When is the Women's Ashes? Australia vs England cricket fixtures, 2022 schedule - Test, T20 and ODI date

England and Australia have not quite finished battling out the Ashes series just yet as the women’s squads prepare to face each other for their own series.

England’s men had a catastrophic 4-0 defeat with only one slightly redeeming Test match played in Sydney.

What could have been a victory in Hobart turned out to be yet another crushing blow for Joe Root and his men.

While Root and Chris Silverwood will be facing many questions over their eligibility for the roles they currently sit in, their counterparts in the Women’s squad will hope to restore some form of faith in English cricket as they look ahead to their fixtures in the coming few weeks.

The set up of the Women’s Ashes series is somewhat different to the Men’s. While the men play five Test matches over the course of around a month, the Women will participate in an ODI series, a T20 series and one Test match.

This format includes a points system with a Test match win worth four points and limited over matches worth two points each.

The current format of the Women’s Ashes series was set up in 2013 with just Tests being played previously.

This new and varied set up has made the series much more approachable for new fans to cricket and has drummed up an increasing amount of support for the Women’s game.

From 2013, Ellyse Perry currently holds the record for both the highest number of runs and wickets. She has 1,425 runs to her name having made a best score of 213 not out, while having also taken 55 wickets at an average of 22.40.

Heather Knight is the most successful English batsman since 2013 with 977 runs while Anya Shrubsole takes the medal for the most wickets by an English cricketer with 36 wickets to her name.

Here is all you need to know about the upcoming Women’s Ashes series…

When is the Women’s Ashes series?

The series kicks off on Thursday 20 January 2022 and concludes on Tuesday 8 February 2022.

What is the tournament schedule?

• Twenty20 International matches:
• Thursday 20 January 2022 in Adelaide. Start time of 8.10am GMT
• Saturday 22 January 2022 in Adelaide. Start time of 3.10am GMT
• Sunday 23 January 2022 in Adelaide. Start time of 3.10am GMT
• Only Test:
• Wednesday 26 January - Sunday 30 January 2022 in Canberra. Start time of 11pm GMT 
• ODI Series: 
• Thursday 3 February 2022 in Canberra. Start time of 3.10am GMT
• Saturday 5 February 2022 in Melbourne. Start time of 11pm GMT
• Monday 7 February 2022 in Melbourne. Start time of 11pm GMT

What is the head-to-head record ?

England and Australia have met 23 times in total since 1934. Up to the 2010/11 series, England and Australia had played 45 Test matches with Australia winning 11, England winning 8 and the two teams drawing 26 times.

After 2013, the two nations have played 35 matches with Australia winning 17, England winning 14 and the two sides drawing 4 times.

The last time the two sides played an Ashes series was in 2019 and Australia had a comprehensive victory winning the ODI series 3-0, the T20 matches 2-1 and drawing the Test.

What is the team news?

Australia have named uncapped leg spinner Alana King in their side but the injury-enforced absence of Georgia Wareham and Sophie Molineux have left a large hole in the Australian side.

It had been thought that the Adelaide Strikers Amanda-Jade Wellington would fill one of those gaps, but selectors opted for the Perth Scorchers bowler, King, instead.

Australia squad: Darcie Brown, Nicola Carey, Hannah Darlington, Ashleigh Gardner, Rachael Haynes, Alyssa Healy, Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Meg Lanning (Captain), Tahlia McGrath, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Tayla Vlaeminck.

17-year-old Alice Capsey has been named in the England squad after her feats in the Hundred, while the 20-year-old Charlie Dean will also feature thanks to her 10 wickets in the five ODIs at home to New Zealand.

England squad: Tammy Beaumont, Maia Bouchier, Katherine Brunt, Kate Cross, Freya Davies, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Tash Farrant, Sarah Glenn, Amy Jones, Nat Sciver, Anya Shrubsole, Mady Villiers, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Danni Wyatt.

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