English women's cricket team in Australia and New Zealand in 1991–92
# English women's cricket team in Australia and New Zealand in 1991–92

The England women's cricket team toured Australia and New Zealand in January and February 1992. England played three Test matches against New Zealand, one Test match against Australia, and against both sides in a ODI tri-series. The Test match against Australia was played for the Women's Ashes, which Australia won, therefore retaining the Ashes. Australia also won the tri-series, on virtue of winning the group stage after the Final against England ended in a no result, whilst England beat New Zealand in their test series 1–0.

## Tour of New Zealand

### Squads

| New Zealand | England |
| - | - |
| Karen Plummer (c) Jackie Clark Emily Drumm Shelley Fruin (wk) Karen Gunn Julie Harris Debbie Hockley Yvonne Kainuku Penny Kinsella Maia Lewis Kim McDonald Sarah McLauchlan Jennifer Turner Nancy Williams Tania Woodbury | Helen Plimmer (c) Jan Brittin Jane Cassar (wk) Jo Chamberlain Carole Hodges Suzie Kitson Debra Maybury Sue Metcalfe Lisa Nye (wk) Karen Smithies Debra Stock Janet Tedstone Wendy Watson |

### Tour matches

**60-over match: Northern Selection v England**

* 8 January 1992 Scorecard

| England 184/7 (60 overs) | v | Northern Selection 85 (46.3 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Sue Metcalfe 56* (86) Kathryn Ramel 2/62 (12 overs) | | Losi Harford 13 (20) Jo Chamberlain 3/15 (11.3 overs) |

* England Women won by 99 runs Melville Park, Auckland Umpires: Ness Khan (NZ) and Tim Parlane (NZ)
* Northern Selection Women won the toss and elected to field.

**60-over match: Northern Selection v England**

* 9 January 1992 Scorecard

| England 142/9 (60 overs) | v | Northern Selection 91 (46.1 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Suzie Kitson 31* (83) Emily Drumm 4/27 (12 overs) | | Michelle Morland 18 (67) Jo Chamberlain 5/26 (11.1 overs) |

* England Women won by 51 runs Devonport Domain, Auckland Umpires: Ness Khan (NZ) and Tim Parlane (NZ)
* Northern Selection Women won the toss and elected to field.

**3-day match: New Zealand President's XI v England**

* 27 – 29 January 1992 Scorecard
* England Women won by 150 runs Hagley Oval, Christchurch Umpires: Gary Beer (NZ) and Graeme Clark (NZ)
* England Women won the toss and elected to bat.

**3-day match: New Zealand Under-23s v England**

* 1 – 3 February 1992 Scorecard
* Match drawn McLean Park, Napier Umpires: Malcolm MacLean (NZ) and Trevor Taylor (NZ)
* England Women won the toss and elected to bat.

### Test Series

**1st Test**

* 11 – 14 January 1992 Scorecard
* Match drawn Cornwall Park, Auckland Umpires: Owen Paul (NZ) and Thomas McCall (NZ) Player of the match: Carole Hodges (Eng)
* England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Suzie Kitson, Debra Maybury, Lisa Nye, Helen Plimmer (Eng), Shelley Fruin, Yvonne Kainuku, Maia Lewis and Kim McDonald (NZ) all made their WTest debuts.

**2nd Test**

* 6 – 9 February 1992 Scorecard
* England Women won by 4 wickets Cooks Gardens, Wanganui Umpires: Ray Hutchison (NZ) and Danny Rice (NZ)
* New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Debra Stock (Eng), Sarah McLauchlan and Tania Woodbury (NZ) all made their WTest debuts.

**3rd Test**

* 12 – 15 February 1992 Scorecard
* Match drawn Pukekura Park, New Plymouth Umpires: Bob Pitcairn (NZ) and Graeme Webby (NZ)
* New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Emily Drumm (NZ) made her WTest debut.

