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 wickets2nd Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground – Australia won by 8 wickets3rd Test at Sydney Cricket Ground – match drawn4th Test at Adelaide Oval – match drawn5th Test at Western Australia Cricket Association Ground – Australia won by 9 wicketsOctober
25 - WACA President's XI - Perth, Western Australia - England won by 6 wickets30 - Western Australia Combined XI - Perth, Australia - WAC XI won by 3 wicketsNovember
2-5 - Western Australia - Perth, Western Australia - match drawn9-12 - South Australia - Adelaide, South Australia - South Australia won by 6 wickets14 - Tasmania - Hobart, Tasmania - England won by 8 wickets16-19 - An Australian XI - Hobart, Australia - match drawnDecember
4 - Prime Minister's XI - Canberra, Australian Capital Territory - PM's XI won by 31 runs20-23 - Victoria - Ballarat, Victoria - match drawnJanuary
13-16 - New South Wales - Albury, New South Wales - NSW won by 6 wickets19-22 - Queensland - Carrarra, Queensland - England won by 10 wicketsEngland 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 runs7 v New Zealand, WACA, Perth - England by 4 wickets9 v Australia, WACA, Perth - Australia by 6 wickets13 v New Zealand, Sydney Cricket Ground - England by 33 runs15 v New Zealand, Gabba, Brisbane - New Zealand by 8 wickets16 v Australia, Gabba, Brisbane - Australia by 37 runsJanuary
1 v Australia, Sydney Cricket Ground - Australia by 68 runs10 v Australia, Melbourne Cricket Ground - Australia by 3 runsEngland failed to qualify for the finals.Playfair Cricket Annual 1991Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1991