Ashes 2023

UK: AU: US: VPN: The two teams go head-to-head over the course of five Test matches ending in late July. Hosting duty falls to England this year, with five different grounds used, including Lord's and The Oval in London. The Ashes is a regular series of five cricket Test matches played between England and Australia which dates back to 1882 — generally, it occurs biennially, but that's a rough guide as there are sometimes two Ashes in a year, or gaps of several years between events. England amazingly go in with a great chance following a remarkable turnaround in their fortunes thanks to captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon “Baz" McCullum. Stokes has requested "flat, fast wickets" so England has the best chance to show off their ultra-aggressive Bazball approach. But could this be playing into Australia's greedy hands? There's clearly an argument that England should instead opt for seamer-friendly pitches that suit bowlers like James Anderson. Australian batsmen have always struggled against the moving ball and certainly, their line-up would prefer batting on a belter of a wicket instead of facing Anderson with the ball hooping all over the place. Australia will also be full of confidence having won the World Test Championship against India. We now know Stuart Broad has been picked by England for the First Test, joining James Anderson and Ollie Robinson. If you're a keen cricket fan who's checking out this article early, or just someone who likes to be prepared, you likely w...

2025–26 → The 2023 Ashes series (officially the LV= Insurance Ashes Series for sponsorship reasons) Australia are the holders of the Ashes going into the series, having won the The series will be the 73rd Ashes series overall and the 37th to take place in Squads [ ] • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Matches [ ] First Test [ ] • • England and Wales Cricket Board . Retrieved 6 October 2022. • • BBC Sport . Retrieved 16 January 2022. • • England and Wales Cricket Board . Retrieved 3 May 2023. • Cricket Australia . Retrieved 19 April 2023. • Cricket Australia . Retrieved 27 May 2023. • ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 4 June 2023. External links [ ] •

Follow us on: • Facebook icon • Instagram icon • Twitter icon • Snapchat icon • LinkedIn icon • YouTube icon More from The Telegraph • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • See top shops • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • The Ashes 2023: England vs Australia fixtures, start times and TV channel for Test series Everything you need to know ahead of the 2023 Ashes, including match dates, venues, live rights, highlights and our prediction Ben Stokes has told his team a big Ashes summer will “never be forgotten” as he prepares to lead England’s battle to reclaim the urn for the first time since 2015. He and his 10 team-mates will step out at a reliably raucous Edgbaston on Friday morning with the chance to add another memorable moment in a rivalry that echoes through the ages. Speaking on the eve of the first Test, he said: “Any individual who finds themselves either having a great series or a great individual performance, that will never be forgotten...Legacies are defined by the people who talk about the individual, and we all know if you do well in the Ashes you’re going to be spoken about throughout many a year.” The teams are closely matched, and it is sure to be a hard-fought series, but to see how our very own Nick Hoult rates the two line-ups, Ashes fixtures and full schedule As usual there will be two Tests in London, at Lord’s and the Oval, and the series will start at Edgbaston, the England players’ favourite ground despite the so-called home ‘fortress’ being breached...

The Ashes 2023: Full schedule for men's and women's series and how to watch across Sky Sports Watch England's men's and women's sides look to regain The Ashes live on Sky Sports across June and July; Sky Sports pundits include Nasser Hussain, Ricky Ponting, Kevin Pietersen, Mel Jones, Isa Guha and Mark Taylor; men's Ashes starts on Friday June 16, women's series on Thursday June 22 Trending • Transfer Centre LIVE! Real Madrid's Bellingham explains his move... • Papers: Man Utd threaten Chelsea pursuit of Inter 'keeper Onana • US Open: McIlroy chasing Fowler and Schauffele on historic day LIVE! • Man Utd shares up 10 per cent but Qataris still waiting on exclusivity • Arsenal's £80m-plus Rice bid rejected | West Ham want £120m • Beckham to join Brentford B permanently from Inter Miami • Bellingham passes first test on Real unveiling as new No 5 • Mbappe: Macron has no influence on my career • Man Utd transfers: Bayern leading contenders to sign Kim • Southgate undecided over whether to play Man City quintet vs Malta • • Fifth Test (The Kia Oval) - Thursday July 27 - Monday July 31 (11am start) Also See: • Get Sky Sports • Stream the best sport with NOW • Cricket news, analysis and features • Latest cricket videos and highlights First T20 international (Edgbaston) - Saturday July 1 (6.35pm start) Second T20 international (The Kia Oval) - Wednesday July 5 (6.35pm start) Third T20 international (Lord's) - Saturday July 8 (6.35pm start) First one-day international (Unique Stadi...

Here's how to follow the series across the BBC. When does the Ashes start? The men's Ashes begins with the first Test on Friday, 16 June. The women's series starts the following week on Thursday, 22 June. Men's fixtures (all times BST): • 16 June: First Test, Edgbaston, Birmingham, 11:00 • 28 June: Second Test, Lord's, London, 11:00 • 6 July: Third Test, Clean Slate Headingley, Leeds, 11:00 • 19 July: Fourth Test, Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester, 11:00 • 27 July: Fifth Test, The Kia Oval, London, 11:00 Women's fixtures: • 22 June: Five-day Test, Trent Bridge, Nottingham, 11:00 • 1 July: First T20, Edgbaston, Birmingham, 18:35 • 5 July: Second T20, The Kia Oval, London, 18:00 • 8 July: Third T20, Lord's, London, 18:35 • 12 July: First one-day international, Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol, 13:00 • 16 July: Second one-day international, Ageas Bowl, Southampton, 11:00 • 18 July: Third one-day international, The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton, 13:00 BBC coverage There will be live commentary of every ball of both series from Test Match Special across BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra, BBC Sounds and the BBC Sport website and app. Today at the Test will provide highlights of every day's play on BBC TV and iPlayer from 19:00. The BBC Sport website and app will also have in-play clips, highlights, reports and analysis as well as the latest Ashes news and live text commentaries. There will be a new episode of the Test Match Special podcast every day throughout the summer while the...

