England women's cricket team in Australia and New Zealand in 1957–58
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| English women's cricket team in New Zealand in 1957–58 | |||
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| New Zealand | England | ||
| Dates | 5 November 1957 – 2 January 1958 | ||
| Captains | Rona McKenzie | Mary Duggan | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | 2-match series drawn 0–0 | ||
| Most runs | Eris Paton (120) | Mary Duggan (210) | |
| Most wickets | Jean Coulston (10) | Mary Duggan (14) | |
The English women's cricket team toured New Zealand and Australia between November 1957 and March 1958. Against New Zealand they played two Test matches, which were both drawn.[1]
Against Australia, they contested The Women's Ashes for the fifth time. The four match Test series was drawn 0–0, which resulted in Australia retaining the Ashes.[2][3]
Tour of New Zealand
[edit]Tour matches
[edit]2-day match: North Island vs England
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2-day match: Canterbury vs England
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- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
2-day match: Otago vs England
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- Otago Women won the toss and elected to bat.
1-day match: Southland vs England
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0/0 (2 overs)
Noelene Pay 0* |
- Southland Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- England Women won by 10 wickets on first innings.
2-day match: South Island vs England
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- England Women won the toss and elected to field.
1-day match: Nelson vs England
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71 (56.5 overs) | |
Edna Barker 74
Dorothy Bennett 3/18 (6 overs) |
Sally Davies 18
Polly Marshall 3/6 (17 overs) |
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
2-day match: Wellington vs England
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- Wellington Women won the toss and elected to bat.
1-day match: Wanganui and Wellington vs England
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Wanganui and Wellington
101 (41.1 overs) | |
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
2-day match: Auckland vs England
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- Auckland Women won the toss and elected to bat.
1-day match: Matamata vs England
[edit]Matamata
81 (51.4 overs) |
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Joan Wilkinson 76
Anne Skinner 4/46 (29 overs) |
- Matamata Women won the toss and elected to bat.
2-day match: New Zealand England Touring Team vs England
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- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
Test series
[edit]1st Test
[edit]29, 30 November, 2 December 1957
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- New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Edna Barker, Audrey Disbury, Dorothy Macfarlane, Ruth Westbrook (Eng) and Evon Dickson (NZ) all made their women's Test debuts.
2nd Test
[edit]27, 28, 29 December 1957
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- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Shirley Driscoll, Joan Hawes, Helen Sharpe (Eng) and Carolyn Sinton (NZ) all made their women's Test debuts.
Tour of Australia
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| Australia | England | ||
| Dates | 11 January – 24 March 1958 | ||
| Captains | Una Paisley |
Mary Duggan Cecilia Robinson (4th Test) | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | 4-match series drawn 0–0 | ||
| Most runs | Betty Wilson (282) | Cecilia Robinson (256) | |
| Most wickets | Betty Wilson (21) | Mary Duggan (9) | |
Tour matches
[edit]1-day match: Bathurst vs England
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- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
2-day match: Queensland vs England
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- Queensland Women won the toss and elected to bat.
1-day match: Queensland vs England
[edit]1-day match: Brisbane vs England
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66 (58.3 overs) | |
D Adams 30
Audrey Disbury 3/16 (10.3 overs) |
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
2-day match: Australian XI vs England
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1-day match: Metropolitan XI vs England
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- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
2-day match: New South Wales vs England
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- England Women won the toss and elected to field.
1-day match: New South Wales XI vs England
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- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
2-day match: Victoria vs England
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- The result of the toss is unknown.
- There was no play on Day 2 due to rain.
2-day match: South Australia vs England
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- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
1-day match: South Australia vs England
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1-day match: Western Australia vs England
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Cecilia Robinson 45
Betty Newman 3/46 (18 overs) |
P Mace 15
Joan Wilkinson 5/1 (7 overs) |
- Western Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.
Test series
[edit]1st Test
[edit]2nd Test
[edit]21, 22, 24 February 1958
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- England Women won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on Day 1 due to rain.
- Faith Coulthard, Joyce Dalton and Nell Massey (Aus) all made their women's Test debut.
- Betty Wilson (Aus) became the first bowler to take a hat-trick in women's Test cricket.[4]
- Wilson became the first Test player (man or woman) to score a century and take ten wickets in a match.
- Both Australia and England scored their lowest first innings total.
3rd Test
[edit]8, 10, 11 March 1958
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- Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Marjorie Marvell (Aus) and Josephine Batson (Eng) both made their women's Test debut.
4th Test
[edit]21, 22, 24 March 1958
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1/59 (21 overs)
Nell Massey 40* |
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Marie McDonough (Aus) made her women's Test debut.
- Cecilia Robinson (Eng) was the first batter to carry the bat in women's Test cricket.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "England Women in Australia 1957–58". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
- ^ "Women's Ashes 1957–58". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
- ^ "Overall series results of the Women's Ashes". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
- ^ "Bowlers who have a hat-trick in women's Test cricket". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
- ^ "Batsmen who have carried the bat in women's Test cricket". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
External links
[edit]- England Women tour of New Zealand 1957/58 from Cricinfo
- England Women tour of Australia 1957/58 from Cricinfo
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