The 2023 Women's Ashes has broken the record for ticket sales for England women's fixtures.

Just 100 days out from the start of what promises to be a "blockbuster" Ashes series, BBC Sports revealed 55,000 tickets have already been sold, more than all of England's games in 2022.

The England Women's team will take on Australia at Lord’s, the Kia Oval (London), Edgbaston (Birmingham), The Ageas Bowl (Southhampton), Trent Bridge (Nottingham), the Seat Unique Stadium (Bristol), and Cooper Associates County Ground (Taunton). 

The women’s contest will start one week after the men’s begins with a five-day Test match at Trent Bridge.

The multi-format series will consist of one test match (worth four points), three ODIs and three Vitality IT20s (each worth two points).

The test match will be England Women’s first over five days on home soil. 

England captain Heather Knight’s team and Ben Stokes’ men’s side will each be attempting to regain the Ashes on home soil. 

Wandsworth Times: Both Australia's men and women currently hold the Ashes.Both Australia's men and women currently hold the Ashes. (Image: PA)

Both sides suffered heavy losses on Australian soil in the previous 2021/22 series - both losing 4-0. 

"Everyone's super excited" about Ashes summer

Knight said she was looking forward to the challenge and was "excited" to for the Ashes on home soil.

Speaking to the PA news agency ahead of National Women's Day, Knight said: “(I’m) super excited, obviously. 

“Kicking it (the women’s Ashes) off with a Test match at Trent Bridge is super cool.

Wandsworth Times: Heather Knight said the is real momentum in women's sport at present.Heather Knight said the is real momentum in women's sport at present. (Image: PA)

“I think everyone’s super excited for the men’s Ashes, the way Ben and his team are playing, the excitement around. This is certainly going to be a blockbuster series.

“Hopefully we can play some really entertaining cricket as well and both have lots of success.

“I think what we’ve started to do as a team, we’ve started to build something, a real sort of identity of how we want to play things and how we want to move things forward, (to) keep pushing the boundaries of the game.

“That’s a real focus for us – to entertain and play exciting cricket – so I certainly think it’s going to be a blockbuster series.”

The women's side will have their work cut out for them, coming up against an Aussie outfit that is being labelled one of the best teams in women's sports.

Wandsworth Times: There's only 100 days until the start of the Ashes.There's only 100 days until the start of the Ashes. (Image: PA)

Australia's Women's side won the T20 World Cup in South Africa last month, their six in that format. 

They have now won the last four major women's tournaments dating back to 2020, including the Gold Medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

How to buy Women's Ashes 2023 test match tickets

Tickets for England women's side Ashes test match against Australia are still available. 

Tickets can be purchased on the Trent Bridge website.

Price for tickets range from £2 to £15.

Currently a "real momentum" in women's sport

This year will be one of the biggest, in terms of women's major sporting events, in recent years. 

As well as the Ashes and T20 World Cup, the inaugural Women’s Premier League is currently being played in India.

There is also golf’s Solheim Cup, taking place in Spain in September, and the football World Cup, with European champions England looking to triumph on the global stage in Australia and New Zealand this summer.

Knight said she believes there is a “real momentum” behind women’s sports.

Knight, who plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore Women in the WPL, said: “I think there’s a real momentum behind women’s sport at the moment.

“I also think the Lionesses winning the Euros last summer just catapulted women’s sport into the limelight again.

“It feels like the investment that there’s been over the last few years started to really capture the public’s imagination and them wanting to watch really high quality sport is pretty awesome. It’s a good time to be involved.”