New Zealand 2004–05 India 2005–06 New Zealand 2006–07 New Zealand 2007 England 2007–08 India 2008–09 New Zealand 2008–09 New Zealand 2009 New Zealand 2009–10 England 2010–11 New Zealand 2011 New Zealand 2011–12 New Zealand 2012–13 England 2013–14 Pakistan 2014 West Indies 2014–15 India 2015–16 New Zealand 2016–17 South Africa 2016–17 England 2017–18 New Zealand 2018–19 Sri Lanka 2019–20 New Zealand 2020–21 India 2021–22 England 2021–22 Pakistan 2022–23 West Indies 2023–24 South Africa 2023–24
Competitions	The Ashes 1934–35 1937 1948–49 1951 1957–58 1963 1968–69 1976 1984–85 1987 1991–92 1998 2001 2002–03 2005 2007–08 2009 2010–11 2013 2013–14 2015 2017–18 2019 2021–22 2023 Rose Bowl 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1989–90 1990–91 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2006–07 2007 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2015–16 2016–17 2018–19 2020–21 Tri-Nations 1991–92 1994–95 2017–18 2020 2022 Quadrangular Series 2002–03 2006–07 2011 (T20) 2011 (ODI)
Matches	World Cup Finals 1982 1988 1997 2000 2005 2013 2022 T20 World Cup Finals 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2023

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Tours	Australia/New Zealand 1934–35 Australia/New Zealand 1948–49 Australia/New Zealand 1957–58 South Africa 1960–61 Australia/New Zealand 1968–69 Australia 1984–85 Ireland 1990 Australia/New Zealand 1991–92 India 1995–96 Australia/New Zealand 1999–2000 New Zealand 2000–01 India 2001–02 Australia 2002–03 South Africa 2003–04 South Africa 2004–05 India/Sri Lanka 2005–06 Australia/New Zealand 2007–08 West Indies 2009–10 India 2009–10 Sri Lanka 2010–11 Australia 2010–11 South Africa 2011–12 New Zealand 2011–12 West Indies 2013–14 Australia 2013–14 New Zealand 2014–15 South Africa 2015–16 Sri Lanka 2016–17 West Indies 2016–17 India 2017–18 Australia 2017–18 India 2018–19 Sri Lanka 2018–19 Pakistan 2019–20 New Zealand 2020–21 Pakistan 2021–22 Australia 2021–22 West Indies 2022–23 India 2023–24 New Zealand 2023–24 Ireland 2024 South Africa 2024–25
Home series	Australia 1937 Australia 1951 New Zealand 1954 Australia 1963 New Zealand 1966 Australia 1976 West Indies 1979 New Zealand 1984 India 1986 Australia 1987 New Zealand 1996 South Africa 1997 Australia 1998 India 1999 South Africa 2000 Australia 2001 India 2002 South Africa 2003 New Zealand 2004 Australia 2005 India 2006 South Africa 2007 New Zealand 2007 West Indies 2008 South Africa 2008 India 2008 Australia 2009 Ireland 2010 New Zealand 2010 Ireland 2012 India 2012 Pakistan 2012 West Indies 2012 Pakistan 2013 Australia 2013 India 2014 South Africa 2014 Australia 2015 Pakistan 2016 South Africa 2018 New Zealand 2018 West Indies 2019 Australia 2019 West Indies 2020 India 2021 New Zealand 2021 South Africa 2022 India 2022 Australia 2023 Sri Lanka 2023 Pakistan 2024 West Indies 2025
Competitions	The Ashes 1934–35 1937 1948–49 1951 1957–58 1963 1968–69 1976 1984–85 1987 1991–92 1998 2001 2002–03 2005 2007–08 2009 2010–11 2013 2013–14 2015 2017–18 2019 2021–22 2023 Europe 1989 1990 1991 1995 1999 2001 Tri-Nations 1991–92 2002 2013–14 2017–18 2018 2020 Quadrangular Series 2002–03 2006–07 2011 (T20) 2011 (ODI) Commonwealth Games 2022
Matches	World Cup finals 1982 1988 1993 2009 2017 2022 T20 World Cup finals 2018
See also	Record by opponent

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Tours	England 1954 Australia 1956–57 England 1966 Australia 1971–72 South Africa 1971–72 Australia 1978–79 England/Netherlands 1984 Australia 1984–85 India 1984–85 Australia 1986–87 Australia 1990–91 Australia 1992–93 Australia 1995–96 England/Ireland 1996 Australia 1997–98 Australia 1999–2000 Australia 2001–02 Ireland/Netherlands 2002 India 2003–04 Australia 2003–04 England/Ireland 2004 Australia 2004–05 Australia 2006–07 Australia 2007 England 2007 Australia 2008–09 Australia 2009 Australia 2009–10 England 2010 Australia 2011 Australia 2011–12 Australia 2012-13 West Indies 2013–14 West Indies 2014–15 India 2015 Australia 2016–17 South Africa 2016–17 Pakistan/UAE 2017–18 England 2018 Ireland 2018 Australia 2018–19 Australia 2020–21 England 2021 West Indies 2022–23 Sri Lanka 2023 South Africa 2023–24
Home series	England 1934–35 Australia 1947–48 England 1948–49 England 1957–58 Australia 1960–61 England 1968–69 Australia 1974–75 India 1976–77 Australia in 1985–86 Australia 1987–88 Australia 1989–90 England 1991–92 Australia 1993–94 India 1994–95 Australia 1994–95 Pakistan 1996–97 Australia 1996–97 South Africa 1998–99 Australia 1998–99 England 1999–2000 England 2000–01 Australia 2001–02 Australia 2003–04 India 2005–06 Australia 2007–08 England 2007–08 Australia 2008–09 Australia 2009–10 Australia 2010–11 England 2011–12 West Indies 2013–14 England 2014–15 Sri Lanka 2015–16 Australia 2015–16 Australia 2016–17 Pakistan 2016–17 West Indies 2017–18 India 2018–19 South Africa 2019–20 Australia 2020–21 England 2020–21 India 2021–22 Bangladesh 2022–23 Pakistan 2023–24
Competitions	Rose Bowl 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1989–90 1990–91 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2006–07 2007 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2015–16 2016–17 2018–19 2020–21 Tri-Nations 1991–92 1994–95 2002 2013–14 2018 Quadrangular Series 2002–03 2006–07 2011 (T20) 2011 (ODI)
Matches	World Cup finals 1993 1997 2000 2009
See also	Record by opponent

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