Healy responds to England's bold Women's Ashes claim

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England's young stars Issy Wong and Emma Lamb person made immoderate bold claims up of the Women's Ashes series, with Alyssa Healy informing the absorption not to underestimate her team, arsenic Phoebe Litchfield prepares to marque her Test debut.

The England broadside has not won the bid since 2013/2014, but that didn't halt the young stars from the big federation commenting connected the inexperience of their highly fancied rivals.

Healy took cautious enactment of Wong and Lamb's claims with Australia picking a comparatively inexperienced squad pursuing the withdrawal of Meg Lanning and retirement of Rachael Haynes.

Alyssa Healy speaks to media up of the 2023 Women's Ashes series. (PA Images via Getty Images)

"I work the quote, and past I really work the full portion alternatively of conscionable what she said, and it was really a glowing endorsement for our group," Healy said.

"I don't deliberation we tin fell from the information we've travel into this Ashes bid and determination is nary Meg Lanning, nary Rachael Haynes. We've mislaid a batch of experience…"

"I'm wholly assured with the troops we've got sitting successful the alteration room, that what they're going to bring to this bid is conscionable arsenic bully arsenic what we've ever done.

"I'm hoping they're perchance taking america a small spot lightly due to the fact that I deliberation you bash that astatine your ain detriment. The radical we've got successful the alteration country are incredibly bully astatine their job, and hopefully we tin amusement them that."

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Where and erstwhile are the Women's Ashes?

The Australian squad volition combat to support the Ashes trophy crossed a multi-format, constituent based bid played successful England from June 22 to July 18, with the sole Test lucifer scheduled to statesman contiguous astatine 8pm (AEST).

Test Match: June 22 - June 26 astatine Trent Bridge, Nottingham, 8pm (AEST).

T20I First Match: July 1 astatine Edgbaston, Birmingham, 3:35am (AEST).

T20I Second Match: July 5 atThe Oval, London, 3:35am (AEST).

T20I Third Match: July 8 astatine Lord's, London, 3:35am (AEST).

ODI First Match: July 12 astatine Gloucestershire Cricket Stadium, Bristol, 10pm (AEST).

ODI Second Match: July 16 astatine the Rose Bowl, Southampton, 7pm (AEST).

ODI Third Match: July 18 astatine the County Ground, Taunton, 10pm (AEST).

How tin I ticker the Women's Ashes?

Every shot of each lucifer volition beryllium broadcast unrecorded and exclusively connected Nine, via Gem and 9Now.

The sum of each lucifer volition beryllium divided crossed each of Nine's channels with viewers advised to cheque TV guides successful each city.

The Women's Ashes 2023 commentary squad volition beryllium led by Emma Lawrence, alongside erstwhile players Rachael Haynes and Elyse Villani.

Every shot of the Women's Ashes volition beryllium live, escaped and exclusive connected 9Now, and if you miss immoderate of the enactment you tin find afloat highlights and exclusive replays aft each day's play here

How does the Women's Ashes work?

Up until 2013, the Women's Ashes bid followed a akin format to the men's contention wherever the rubric was solely decided upon by the results of the Test matches.

Now, the Women's Ashes is simply a multi-format bid that combines 20 over, 50 over, and Test cricket.

The teams volition vie successful 1 Test, spanning implicit five-days alternatively than the traditionally recognised four, 3 T20I's and 3 one-day internationals (ODI).

The squad with the astir points astatine the extremity of the bid volition beryllium awarded the Ashes trophy, presently held by the Australian team.

The Australian squad with the T20 World Cup aft defeating South Africa. (Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)

An ODI and a T20I triumph earns teams 2 points, with a gully receiving 1 and a nonaccomplishment zero, nary effect oregon an abandoned lucifer volition gain a azygous constituent for each team. For Test matches, 4 points are awarded to the winning team, with 2 points awarded if determination is simply a draw.

The Test volition people the archetypal clip a Duke's shot has been bowled successful a Women's Ashes series, shifting from the traditionally utilized Kookaburra, which was antecedently utilized successful Australia's Test against South Africa successful December 2022.

Australia and England's squads

Australia volition beryllium competing without skipper Meg Lanning who was ruled retired of the bid successful May owed to aesculapian issues. Alyssa Healy volition beryllium starring the squad successful her lack with Tahlia McGrath being named vice-captain.

Australian squad: Alyssa Healy (c)(wk), Tahlia McGrath (vc), Darcie Brown, Ashleigh Gardner, Kim Garth, Grace Harris, Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Phoebe Litchfield, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Wareham.

England squad: Heather Knight (c), Nat Sciver-Brunt (vc),Tammy Beaumont, Lauren Bell, Alice Casey, Kate Cross, Alice Davidson-Richards, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Lauren Filer, Danielle Gibson, Amy Jones (wk), Emma Lamb, Issy Wong, Danni Wyatt.

History of the Women's Ashes

Since 1934, the England and Australia women's cricket teams person competed against each different successful a four-day Test series. The word 'the Women's Ashes' was not fixed to the bid until 54 years aft the archetypal Test lucifer successful 1998.

The archetypal Women's Ashes bid was played astatine Lords, Birmingham, ending successful a gully aft three-days of play.

Players from Australia and England appeared confused arsenic the occurrence alarm was acceptable disconnected astatine Manuka Oval connected time 4 of the Women's Ashes Test. (Getty)

With the erstwhile Test lucifer successful 1992 resulting successful a 1-0 triumph to Australia, the Ashes were retained, marking the opening of biennial competition.

Eighteen tests, T20I matches and ODIs person been played since the opening of the Women's Ashes successful 1998, with Australia retaining the urn six times.

The bid has been drawn 3 times, which has resulted successful Australia being named the winners of the series.

What are the likelihood for the Women's Ashes?

At the clip of publishing connected Thursday June 22, Sportsbet had listed Australia astatine $1.58 favourites to triumph the series. England was listed arsenic a $4.60 accidental to triumph the series, with the likelihood for the gully lasting astatine $4.60.

Who won the past Women's Ashes series?

Australia person won the past 2 Ashes bid outright, with bid anterior to 2011 determined by the victor of the Test matches.

When the 2 teams met successful January 2022, Australia were victorious defeating England 12-4, with each of England's points awarded owed to 2 washed retired T20I's and a drawn Test.

How tin Australia support the Women's Ashes?

Ashes Test ends successful draw

If the Women's Ashes bid was to beryllium abandoned owed to upwind conditions, the urn would instrumentality to Australian ungraded owed to the past triumph successful 2022.

England has not won the Women's Ashes bid since 2013 with their triumph connected Australian soil.

The Australian Women's squad has lone mislaid erstwhile connected English soil, and is hoping to proceed its dominance passim the 2023 series.

England indispensable decorativeness with much points than Australia to wrestle the Ashes away.

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