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England women's cricket team in Australia in 1968–69
	Australia	England
Dates	13 December 1968 – 30 January 1969
Captains	Muriel Picton	Rachael Heyhoe Flint
Test series
Result	3-match series drawn 0–0
Most runs	Lynn Denholm (203)	Rachael Heyhoe Flint (269)
Most wickets	Anne Gordon (16)	Lesley Clifford (10)

The England women's cricket team toured Australia and New Zealand between December 1968 and March 1969. England played three Test matches against Australia, played for the Women's Ashes. The series was drawn 0–0, meaning that England, as the current holders, retained the Ashes. After their tour of Australia, England toured New Zealand, playing a three Test series which England won 2–0.

Tour of Australia

Squads

Australia	England
Muriel Picton (c) Elaine Bray Lynn Denholm Joyce Goldsmith Anne Gordon Miriam Knee Lorraine Kutcher Patsy May Jillian Need Dawn Newman Janice Parker Olive Smith (wk) Margaret Wilson	Rachael Heyhoe Flint (c) Enid Bakewell Edna Barker Jean Clark Lesley Clifford Jill Cruwys Heather Dewdney Audrey Disbury Carol Evans Val Hesmondhalgh Shirley Hodges (wk) June Stephenson Mary Pilling Sheila Plant (wk) Anne Sanders Lynne Thomas Chris Watmough

Tour Matches

2-day matches

England	v	Western Australia
228/5d (55 overs) Audrey Disbury 106 (–) Diane Marks 3/50 (14 overs)		82 (42.6 overs) Sue Metcalf 31 (–) Enid Bakewell 5/23 (12 overs)
		107 (53.5 overs) (f/o) Janice Law-Davis 28 (–) Enid Bakewell 5/39 (18.5 overs)

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

England	v	Australia Combined XI
201/9d (53 overs) June Stephenson 45 (–) D Wadey 3/54 (14 overs)		208/8d (83 overs) Margaret Pickles 63 (–) Mary Pilling 2/24 (10 overs)
177/5 (44 overs) Rachael Heyhoe Flint 103* (–) D Wadey 2/16 (9 overs)

• Australia Combined XI Women won the toss and elected to field.

England	v	South Australia
181 (58.1 overs) Shirley Hodges 40 (–) D Wadey 3/16 (8 overs)		88 (36.4 overs) Jan Lumsden 38 (–) June Stephenson 3/10 (8.4 overs)
134/3d (34 overs) Enid Bakewell 60* (–) Jillian Need 2/19 (8 overs)		113 (45.5 overs) K Beer 16 (–) Anne Sanders 3/17 (9 overs)

• England Women won the toss and elected to bat.

England	v	Victoria
193/6d (51.6 overs) Enid Bakewell 59 (–) Lesley Clifford 1/40 (12 overs)		181/3d (46 overs) Dawn Rae 57 (–) Lesley Clifford 1/40 (12 overs)
187/6d (57 overs) Audrey Disbury 56 (–) Elaine Bray 2/38 (9 overs)		60 (29.3 overs) Lynn Denholm 20 (–) Enid Bakewell 7/28 (11.3 overs)

• Victoria Women won the toss and elected to field.

England	v	Victoria Select XI
205/8d (53 overs) Audrey Disbury 41 (–) Lesley Johnston 3/62 (13 overs)		116 (59.4 overs) Shirley Banfield 38 (–) Lesley Clifford 5/29 (19 overs)
102/6d (22.6 overs) Lynne Thomas 42 (–) Lesley Johnston 4/25 (5.6 overs)		123/7 (49 overs) Jenny Howe 32 (–) Jean Clark 2/11 (5 overs)

• England Women won the toss and elected to bat.

New South Wales	v	England
136 (49 overs) Joyce Dalton 36 (–) Enid Bakewell 8/38 (13 overs)		217/8d (66 overs) Lynne Thomas 62 (–) Wendy Weir 2/48 (14 overs)
142 (52.5 overs) Helen Waite 39 (–) Enid Bakewell 4/58 (16 overs)		62/4 (18.5 overs) Anne Sanders 16 (–) Patsy May 2/36 (9.5 overs)

• New South Wales Women won the toss and elected to bat.

