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2025–26 Ashes series
Part of English cricket team in Australia in 2025–26
Date	21 November 2025 – 8 January 2026
Location	Australia
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The 2025–26 Ashes series is an upcoming series of Test cricket matches to be played between Australia and England for The Ashes, between November 2025 and January 2026. The five-match series will form part of the 2025–2027 ICC World Test Championship.

Australia are the defending holders of the Ashes going into the series, having won in 2021–22 and drawn in 2023.

Venues

The five venues will be the Perth Stadium, the Gabba, the Adelaide Oval, the Melbourne Cricket Ground and the Sydney Cricket Ground. The venues and dates for the series were announced by Cricket Australia on 16 October 2024.

The Perth Stadium (also known as the Optus Stadium) will host the first test of the series. This will be the first time the Perth Stadium will host an Ashes Test and will also mark the return of Ashes cricket to Perth, after the city was not included in the schedule for the 2021–22 series.

This will also be the first Ashes series in Australia to not commence at The Gabba in Brisbane, since the 1982–83 series. The Gabba will instead host the second test of the series, which will be a day/night match.

Matches

First Test

Australia	v	England

Second Test

Australia	v	England

Third Test

Australia	v	England

Fourth Test

Australia	v	England

Fifth Test

Australia	v	England

References

1. "West Test to launch 2025-26 Ashes summer". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
2. "2025-26 Men's Ashes Fixtures announced". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
3. "Cricket Australia announces 2025-26 home Ashes schedule". The Top Bookies. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
4. "Ashes: England crushed by Australia in final Test". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
5. "Broad seals England win in fifth Test against Australia to draw Ashes series". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
6. "Ashes 2025-26 dates announced by Cricket Australia". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
7. "Dates, venues confirmed for next Ashes series". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
8. "Ashes 2025-26, AUS v ENG Test Series: Cricket Australia announces schedule; Perth to host first match". Sportstar. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
9. "Perth Stadium set to make Ashes debut". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
10. "Ashes 2025-26: CA schedules Brisbane day-night Test after Perth opener". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2024.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo

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