Australia Women tour of England, 2009 /

England v Australia, women's Test, Worcester, 4th day

England retain Ashes after draw

Jul 13, 2009: England women retained their Ashes by drawing the one-off Test against Australia in Worcester

England v Australia, women's Test, Worcester, 3rd day

Time running out for Australia

Jul 12, 2009: England's Beth Morgan did a Paul Collingwood, scratching and grinding out a vital half-century while Laura Marsh - admittedly a slightly better batsman than Monty Panesar - offered 38 as England's women continued to defy Australia at Worcester

England v Australia, women's Test, Worcester, 2nd day

Gunn and Morgan defy Australia

Jul 11, 2009: Australia's remarkable turnaround in this match was briefly halted by Beth Morgan and Jenny Gunn, as England's sixth-wicket pairing at last dug deep for the home side, putting on a stabilising stand of 57 on the second day of the Test at Worcester

England v Australia, women's Test, Worcester, 1st day

Fields and Haynes rescue Australia

Jul 10, 2009: Australia started poorly, slipping to 28 for 5, before they were rescued by Jodie Fields and Rachael Haynes in Worcester

England v Australia, 5th women's ODI, Lord's

Rain dashes England's hopes of whitewash

Jul 7, 2009: Persistent rain in London scuppered England's chances of whitewashing Australia 5-0 in the one-day series after their bowlers had restricted the visitors to 100 for 7 in a shortened game at Lord's

England v Australia, 4th women's ODI, Wormsley

England prevail in last-ball finish

Jul 5, 2009: England held their nerve for the second time in three days to win another last-ball thriller at Wormsley and took a 4-0 lead against Australia

England v Australia, 3rd women's ODI, Stratford

Last-ball win secures England series

Jul 3, 2009: In a breathless finish, Laura Marsh was dropped off the final ball as she hit the two runs needed to secure England their first one-day series win against Australia since 1976 with a two-wicket win at Stratford

England Women v Australia Women, 2nd ODI, Chelmsford

Taylor's all-round class powers England win

Jun 30, 2009: Sarah Taylor's sublime 120 led England to another convincing win over Australia

England Women v Australia Women, 1st ODI, Chelmsford

Brunt and Taylor lead clinical England win

Jun 29, 2009: Women's cricket has struggled for publicity and attention for years, but if England's world champions continue to produce performances like today's, beating Australia by nine wickets, they will have to get used to the limelight and subsequent accolades

England Women v Australia Women, Twenty20, Derby

Nitschke and Rolton star in Australia win

Jun 25, 2009: England's double World Cup-winners came crashing back down to earth with a bump as Australia romped to victory

Australia Women tour of England 2009

Victorious England stick with the tried and tested

Jun 22, 2009: The England women's selectors have stuck with the tried, tested and successful to name an unchanged squad for Australia's forthcoming tour

Derbyshire news

Women and men to share centre stage

Feb 17, 2009: Derby will host its first ever Twenty20 double-header on June 25