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.
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
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
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.
December
1 v New Zealand, Adelaide Oval - New Zealand by 7 runs
7 v New Zealand, WACA, Perth - England by 4 wickets
9 v Australia, WACA, Perth - Australia by 6 wickets
13 v New Zealand, Sydney Cricket Ground - England by 33 runs
15 v New Zealand, Gabba, Brisbane - New Zealand by 8 wickets
16 v Australia, Gabba, Brisbane - Australia by 37 runs
January
1 v Australia, Sydney Cricket Ground - Australia by 68 runs
10 v Australia, Melbourne Cricket Ground - Australia by 3 runs
England failed to qualify for the finals.
Playfair Cricket Annual 1991
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1991