Ben Stokes' men will get their summer underway with a one-off Test match against Ireland at Lord's, which will be played between June 1-4. Their attention will then turn to the five-match Test series against Australia, with England hoping to regain the Ashes after their 4-0 defeat in 2021/22 Down Under. The men's Ashes will be contested between June 16 to July 31, with Edgbaston, Lord's, Headingley, Old Trafford and The Oval set to host the Tests. The England men's side will also contest in an ODI and a T20I series against New Zealand, comprising four 20-over and four 50-over games. The series against New Zealand will be played between August 30 and September 15. They will also play a three-match ODI series against Ireland between September 20 and 26, as they ramp up their preparations for the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023, which will be played in India. England also announced the schedule of the multi-format women's Ashes series, including the first-ever five-day Test match for the England women's team on home soil. The series will consist of one Test (worth four points), three ODIs (worth two points) and three T20Is (worth two points). It will be played between June 22 and July 18. The women's team will also take on Sri Lanka in a three-match T20I series (between September 2-9) and a three-match T20I series (between September 14-19), in what rounds up a bumper home schedule for both the men's and the women's sides. England's home schedule for 2023: Thursday June 1-Sun...

The biggest matchup in world cricket is here once more, with the Ashes set to start this month. The Australians haven't relinquished the title since 2015, and they will travel to foreign soil to once more try and emerge victorious. Can Australia complete another successful tour of England? Or will they be leaving the Ashes behind when they return home? How to watch and livestream The Ashes in Australia Every Test match of the 2023 Ashes will be shown live and free on Channel 9 and the 9 Network, as well as livestreamed on 9Now. Foxtel's dedicated cricket channel Fox Cricket will also be showing The Ashes, which can also be streamed through Kayo. When are The Ashes 2023? The first Ashes Test begins on June 16, at 8 p.m. AEST. First Test June 16 - 21 Second Test June 28 - July 3 Third Test July 6 - 11 Fourth Test July 19 - 24 Fifth Test July 27 - August 1 Australia squad vs England Pat Cummins (c),Scott Boland,Alex Carey,Cameron Green,Marcus Harris,Josh Hazlewood,Travis Head,Josh Inglis,Usman Khawaja,Marnus Labuschagne,Nathan Lyon,Mitchell Marsh,Todd Murphy,Matthew Renshaw,Steve Smith,Mitchell Starc,David Warner Australia predicted Ashes XI vs England • David Warner • Usman Khawaja • Marnus Labuschagne • Steve Smith • Travis Head • Cameron Green • Alex Carey • Mitchell Starc • Pat Cummins (c) • Nathan Lyon • Scott Boland

Previously women's Tests in England have been four days but Trent Bridge will host next year's match in the multi-format series from 22-26 June. The men's five-Test Ashes series will run from 16 June until 31 July. It will be the first home men's Ashes series for England in history to not feature a Test in August, going back to the first series there in 1884. England's men will also host Ireland and New Zealand next year, while the women face Sri Lanka. The first men's Twenty20 between England and New Zealand on 30 August is the only international fixture scheduled to take place that month, with the third edition of The Hundred set to retain its place in the calendar. The first men's Test will be held at Edgbaston, followed by Lord's, Headingley, Emirates Old Trafford and The Kia Oval. England will play a one-off four-day Test against Ireland at Lord's from 1-4 June before the men's Ashes. The women's Ashes will also feature three one-day internationals and three Twenty20s across July following the Test. It will be only the second women's Test to be held over five days, the previous occasion being 30 years ago when Australia hosted England at North Sydney Oval in 1992. "I'm so happy, I feel like I've been banging the drum for five days for a long time, so it's a special moment," said England women captain Heather Knight. "I probably spent most of my career being grateful for what you're given. When I started out, anything was a bonus, you were just happy to be playing the ...

Age 32 Caps 92 Captain/left-hand bat, right-arm seam Stokes has proved an inspirational leader and an excellent cricket captain since his appointment last April, but sadly his left knee seems to be a complete mess. Though he is adamant about his ability to bat, he has become a bowler of last resort and is quite happy doing nothing but leading – in the warmup against Ireland he became the first winning captain in Test history not to bat, bowl or keep wicket. Ollie Pope Age 25 C aps 36 Vice-captain/right-hand bat Since Stokes’s decision to play Pope, for the first time in his career, at No 3 the 25-year-old’s average is 49.80 – before that it was 28.66 – and his strike rate from 50.6 to 78, and he has been named vice-captain. Says he is determined to make up for his miserable Ashes in 2021-22, when he averaged 11.16 in six innings: “I feel like I’m a different player, mentally and technically.” Moeen Ali has come out of retirement from Test cricket and been added to England’s Ashes squad. Photograph: Zac Goodwin/PA Jimmy Anderson Age 40 Caps 179 Right-arm seam England’s evergreen man for all seasons just keeps going. “I don’t feel old or that I’m slowing down. Age is just a number,” he said earlier this year. Also just numbers: 179 Tests, 685 wickets, 7,675 Ashes deliveries (37 overs from a place in the all-time top three). “If we play to the best of our ability I don’t think anyone can cope with us,” he said last month, in a surprise pre-Ashes broadside. Jonny Bairstow Age ...