## Tri-Series

### Squads

| New Zealand | Australia | England |
| - | - | - |
| Karen Plummer (c) Jackie Clark Emily Drumm Shelley Fruin (wk) Karen Gunn Julie Harris Debbie Hockley Yvonne Kainuku Maia Lewis Kim McDonald Sarah McLauchlan Jennifer Turner Nancy Williams | Lyn Larsen (c) Denise Annetts Joanne Broadbent Karen Brown Belinda Clark Kim Fazackerley Zoe Goss Sally Griffiths Belinda Haggett Lee-Anne Hunter Tunde Juhasz Christina Matthews Sally Moffat (wk) | Helen Plimmer (c) Jan Brittin Jane Cassar (wk) Jo Chamberlain Janet Godman Carole Hodges Suzie Kitson Debra Maybury Sue Metcalfe Lisa Nye (wk) Karen Smithies Debra Stock Janet Tedstone Wendy Watson |

### Group stage

* 17 January 1992 Scorecard

| New Zealand | v | England |
| - | - | - |

* Match Abandoned Basin Reserve, Wellington
* No toss.
* Match abandoned due to rain.
* Points: New Zealand Women 1, England Women 1
* 18 January 1992 Scorecard

| Australia 192/7 (60 overs) | v | England 150/9 (60 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Belinda Haggett 59 (117) Carole Hodges 2/28 (12 overs) | | Jan Brittin 69 (117) Joanne Broadbent 3/26 (12 overs) |

* Australia Women won by 42 runs Basin Reserve, Wellington Umpires: Doug Davies (NZ) and Evan Watkin (NZ)
* Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Debra Stock (Eng) made her WODI debut.
* Points: Australia Women 2, England Women 0
* 20 January 1992 Scorecard

| England 168/9 (60 overs) | v | New Zealand 126 (56.4 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Carole Hodges 49 (119) Karen Gunn 3/11 (12 overs) | | Maia Lewis 29* (73) Jo Chamberlain 3/20 (12 overs) |

* England Women won by 42 runs Basin Reserve, Wellington Umpires: Bill Sommer (NZ) and Danny Rice (NZ) Player of the match: Carole Hodges (Eng)
* Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: England Women 2, New Zealand Women 0
* 22 January 1992 Scorecard

| England 178/8 (60 overs) | v | Australia 179/4 (49 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Jan Brittin 40 (70) Lee-Anne Hunter 2/19 (12 overs) | | Belinda Clark 59 (90) Jo Chamberlain 1/20 (12 overs) |

* Australia Women won by 6 wickets Dudley Park, Rangiora Umpires: Graeme Clark (NZ) and Nook Ebert (NZ) Player of the match: Lee-Anne Hunter (Aus)
* England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Australia Women 2, England Women 0

### Final

* 25 January 1992 Scorecard

| Australia 282/4 (60 overs) | v | England |
| - | - | - |
| Denise Annetts 100* (104) Carole Hodges 2/43 (10 overs) | | |

* No Result AMI Stadium, Christchurch Umpires: Brian Aldridge (NZ) and Rodger McHarg (NZ)
* England Women won the toss and elected to field.
* No further play due to rain.
* Australia won the 1991/92 Shell Tri-Series by virtue of better group stage record.

## Tour of Australia

### Squads

| Australia | England |
| - | - |
| Lyn Larsen (c) Denise Annetts Karen Brown Belinda Clark Kim Fazackerley Zoe Goss Belinda Haggett Lee-Anne Hunter Christina Matthews (wk) Charmaine Mason Isabelle Tsakiris | Helen Plimmer (c) Jan Brittin Jane Cassar (wk) Jo Chamberlain Janet Godman Carole Hodges Suzie Kitson Debra Maybury Sue Metcalfe Lisa Nye (wk) Karen Smithies Debra Stock Janet Tedstone Wendy Watson |

### Test Match

* 19 – 23 February 1992 Scorecard
* Australia Women won by an innings and 85 runs North Sydney Oval, Sydney Umpires: Graham Reed (Aus) and Stevenie Harman (Aus)
* England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Jane Cassar, Janet Godman (Eng), Kim Fazackerley, Lee-Anne Hunter, Charmaine Mason and Isabelle Tsakiris (Aus) all made their WTest debuts.