1-day single innings matches

South Australia  160/7d (55.5 overs)	v	England 108/7 (42 overs)
Margaret Jude 53 (–) Enid Bakewell 3/32 (13.5 overs)		Audrey Disbury 48 (–) Joan Poynter 2/11 (4 overs)

• England Women won the toss and elected to field.

England  196/4d (40.4 overs)	v	Victoria Junior 93 (52.3 overs)
Lynne Thomas 79 (–) A Wilson 1/12 (3 overs)		A Small 21 (–) Anne Sanders 3/17 (11 overs)

• Victoria Junior Women won the toss and elected to field.

England  202/6d (43 overs)	v	New South Wales Combined XI 137 (54.3 overs)
Audrey Disbury 68 (–) K Gordon 2/71 (16 overs)		Y Grigg 61* (–) Enid Bakewell 4/25 (10 overs)

• New South Wales Combined XI Women won the toss and elected to field.

New South Wales Metropolitan 126 (49.4 overs)	v	England 127/3 (37.4 overs)
Denise Eggleton 38 (–) Enid Bakewell 5/40 (11 overs)		Anne Sanders 49 (–) Joyce Christ 1/15 (4 overs)

• New South Wales Metropolitan Women won the toss and elected to bat.

New South Wales President's XI 135 (38.4 overs)	v	England 139/4 (31.3 overs)
Joyce Dalton 58 (–) June Stephenson 3/16 (7 overs)		Sheila Plant 37 (–) S Mitchell 2/9 (5 overs)

• England Women won the toss and elected to field.

Test Series

1st Test

England	v	Australia
270 (81 overs) Enid Bakewell 113 (–) Miriam Knee 5/49 (22 overs)		339/7d (134 overs) Lynn Denholm 93 (–) Lesley Clifford 2/55 (31 overs)
192/7 (65 overs) Rachael Heyhoe Flint 68 (–) Miriam Knee 3/19 (17 overs)

• England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Enid Bakewell, Jean Clark, Carol Evans, Chris Watmough (Eng), Elaine Bray, Joyce Goldsmith, Anne Gordon, Patsy May, Jillian Need and Dawn Newman (Aus) all made their WTest debuts.

2nd Test

England	v	Australia
254/8d (85 overs) Edna Barker 100 (–) Anne Gordon 5/61 (28 overs)		216 (87.5 overs) Miriam Knee 96 (–) Enid Bakewell 4/49 (24.5 overs)
143/7d (71.5 overs) June Stephenson 39* (–) Anne Gordon 5/57 (28 overs)		108/5 (37 overs) Janice Parker 35* Chris Watmough 1/2 (1 over)

• England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Shirley Hodges (Eng) made her WTest debut.

3rd Test

Australia	v	England
213 (75.6 overs) Dawn Newman 54 (–) Lesley Clifford 5/51 (20 overs)		193 (89 overs) Rachael Heyhoe Flint 59 (–) Lorraine Kutcher 5/49 (20 overs)
210/3d (58 overs) Elaine Bray 69* (–) Heather Dewdney 1/22 (4 overs)		155/6 (52 overs) June Stephenson 59* Miriam Knee 3/34 (16 overs)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Heather Dewdney (Eng) and Margaret Wilson (Aus) made their WTest debuts.

