Australia and England will take on each other for both the teams in a thrilling five-match Ashes series starting December 8. The 2021-22 edition of the Ashes will be played on Australian soil. Grab the trophy too. After two years of a 2-2 draw in England, the hosts would like to retain the famous urn for a second successive series.
There will be a total of five Tests in the Ashes 2021-22 series and all of them will be part of the ICC. World Test Championship 2021-23. The first Test starts on Wednesday at the famous The Gabba in Brisbane. The final Test was scheduled to end at Perth Stadium but Cricket Australia (CA) announced on Monday that Western Australia’s fifth Test will be moved out of town due to COVID-19 related restrictions. CA will name a replacement venue in the coming days.
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England is currently ranked fifth in the ICC World Test Championship 2021-23 rankings. Joe Root will lead the England side as he hopes to recover from a tough run against them India In the last test series. They were trailing 1–2 at home when the fifth match of the series was called off.
For Australia, their Test captain Tim Paine recently stepped down due to a texting controversy. Pacer Pat Cummins was named as full-time captain, while former captain Steve Smith will serve as Cummins’ deputy. They have not played Test cricket since January this year when they lost to India.
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Ashes 2021-22: Complete Schedule
First Test: December 8-12 at The Gabba, Brisbane – 5:30 AM IST
Second Test (pink ball, day/night): Dec 16-20 at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide – 9:30 AM IST
Third Test: 26-30 December at MCG, Melbourne – 5:00 am IST
Fourth Test: Jan 5-9, 2022 at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney – 5:00 AM IST
Ashes 2021-22: Australia vs England Test squad
Australia: Pat Cummins (c), Steve Smith, Alex Carey (wk), Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Marcus Harris, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Michael Neser, Jhye Richardson, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, David Warner
England: Joe Root (c), James Anderson, Jonathan Bairstow, Dom Bess, Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, Jack Crowley, Haseeb Hameed, Dan Lawrence, Jack Leach, David Malan, Craig Overton, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Ben Stokes , Chris Woakes, Mark Wood
Ashes 2021-22: Live Telecast and Streaming
Sony Play The network holds the broadcast rights for the Ashes 2021-22 cricket series. All five Test matches will be telecast live on Sony Sports channels in India. SonyLIV will broadcast the Ashes cricket series live in the subcontinent.
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