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

The Ashes 2025-26 is set to start on November 21 at the Perth 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 world's best cricket teams clash.

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.

Ashes 2025-26 Squads (Probable)

Both teams are most likely to announce the squad later this year. England captain Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes and many other players were injured during the Test series against India. While the injury scare is hovering around both teams, they would hope for their best players to be fit before the start of the series. Even though the series is about an epic battle, it comes under the WTC cycle. The Ashes are also widely considered to be one of cricket's biggest rivalries.

Australia Squad (Probable):

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

England squad (Probable):

Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jamie Smith (wk), Liam Dawson, Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Josh Tongue, Gus Atkinson, Jacob Bethell