Tour of New Zealand

England women's cricket team in New Zealand in 1968–69
	New Zealand	England
Dates	7 February – 28 March 1969
Captains	Trish McKelvey	Rachael Heyhoe Flint
Test series
Result	England won the 3-match series 2–0
Most runs	Judi Doull (240)	Enid Bakewell (412)
Most wickets	Jos Burley (8)	Enid Bakewell (19)

Squads

New Zealand	England
Trish McKelvey (c) Judi Doull Ann McKenna Janice Stead Shirley Cowles Wendy Coe Bev Brentnall (wk) Jill Saulbrey Carol Oyler Vera Burt Jos Burley Jackie Lord Pat Carrick Louise Clough Jenny Olson	Rachael Heyhoe Flint (c) Enid Bakewell Edna Barker Jean Clark Lesley Clifford Jill Cruwys Heather Dewdney Audrey Disbury Carol Evans Val Hesmondhalgh Shirley Hodges (wk) June Stephenson Mary Pilling Sheila Plant (wk) Anne Sanders Lynne Thomas Chris Watmough

Tour Matches

2-day matches

England	v	Auckland
259/7d (102 overs) Lynne Thomas 70* (–) Joyce Stevens 4/91 (43 overs)		149 (100.5 overs) Rona McKenzie 43 (–) Lynne Thomas 4/22 (17.5 overs)
2/0 (0.2 overs) Sheila Plant 2* (–)		110 (81 overs) (f/o) Rona McKenzie 59 (–) Enid Bakewell 4/22 (25 overs)

• Auckland Women won the toss and elected to field.

England	v	Wellington
305/5d (80 overs) Edna Barker 98 (–) Jill Saulbrey 3/81 (27 overs)		174 (96 overs) Barbara Bevege 54 (–) Enid Bakewell 4/21 (17 overs)
62/1 (8 overs) Rachael Heyhoe Flint 42 (–) Wendy Coe 1/20 (4 overs)		187/4d (67 overs) (f/o) Wendy Coe 83 (–) Jill Cruwys 1/18 (4 overs)

• England Women won the toss and elected to bat.

England	v	Otago
307/5d (79 overs) Audrey Disbury 119 (–) Elaine Stevens 2/56 (10 overs)		53 (44.2 overs) Janet Coates 12 (–) Enid Bakewell 8/16 (16.2 overs)
		78 (62.3 overs) (f/o) Liz Flett 20 (–) Enid Bakewell 5/25 (17.3 overs)

• England Women won the toss and elected to bat.

England	v	Canterbury
269 (78 overs) Enid Bakewell 92 (–) Jenny Olson 5/51 (27 overs)		119 (53.2 overs) Phyl Blackler 31 (–) Heather Dewdney 3/19 (6 overs)
21/0 (9 overs) June Stephenson 13* (–)		170 (88.5 overs) (f/o) Shirley Cowles 71 (–) Enid Bakewell 6/51 (30.5 overs)

• England Women won the toss and elected to bat.

New Zealand President's XI	v	England
190 (96 overs) Judi Doull 90 (–) Carol Evans 2/11 (9 overs)		243/4d (63 overs) Rachael Heyhoe Flint 100* (–) Ann McKenna 2/42 (8 overs)
154/9d (73.5 overs) Janice Stead 48 (–) Carol Evans 3/26 (17 overs)		58/1 (10 overs) Jill Cruwys 33* (–) Maureen Peters 1/8 (2 overs)

• England Women won the toss and elected to field.

North Shore	v	England
122 (91.5 overs) Jackie Lord 27 (–) Enid Bakewell 5/33 (26.5 overs)		190/2d (61 overs) Rachael Heyhoe Flint 110* (–) Jos Burley 1/71 (24 overs)
55 (41.5 overs) Vera Burt 16 (–) Carol Evans 7/25 (16 overs)

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

1-day matches

Southern Districts	v	England
49 (30.5 overs) Margaret Turner 14* (–) Mary Pilling 4/19 (10 overs)		175/2d (43 overs) Sheila Plant 103* (–) Carol Marett 2/22 (10 overs)
149/6 (43 overs) Georgie Taylor 59* (–) Lesley Clifford 3/17 (8 overs)

• England Women won the toss and elected to field.

England  180/9d (68.4 overs)	v	Northern Districts Invitation XI 65 (46.4 overs)
Heather Dewdney 43 (–) Glenys Page 5/56 (25.4 overs)		Lynda Prichard 18 (–) Enid Bakewell 8/14 (15.4 overs)

• Northern Districts Invitation XI Women won the toss and elected to field.

