Australia will host England for the final match of the women's Ashes series beginning on the January 30 – a one-off day-night Test match at the MCG, the first women’s Test at the ground for more than 75 years.
With series scoreline currently sitting at 10-0, Australia are looking to embarrass England with a clean-sweep series victory. Providing that they win the final T20I tomorrow (January 25), Australia will head to the MCG hungry for a historic series win.
The side last played a Test match in February of last year, crushing South Africa by an innings and 284 runs, with Annabel Sutherland scoring a magnificent double century. England’s last Test match also came against South Africa, where they too were victorious, by 286 runs, with centuries from both Nat Sciver-Brunt, and Maia Bouchier.
The match will take place at the historic MCG, beginning at 3.30 am GMT, as the players gear up for the historic match.
Women's Ashes Test 2025: Australia team news
Cricket Australia announced their 13-player squad for the Test next Thursday during the second T20I.
Captain Alyssa Healy has been included in the squad and hopes to be fit after a foot injury ruled her out of the T20 series. Either way, Beth Mooney will take the gloves having been tidy during the T20I series keeping wicket in the skipper's absence . Recently injured Ash Gardner has also been named in the squad, despite doubts around her involvement in the third T20I.
The star-studded squad blends experience and youth, with the uncapped Georgia Voll expected to make the side if Healy is unable to play. 21-year-old Darcie Brown is one to watch, with the young pacer having taken match figures of 7/68 against Australia last year.
Experienced campaigners, Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Sutherland, and Tahlia McGrath will make up a strong side, with young-gun Phoebe Litchfield no doubt eager to turn around her slow start to Test cricket.
Women's Ashes Test 2025: Australia Full Squad List
Alyssa Healy (c), Darcie Brown, Ash Gardner, Kim Garth, Alana King, Phoebe Litchfield, Tahlia McGrath, Beth Mooney (wk), Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Voll, Georgia Wareham.
