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Australian women's cricket team in England in 1976
	England	Australia
Dates	29 May – 8 August 1976
Captains	Rachael Heyhoe Flint	Anne Gordon
Test series
Result	3-match series drawn 0–0
Most runs	Rachael Heyhoe Flint (350)	Jan Lumsden (260)
Most wickets	Enid Bakewell (10)	Raelee Thompson (10)
One Day International series
Results	England won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Megan Lear (109)	Lorraine Hill (132)
Most wickets	Jacqueline Court (5)	Karen Price (3)

The Australian women's cricket team toured England between May and August 1976. The test series against England women's cricket team was played for the Women's Ashes, which England were defending. The series was drawn 0–0, meaning that England retained the Ashes. England won the three-match ODI series 2–1. The second ODI, won by England, was the first women's cricket match ever played at Lord's.

Squads

England	Australia
Rachael Heyhoe Flint (c) Enid Bakewell Katherine Brown Jacqueline Court Jill Cruwys Julia Greenwood Shirley Hodges (wk) Glynis Hullah Megan Lear Mary Pilling Lynne Read June Stephenson Jan Southgate Lynne Thomas Chris Watmough	Anne Gordon (c) Wendy Blunsden Lorraine Hill Wendy Hills Margaret Jennings (wk) Jan Lumsden Marie Lutschini Patsy May Betty McDonald Kerry Mortimer Karen Price Julie Robinson (wk) Raelee Thompson Janette Tredrea Sharon Tredrea

Tour Matches

1-day single innings matches

Thames Valley 64 (35.5 overs)	v	Australia 66/0 (15.3 overs)
Pauline Gibbon 28 (–) Lorraine Hill 4/18 (6 overs)		Lorraine Hill 40* (–)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.

Women's Cricket Association President's XI 198/2d (70 overs)	v	Australia 162/5 (44 overs)
Susan Goatman 101* (–) Anne Gordon 1/3 (7 overs)		Anne Gordon 47* (–) Julia Greenwood 3/15 (10 overs)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.

Australia  210/5d (53 overs)	v	Middlesex 98/7 (57 overs)
Janette Tredrea 64 (–) Val Castle 2/55 (12 overs)		June Green 32 (–) Lorraine Hill 2/10 (8 overs)

• Toss not known.

Australia  177/3d (48 overs)	v	Civil Service 88 (47.4 overs)
Margaret Jennings 66 (–) Dot Fearnley 1/69 (20 overs)		Julia Goodwin 19 (–) Marie Lutschini 3/20 (9 overs)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.

Australia  213/0d (54.1 overs)	v	Yorkshire 62/6 (57 overs)
Lorraine Hill 108* (–)		June Stephenson 46 (–) Kerry Mortimer 2/6 (6 overs)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.

Australia  111/1 (26 overs)	v	Lancashire and Cheshire
Wendy Hills 45* (–) Ann Hall 1/35 (10 overs)

• Lancashire and Cheshire Women won the toss and elected to field.

Australia  209/6d (57.4 overs)	v	West of England 86 (56.2 overs)
Lorraine Hill 58 (–) Lynne Thomas 2/42 (16 overs)		Lynne Thomas 40 (–) Betty McDonald 4/11 (15.2 overs)

• West of England Women won the toss and elected to field.

Australia  230/4d (55 overs)	v	West Midlands 150/8 (68 overs)
Anne Gordon 77 (–) Rosalind Heggs 2/68 (14 overs)		Rachael Heyhoe Flint 63 (–) Betty McDonald 4/32 (21 overs)

• West Midlands Women won the toss and elected to field.

Australia  224/2d (50 overs)	v	East Midlands 73 (46.2 overs)
Lorraine Hill 108* (–) Mal Deeman 2/115 (22 overs)		Mal Deeman 37 (–) Karen Price 5/10 (10 overs)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.

Australia  188/3d (56 overs)	v	East Anglia 139/7 (74 overs)
Janette Tredrea 86 (–) Jacqueline Wainwright 2/33 (14 overs)		Julia Lloyd 45 (–) Raelee Thompson 3/21 (15 overs)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.

Australia  211/0d (52 overs)	v	Kent 184/4 (62 overs)
Lorraine Hill 108* (–)		Megan Lear 86* (–) Marie Lutschini 3/21 (15 overs)

• Kent Women won the toss and elected to field.

Australia  173/8d (57 overs)	v	Surrey 104 (54.5 overs)
Anne Gordon 56 (–) Patsy Lovell 2/22 (9 overs)		Margaret Peear 23 (–) Anne Gordon 2/8 (8 overs)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.

Australia  174/4d (53.4 overs)	v	Sussex 134/3 (63 overs)
Janette Tredrea 101* (–) E Stones 1/8 (2 overs)		Shirley Hodges 72* (–) Kerry Mortimer 1/3 (12 overs)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.

Young England  122 (77.5 overs)	v	Australia 123/3 (30.3 overs)
Jan Southgate 50 (–) Karen Price 4/31 (17 overs)		Janette Tredrea 56* (–) Catherine Mowat 2/16 (5.3 overs)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.