England  184 (36.1 overs)	v	Silver Fern 184/8 (58 overs)
Jean Clark 42 (–) Betty Maker 2/32 (7 overs)		Rona McKenzie 41 (–) Sheila Plant 3/14 (9 overs)

• Silver Fern Women won the toss and elected to field.

Test Series

1st Test

New Zealand	v	England
302 (138.5 overs) Trish McKelvey 155* (–) Enid Bakewell 5/40 (41.5 overs)		340/7d (143.2 overs) Enid Bakewell 124 (–) Wendy Coe 2/44 (31.2 overs)
4/0 (4.4 overs) Judi Doull 3* (–)

• New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Jill Cruwys (Eng) and Louise Clough (NZ) made their WTest debuts.

2nd Test

New Zealand	v	England
282/9d (122.3 overs) Judi Doull 103 (–) Enid Bakewell 3/68 (31.3 overs)		296/7d (106.1 overs) Enid Bakewell 114 (–) Jackie Lord 2/30 (8 overs)
186 (94.3 overs) Shirley Cowles 46 (–) Enid Bakewell 5/56 (36.3 overs)		173/3 (42.3 overs) Enid Bakewell 66* Jill Saulbrey 2/81 (21 overs)

• New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Jenny Olson, Pat Carrick and Shirley Cowles (NZ) all made their WTest debuts.

3rd Test

England	v	New Zealand
293/9d (110.3 overs) Rachael Heyhoe Flint 88 (–) Jos Burley 4/62 (30.3 overs)		192 (112.3 overs) Shirley Cowles 41 (–) Mary Pilling 4/53 (32 overs)
150/4d (54 overs) Enid Bakewell 56 (–) Pat Carrick 3/41 (14 overs)		214 (68.3 overs) Judi Doull 75 (–) Carol Evans 4/45 (19 overs)

• England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Ann McKenna (NZ) made her WTest debut.

References

1. "England Women tour of Australia 1968/69". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
2. "England Women tour of Australia and New Zealand 1968/69". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
3. "Records / Women's Ashes, 1968/69 - Australia Women / Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
4. ^ "Records / Women's Ashes, 1968/69 - England Women / Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
5. "Records / England Women in New Zealand Women's Test Series, 1968/69 / Batting and Bowling Records". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 June 2021.

External links

• England Women tour of Australia 1968/69 from Cricinfo
• England Women tour of New Zealand 1968/69 from Cricinfo

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v t e Australia women's national cricket team
Players	Test cricketers ODI cricketers Twenty20 International cricketers
Tours	England 1937 New Zealand 1947–48 England 1951 New Zealand 1960–61 England 1963 New Zealand 1974–75 West Indies 1975–76 England 1976 India 1983–84 New Zealand 1985–86 Ireland 1987 England 1987 New Zealand 1987–88 New Zealand 1989–90 New Zealand 1993–94 New Zealand 1994–95 New Zealand 1996–97 England/Ireland 1998 New Zealand 1998–99 England/Ireland 2001 New Zealand 2001–02 New Zealand 2003–04 India 2004–05 England 2005 New Zealand 2007–08 New Zealand 2008–09 England 2009 New Zealand 2009–10 New Zealand 2011 India 2011–12 England 2013 England 2015 Ireland 2015 New Zealand 2015–16 New Zealand 2016–17 Sri Lanka 2016–17 India 2017–18 Malaysia 2018–19 England 2019 West Indies 2019–20 South Africa 2019–20 New Zealand 2020–21 India 2022–23 England 2023 Ireland 2023 India 2023–24 Bangladesh 2023–24
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

v t e England women's cricket team
Players	Test cricketers ODI cricketers Twenty20 International cricketers
Related teams	Young England
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

v t e New Zealand women's national cricket team
Players	Test cricketers ODI cricketers Twenty20 International cricketers
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

• The Women's Ashes
• England women's cricket team tours
• Women's international cricket tours of Australia
• Women's international cricket tours of New Zealand