Australian women's cricket team in England in 2005
| Australian women's cricket team in England in 2009 | |||
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| England | Australia | ||
| Captains | Clare Connor | Belinda Clark | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | England won the 2-match series 1–0 | ||
| Most runs | Arran Brindle (199) | Karen Rolton (185) | |
| Most wickets | Katherine Brunt (14) | Cathryn Fitzpatrick (8) | |
| Player of the series | Katherine Brunt | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | Australia won the 5-match series 3–2 | ||
| Most runs | Claire Taylor (325) | Lisa Keightley (316) | |
| Most wickets | Clare Connor (8) | Cathryn Fitzpatrick (10) | |
| Player of the series | Lisa Keightley | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | Australia won the 1-match series 1–0 | ||
| Most runs | Charlotte Edwards (42) | Karen Rolton (96) | |
| Most wickets | Katherine Brunt (3) | Karen Rolton (2) | |
| Player of the series | Karen Rolton | ||
The Australian women's cricket team toured England in August and September 2005. They played five One-day Internationals (ODIs), two Test matches and one Twenty20 International. They also played one One Day International against Ireland, which they won easily. They won two of the three ODIs, and were also looking to win the third, but a good last over from Katherine Brunt, yielding only four runs, gave England victory. Brunt was also the heroine of the second Test, where she took nine wickets in the match and made 52 in England's first Test win over the Australians since December 1984. It also gave England their first win in the Women's Ashes since 1963. England also won their next ODI thanks to a century from Claire Taylor, but Australia took the series 3–2 after winning the last ODI by just four runs. The last match of the series was a Twenty20 International, which was Australia's first, and they won it by seven wickets.
Three ODIs in Ireland were planned (29, 31 July and 1 August), but only one was actually played - the other two were rained off. However, in the match that was played on 31 July, Australia beat the Irish women's cricket team by 240 runs, Karen Rolton and Lisa Sthalekar both making centuries as Australia made 295 for 3, and Cecelia Joyce top-scored for Ireland with a paltry 18 - Shelley Nitschke taking four for 15 as Ireland collapsed to 55 all out in 26 overs.
England got an excellent start to the first women's Test at Hove, where two debutants were to take centre stage; but the match petered out into a draw.
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