English cricket team in Australia in 1990–91

The England cricket team toured Australia in the 1990–91 season to play a five-match Test series against Australia for the 1990–91 Ashes series. Whilst on tour, the English team played ten other first-class matches and participated in the three-way World Series Cup against Australia and New Zealand.

The England team was captained by Graham Gooch.

Test series summary

Australia won the Test series 3-0 with two matches drawn and therefore retained The Ashes they had won in 1989:

1st Test at Brisbane Cricket Ground – Australia won by 10 wickets
2nd Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground – Australia won by 8 wickets
3rd Test at Sydney Cricket Ground – match drawn
4th Test at Adelaide Oval – match drawn
5th Test at Western Australia Cricket Association Ground – Australia won by 9 wickets

Other first-class matches

October

25 - WACA President's XI - Perth, Western Australia - England won by 6 wickets
30 - Western Australia Combined XI - Perth, Australia - WAC XI won by 3 wickets

November

2-5 - Western Australia - Perth, Western Australia - match drawn
9-12 - South Australia - Adelaide, South Australia - South Australia won by 6 wickets
14 - Tasmania - Hobart, Tasmania - England won by 8 wickets
16-19 - An Australian XI - Hobart, Australia - match drawn

December

4 - Prime Minister's XI - Canberra, Australian Capital Territory - PM's XI won by 31 runs
20-23 - Victoria - Ballarat, Victoria - match drawn

January

13-16 - New South Wales - Albury, New South Wales - NSW won by 6 wickets
19-22 - Queensland - Carrarra, Queensland - England won by 10 wickets

World Series Cup

England also played in the World Series Cup triangular tournament with Australia and New Zealand. England finished third in the table not qualifying for the finals.