2-day matches

South of England	v	Australia
130 (91.2 overs) Eleanor Tarbox 26 (–) Sharon Tredrea 5/21 (19 overs)		140/2d (47 overs) Lorraine Hill 52 (–) June Green 1/4 (4 overs)
80 (56.1 overs) Shirley Hodges 26* (–) Sharon Tredrea 4/12 (14 overs)		74/4 (30.4 overs) Anne Gordon 26* (–) Jacqueline Court 2/13 (7 overs)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.

Australia	v	North of England
148 (69 overs) Margaret Jennings 34 (–) Julia Greenwood 5/21 (16 overs)		125 (70 overs) Enid Bakewell 98 (–) Raelee Thompson 4/25 (17 overs)
149/0d (41.1 overs) Lorraine Hill 100* (–)		125/2 (44 overs) Enid Bakewell 81 (–) Anne Gordon 1/13 (9 overs)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.

Australia	v	West of England
188/6d (76 overs) Lorraine Hill 73 (–) Wendy Williams 3/31 (13 overs)		143 (64.3 overs) Lynne Thomas 67 (–) Raelee Thompson 4/23 (12.3 overs)
142/1d (48 overs) Lorraine Hill 84* (–) Carol Evans 1/17 (10 overs)		88/9 (56 overs) Jill Cruwys 33 (–) Sharon Tredrea 4/10 (14 overs)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.

Australia	v	East of England
225/8d (81 overs) Wendy Blunsden 46* (–) Isobel Crocker 3/55 (20 overs)		144/9d (75 overs) Chris Watmough 94 (–) Karen Price 2/15 (9 overs)
110/3d (25.3 overs) Wendy Hills 43 (–) Christine Mason 2/24 (6.3 overs)		129/6 (58 overs) Julia Lloyd 41 (–) Wendy Blunsden 2/49 (15 overs)

• East of England Women won the toss and elected to field.

Test Series

1st Test

Australia	v	England
273/6d (94.1 overs) Janette Tredrea 67 (–) June Stephenson 2/40 (18 overs)		254/6d (127 overs) Rachael Heyhoe Flint 110 (–) Raelee Thompson 3/79 (36 overs)
125/6 (56 overs) Margaret Jennings 52 (–) Enid Bakewell 3/11 (11 overs)

• England Women won the toss and elected to field.
• Glynis Hullah, Jan Southgate and Julia Greenwood (Eng) all made their WTest debuts.

2nd Test

England	v	Australia
242/9d (109 overs) Enid Bakewell 75 (–) Raelee Thompson 3/42 (24 overs)		236/7d (104.4 overs) Margaret Jennings 104 (–) Glynis Hullah 2/32 (16 overs)
228/2d (77.5 overs) Lynne Thomas 90 (–)		169/6 (57 overs) Lorraine Hill 47 (–) June Stephenson 2/20 (11 overs)

• England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Megan Lear (Eng) and Betty McDonald (Aus) made their WTest debuts.

3rd Test

England	v	Australia
134 (102.2 overs) Lynne Thomas 73 (–) Karen Price 3/6 (14.2 overs)		379 (139.4 overs) Jan Lumsden 123 (–) June Stephenson 2/58 (39 overs)
326 (264 overs) Rachael Heyhoe Flint 179 (–) Marie Cornish 3/70 (54 overs)

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

WODI Series

1st ODI

Australia  214/5 (40 overs)	v	England 127/6 (40 overs)
Lorraine Hill 106 (–) Jacqueline Court 2/37 (8 overs)		Megan Lear 53* (–) Karen Price 3/12 (8 overs)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Jan Southgate (Eng), Marie Cornish, Jan Lumsden, Karen Price, Julie Stockton and Janette Tredrea (Aus) all made their WODI debuts.

2nd ODI

Australia  161 (59.4 overs)	v	England 162/2 (56.2 overs)
Sharon Tredrea 54 (–) Jan Southgate 2/28 (9 overs)		Chris Watmough 50* (–) Patsy May 1/24 (12 overs)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Wendy Hills (Aus) made her WODI debut.

3rd ODI

Australia  119/9 (40 overs)	v	England 120/1 (36.1 overs)
Anne Gordon 50* (–) Jacqueline Court 3/20 (8 overs)		Megan Lear 56* (–) Anne Gordon 1/28 (8 overs)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Kerry Mortimer (Aus) made her WODI debut.

References

1. "Australia Women tour of England 1976 Match Results". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
2. "Lord's finally opens the doors for women to play their first-ever cricket match at the hallowed venue". Cricket Country. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
3. "RECORDS / WOMEN'S ASHES, 1976 - ENGLAND WOMEN / BATTING AND BOWLING AVERAGES". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
4. "RECORDS / AUSTRALIA WOMEN TOUR OF ENGLAND, JUN-AUG 1976 / ALL MATCHES / BATTING AND BOWLING AVERAGES". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2021.

External links

• Australia Women tour of England 1976 from Cricinfo

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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

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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

• The Women's Ashes
• Women's cricket tours of England
• Australia women's national cricket team tours