The England women's cricket team represents England in international women's cricket. They first competed in international cricket in 1934–35, when they played against Australia, contesting three Test matches. Their next officially recognised series was against New Zealand in 1971–72. They received their first Test defeat when they lost to Australia in 1937, and their first Test series lost was in 1949, when the team lost the women's Ashes to Australia with one loss and two draws. The team played its first One Day International (ODI) match against the International XI in the 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup; England won the match by 135 runs. The team won the 1973, 1993, 2009 and 2017 editions of the women's Cricket World Cup. England have played 91 Test matches, 398 ODI matches and 208 Twenty20 Internationals since their first such contest in 2004.
England have only played five different sides in Test cricket, with their most frequent opponent being Australia, against whom England have contested 52 Tests. The only sides that have beaten England in Test cricket are Australia and India. England have similarly faced Australia more times than any other team in ODI cricket, playing 83 matches; and Australia have recorded the most victories against England, beating them 55 times. England have beaten New Zealand more times than any other country, triumphing on 46 occasions against them. In Twenty20 Internationals, England have played more matches against Australia and New Zealand than any other countries, facing them 42 and 40 times respectively. They have recorded the most victories against New Zealand, beating them in 32 matches.
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Symbol Meaning M Number of matches played W Number of matches won L Number of matches lost T Number of matches tied D Number of matches ended in a draw NR Number of matches ended with no result Tie+W Number of matches tied and then won in a tiebreaker such as a bowl-out or Super Over Tie+L Number of matches tied and then lost in a tiebreaker such as a bowl-out or Super Over Win% Percentage of games won to those playedGames that did not have a result are not included in calculating the result percentage, and ties are counted as half a win. Loss% Percentage of games lost to those played Draw% Percentage of games drawn to those played First Year of the first match played by England against the country Last Year of the last match played by England against the country
Test cricket +England women Test cricket record by opponentOpponentMWLTDWin%Loss%Draw%FirstLast 53 9 14 0 30 16.98 26.41 56.60 1934 2025 15 1 3 0 11 6.66 20.00 73.33 1986 2023 23 6 0 0 17 26.08 0.00 73.91 1935 2004 8 3 0 0 5 37.50 0.00 62.50 1960 2024 3 2 0 0 1 66.66 0.00 33.33 1979 1979Overall Total 102 21 17 0 64 20.58 16.66 62.74 1934 2025
One Day International +England women One Day International record by opponentOpponentMWLTNRWin%FirstLast 90 24 62 1 3 27.58 1973 2025 2 2 0 0 0 100.00 2022 2025 8 8 0 0 0 100.00 1989 1999 80 42 36 0 2 53.84 1998 2025 4 4 0 0 0 100.00 1973 1982 20 18 2 0 0 90.00 1988 2024 1 1 0 0 0 100.00 1973 1973 10 10 0 0 0 100.00 1988 2001 86 47 37 1 1 55.29 1973 2025 16 13 0 0 3 86.66 1997 2025 1 1 0 0 0 100.00 2001 2001 48 36 11 0 1 76.59 1997 2025 21 18 1 0 2 94.73 1997 2025 1 1 0 0 0 100.00 1973 1973 29 21 6 0 2 77.77 1979 2025 Young England 1 1 0 0 0 100.00 1973 1973Overall Total 418 247 155 2 14 61.13 1973 2025
Twenty20 International +England women Twenty20 International record by opponentOpponentMWLTTie+WTie+LNRWin%FirstLast 45 20 22 0 1 1 1 45.45 2005 2025 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 2014 2024 35 24 11 0 0 0 0 68.57 2006 2025 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 75.00 2012 2024 40 32 8 0 0 0 0 80.00 2004 2024 18 17 1 0 0 0 0 94.44 2009 2024 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 2024 2024 28 23 4 0 0 0 1 82.14 2007 2024 12 10 2 0 0 0 0 83.33 2009 2023 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 2020 2020 32 22 9 0 0 1 0 68.75 2009 2025Overall Total 220 157 58 0 1 2 2 72.01 2004 2025
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