Ashes Test Schedule 2025-26: Dates, Times for Matches Between Australia and England
The five-Test Ashes series features a new schedule starting in Perth, with global coverage on TNT Sports and discovery+ as England aims to end a losing streak in Australia.
- Perth's Optus Stadium hosts the Ashes opener on Nov 21, with match sessions beginning at 10:30 a.m. AWST and running through Nov 25.
- England arrive aiming to end three consecutive series defeats in Australia, with the 2025-26 series opening in Perth rather than the Gabba for the first time since 1982.
- TNT Sports via discovery+ on Amazon Prime Video will stream the Ashes in the UK, while Channel 7, Fox Cricket, Foxtel, Kayo and 7plus cover live TV and streaming in Australia.
- Australia will be without Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood for the first Test, while Ben Stokes, England captain, leads a 12-man England squad in Perth.
- The series sits inside the World Test Championship 2025-27 cycle and includes fixtures at The Gabba, Brisbane, Adelaide Oval, Melbourne Cricket Ground, and Sydney Cricket Ground.
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England and Australia will today renew cricket’s oldest rivalry in the first match of the 2025 Ashes, though some worry the heat has gone out of the biennial contest. In a series of five-day Test matches, held since the 19th century, the two nations compete for a trophy so named because ...
England, Australia renew cricket rivalry in Ashes faceoff
England and Australia will today renew cricket’s oldest rivalry in the first match of the 2025 Ashes, though some worry the heat has gone out of the biennial contest. In a series of five-day Test matches, held since the 19th century, the two nations compete for a trophy so named because an early, thumping Australian victory prompted a sports journalist to pen an “obituary” for English cricket. Over the past decade, England’s struggles have resum…
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