England cancel Windies Test in favour of home Ashes warm-ups

England have cancelled their scheduled Test in the West Indies in April and will instead prepare for the Women's Ashes with a number of red-ball matches in the UK.

Nat Sciver-Brunt's side have played just one Test - a heavy defeat by India at Lord's - since their last four-day meeting with Australia in January 2025, which they lost by an innings in Melbourne.

Next summer's Test against Australia, which is worth four points in the multi-format series, will be held at Headingley from 24-27 June.

England will prepare for that with four red-ball matches. One of the games will be a three-day fixture against Australia A before three intra-squad 'best v best' matches.