Women's Ashes TV coverage 2023: How to watch England v Australia cricket live
Your definitive guide to watching the Women's Ashes 2023 on TV and live stream this summer.
The Women's Ashes will double the offering of live cricket on TV to savour this summer.
England and Australia will lock horns in the men's and women's game, with Heather Knight's side set to go head-to-head in a multi-format 25th edition of the Women's Ashes.
The series will consist of one Test match, three T20 encounters and three ODI clashes, with set numbers of points awarded for victory in each of the formats, leading to an ultimate victor.
Fans across the nation are currently engrossed with England's men and the Bazball revolution, but a crackling showdown between the women's teams would certainly capture attention.
Sky Sports are doubling up on their cricket offering this summer, while BBC boast the rights to show the first T20 match.
RadioTimes.com brings you a comprehensive round-up of how to watch the Women's Ashes on TV, including the first Test schedule.
How to watch Women's Ashes on TV
You can watch the Women's Ashes live on Sky Sports Cricket and Main Event.
You can upgrade to the Sky Sports Cricket channel from just £15 per month as part of a limited time deal or pick up the complete sports package from just £24 per month.
The first T20 match will also be shown live on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer on free-to-air TV.
Live stream Women's Ashes online
Sky Sports customers can live stream the Women's Ashes via the Sky Go app on a variety of devices including most smartphones and tablets as part of their subscription.
You can also watch the Women's Ashes via NOW without signing up to a contract.
NOW can be streamed through a computer or apps found on most smart TVs, phones and consoles. NOW is also available via BT Sport.
Watching cricket improves productivity at work
Sky Sports has proven that having the cricket on while working actually improves productivity.
The new research, undertaken by behavioural science experts with over 1,000 cricket fans across the UK, reveals that the disruption caused by switching from work to check the score, known as "context switching", means that it is actually more productive to have the match on while working.
More than half (52%) of respondents say they plan to follow The Ashes via live updates and every time a cricket fan context switches to another tab or app, reports suggest it can take nine and a half minutes for them to get back to a productive workflow, with further research suggesting that it can take up to 23 minutes to return to your original task.
On average, cricket fans check the score 10 times a day (3.5 minutes per time), with over 18% reporting to check multiple times an hour. This means that fans spend on average 30 minutes checking the score per day.
When combined with the impact of ‘context switching’, it means a whopping 90 minutes to two hours productive work time could be saved per fan per day by allowing them to watch live. This amounts to almost an entire session of a Test match each day, and up to 50 hours across the series!
Office attendance is also set to reduce by 13% during Ashes Tests, including a 30% reduction in those who go in every day. But according to the research, employers who let their teams watch the Ashes can expect to see no drop at all, with attendances set to stay at usual levels.
Women's Ashes schedule 2023
1st WTest: England v Australia
Date: Thursday 22nd – Monday 26th June
Venue: Trent Bridge
Time: 11am
1st WT20I: England v Australia
Also on BBC Two / BBC iPlayer
Date: Saturday 1st July
Venue: Edgbaston
Time: 6:35pm
2nd WT20I: England v Australia
Date: Wednesday 5th July
Venue: The Oval
Time: 6:35pm
3rd WT20I: England v Australia
Date: Saturday 8th July
Venue: Lord's
Time: 6:35pm
1st WODI: England v Australia
Date: Wednesday 12th July
Venue: Bristol County Ground
Time: 1pm
2nd WODI: England v Australia
Date: Sunday 16th July
Venue: Rose Bowl
Time: 11am
3rd WODI: England v Australia
Date: Tuesday 18th July
Venue: County Ground, Taunton
Time: 1pm
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Michael Potts is the Sport Editor for Radio Times, covering all of the biggest sporting events across the globe with previews, features, interviews and more. He has worked for Radio Times since 2019 and previously worked on the sport desk at Express.co.uk after starting his career writing features for What Culture. He achieved a first-class degree in Sports Journalism in 2014.
