Summary

  1. Australia win toss and bowlpublished at 23:06 Greenwich Mean Time 11 January

    Alyssa Healy gave the coin a toss a few moments ago, and England skipper Heather Knight called "heads". It came down a tail.

    Australia have won the toss and bowl first.

  2. A multi-format Women's Ashespublished at 23:04 Greenwich Mean Time 11 January

    In case you are not completely clear the women's Ashes is played a little differently compared to the men's contest.

    The men's Ashes series usually consists of a best out of five Test matches.

    The women's edition of the contest is played across three formats: a one-off Test match, three T20s and three one-day internationals.

    There are points awarded in each game, with the winning team having the highest points.

    There have been 25 Women's Ashes in total, with Australia winning 10 and England six. The other nine ended in draws.

  3. Welcome...published at 23:01 Greenwich Mean Time 11 January

    Ashleigh Gardner and Phoebe Litchfield of Australia and Tammy Beaumont and Lauren Bell of England pose during with Women's Ashes trophy behind a routemaster bus at the at the Sydney Cricket GroundImage source, Getty Images

    Hello there, nice to have your company at this hour.

    Australia v England. The old enemies going at it hammer and tongs again.

    Are you ready? Then let's do this!

    Welcome to our coverage of the first one-day international in the 2025 Women's Ashes from the North Sydney Oval.