The Ashes 2025-26: Full Schedule, Venues, and Probable Squads

The Ashes 2025-26 is set to start on November 21 at the Optus Stadium, Perth. This bilateral series between Australia and England has a long history of rivalry. For both teams, this is a crucial series, and they make sure they take their best teams with them when they travel to each other's venues every year. This time, the Ashes will be held in Australia. The series is ready to break a decade-long tradition of holding the first match at the Gabba this year. Instead of that, Perth will host the first match, followed by the Gabba.

The series is a part of the World Test Champions (WTC) 2025-27 cycle, so the teams will be extra careful. Moreover, Australia have rested their best players from the T20I series ahead of the Ashes so that they'll be away from the injury scare. In the previous edition of the Ashes, the series finished in a 2-2 draw, which was a huge achievement for England as they had lost 0-4 to Australia in 2021-22.

Every time the series is in Australia, they outplay the visitors and whitewash the series. It remains to be seen who is going to come out on top once again when two of the best cricket teams in the world clash with each other.

The Ashes 2025-26 Schedule & Venues

Just like every year, the Ashes 2025-26 will be exciting this year as well since England are travelling to Australia to play the series. The series will start on November 21 in Perth and then move to the Gabba, Brisbane. The match played in The Gabba on December 4 will be a day and night match, so England will have to be super careful. Their performance in pink ball matches hasn't been good at all. The last match of the series will be on January 4, at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney. The 5-match series in Australia is nothing less than a nightmare for England.

A total of five matches will be played in The Ashes 2025-26, so five venues have been assigned to the series. Unlike every time, this year, the series will start at the Perth Stadium in Perth. Then the second match will be at The Gabba, Brisbane, followed by the third Test at the Adelaide Oval, Adelaide. The fourth and the fifth matches will be at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, and the Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, respectively.

The Ashes 2025-26 Squads (Probable)

Australia suffered a huge blow as regular captain Pat Cummins was ruled out of the first Test due to injury. Cummins' absence is a huge blow as he is arguably the best captain in the world. In his absence, Steve Smith will lead the team in this match. Australia will hope for Cummins to be fit before the second Test match.

On the other hand, England will be led by the talismanic all-rounder, Ben Stokes. Harry Brook has replaced Ollie Pope as the vice-captain of the team which looks a strong one. England have struggled to get past Australia on their previous tours Down Under but will be hoping to turn things around this time.

Australia Squad for Ashes 2025-26 First Test (Probable):

Steve Smith (c), Sean Abbott, Scott Boland, Alex Carey (wk), Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wk), Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstas, Matt Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Starc, Beau Webster.

England Squad for Ashes 2025-26:

Ben Stokes (c), Harry Brook (vc), Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Shoaib Bashir, Jacob Bethell, Brydon Carse, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Ollie Pope (wk), Matthew Potts, Joe Root, Jamie Smith (wk), Josh Tongue, Mark Wood.