SYDNEY: The Australian women’s cricket team will face their English counterparts over all three formats of the game in August with the winners of the Ashes being decided on a points system, officials said yesterday
Women from the two countries first competed against each other in a series to mirror that of their male compatriots in 1934 and the contest became a biennial Test series in 2001.
The next version taking place in England later this year, however, will comprise one Test match, three one-day internationals and three Twenty20 encounters.
Winning the Test match will be worth six points with a win in each of the limited overs matches worth two points. The winner of most points claims the series and the Ashes trophy.
“The women’s game has seen huge growth in interest and profile as a result of the limited overs formats in recent years,” Clare Connor, head of England women’s cricket, said in a news release, yesterday. REUTERS
