The Jackaroos started their tour with a three-Test series against Ireland, at England's Leamington Spa, the venue for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

In the first Test, despite Murphy losing 21-16 to Catherine Beattie in the women's singles, Australia triumphed 14-6.

The following day, on Wednesday, July 10, Murphy managed to remain undefeated in her three matches.

First up was her triples clash, alongside Sam Shannahan and Natsha Scott, against Ireland's Ashleigh Rainey, Megan Devlin and Paula Montgomery, which the Jackaroos won 19-14.

Then in session two, that Australian trio was joined by Kesley Cottrell in the women's fours team, which won 14-10 against Rainey, Devlin, Montgomery and Shauna O'Neil.

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Murphy wrapped up day two with a women's pairs match with Shannahan, which tied 17-all with Rainey and Montgomery.

All these strong results saw Australia hold a Australia 15 points (+ 24 Shots) to Ireland nine points (-24 Shots) lead after day two.

Murphy and her Jackaroos wrapped up the series on day three, thanks to victories in the women's triples (19-13) and fours (12-8) by the 44-year-old's teams.

At the end of day three, Australia won the overall series trophy 41 points (+55) to 19 points (-55) after 30 fixtures.

Following this series, Australia quickly turned their attentions to one of their fiercest traditional rivals, Scotland.

During Test one Murphy, Shannahan and Scott defeated Emma McIntyre, Rebecca Houston and Carla Banks in a women's triples match 16-13, before the Shoalhaven Heads product lost 21-14 to Dee Hogan in a women's singles fixture.

Murphy finished the opening day with a triples win in session three, with her, Shannahan and Cottrell edging Houston, Hogan and Lauren Baillie-Whyte 16-15.

Despite all this, Scotland claimed day one honours.

But in true Australian fashion, the Jackaroos bounced back to win the second Test, buoyed by Murphy's 21-11 singles win against Banks - leaving it all to play for in Test three.

On day three, Murphy started the day with a doubles loss (17-11) before bouncing back with a victory in the women's four (14-8).

She kept the hot form going in session three, when her triples team ousted Scotland 22-8, before her fours team won again, defeating their rivals 20-8.

Despite Murphy's strong finish to the series, Scotland won the third Test 17-15 (+16 shots), to claim the 2-1 victory.

Murphy and her Jackaroos will now shift their focus to Test series number three against Wales, at the Cardiff Bowling Club, Sophia Gardens.