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England Women to host Australia and West Indies in 2019

England Women will host West Indies and Australia next summer.

ICC Women’s World T20 finalists England will host West Indies and Australia next summer, with six Royal London ODIs, six Vitality IT20s and one Kia Test.

The Test match will form part of the Women’s Ashes which will once again be a multi-format points system.

England will be back in whites for the Women’s Ashes Test at Taunton

The West Indies ODIs will count towards the ICC Women’s Championship, with qualification for the ICC Women’s World Cup 2021 at stake.

Heather Knight’s team will visit ten grounds across the country, starting at Leicester and finishing at Bristol with the historic Women’s Ashes Test match taking place at Taunton.

The Kia Super League will follow the Women's Ashes, with Finals Day once again taking place at Hove.

Surrey won the 2018 Kia Super League in Hove

Clare Connor, Director of England Women’s Cricket, said: “We are thrilled to host two world class women’s teams on our shores in the summer of 2019.

“As we have just seen in front of record crowds at the ICC Women's World T20 in West Indies, both West Indies and Australia will be sure to provide a great challenge for us as well as skilful, entertaining cricket for the growing fan-base for the women’s game.

“Every Ashes summer is a privilege for us all to be part of and we’re looking forward to collaborating with all our venues to ensure we deliver high quality match-day experiences throughout the summer of 2019.”

West Indies

Thursday 6 June: *First Royal London ODI v West Indies. Fischer County Ground, Leicester
Sunday 9 June: *Second Royal London ODI v West Indies. Blackfinch New Road, Worcester
Thursday 13 June: *Third Royal London ODI v West Indies. The Cloudfm County Ground, Chelmsford
Tuesday 18 June: First Vitality IT20 v West Indies. County Ground, Northampton
Friday 21 June: Second Vitality IT20 v West Indies. County Ground, Northampton
Tuesday 25 June: Third Vitality IT20 v West Indies. County Ground, Derby

* denotes that ODI counts towards ICC Women’s Championship

Australia

Tuesday 2 July: First Women’s Ashes Royal London ODI. Fischer County Ground, Leicester
Thursday 4 July: Second Women’s Ashes Royal London ODI. Fischer County Ground, Leicester
Sunday 7 July: Third Women’s Ashes Royal London ODI. The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence, Canterbury
Thursday 18 July: Women’s Ashes Kia Test. Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton
Friday 26 July: First Women’s Ashes Vitality IT20. The Cloudfm County Ground, Chelmsford
Sunday 28 July: Second Women’s Ashes Vitality IT20. The 1st Central County Ground, Hove
Wednesday 31 July: Third Women’s Ashes Vitality IT20. The Brightside Ground, Bristol

Kia Super League 

Sunday 1 September: Kia Super League Finals Day, The 1st Central County Ground, Hove