title: English women's cricket team in Australia in 2002–03
text: # English women's cricket team in Australia in 2002–03
  
  The English women's cricket team toured Australia in February 2003, where Australia were defending the Women's Ashes. The two sides had just played in a ODI quadrangular tournament in New Zealand, the 2002–03 World Series of Women's Cricket, which was won by Australia. Australia won the first test by five wickets, whilst the second test was drawn after being heavily affected by rain. Australia therefore retained the Ashes.
  
  ## Squads
  
  | Australia | England |
  | - | - |
  | Belinda Clark (c) Alex Blackwell Kris Britt Cathryn Fitzpatrick Michelle Goszko Julie Hayes Mel Jones Terry McGregor Julia Price (wk) Karen Rolton Lisa Sthalekar Emma Twining | Clare Connor (c) Sarah Collyer Charlotte Edwards Lydia Greenway Laura Harper Dawn Holden Kathryn Leng Laura Newton Lucy Pearson Nicky Shaw Laura Spragg Clare Taylor Claire Taylor (wk) Arran Thompson |
  
  ## Tour matches
  
  ### 2-day match: Australia Under-23s v England
  
  * 12–13 February 2003 Scorecard
  * Match drawn Allan Border Field, Brisbane Umpires: Greg Cubit (Aus) and Tim Laycock (Aus)
  * England Women won the toss and elected to field.
  
  ## Test series
  
  ### 1st Test
  
  * 15 – 17 February 2003 Scorecard
  * Australia Women won by 5 wickets The Gabba, Brisbane Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Norm McNamara (Aus) Player of the match: Cathryn Fitzpatrick (Aus)
  * Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.
  * Alex Blackwell, Emma Liddell, Lisa Sthalekar (Aus) and Lydia Greenway (Eng) all made their WTest debuts.
  
  ### 2nd Test
  
  * 22 – 25 February 2003 Scorecard
  * Match drawn Bankstown Oval, Sydney Umpires: Nick Fowler (Aus) and Shane Reed (Aus) Player of the match: Lucy Pearson (Aus)
  * England Women won the toss and elected to field.
  * Kris Britt (Aus) made their WTest debut.
  