The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket Australia (CA) have confirmed the Men’s and Women’s Ashes schedule for 2021-22 to be staged in Australia.
The first Men’s Ashes Test will start at Brisbane’s Gabba from December 8-12 forward of a day-night Test on the Adelaide Oval from December 16-20. The conventional Boxing Day and New Year’s Tests will likely be performed on the Melbourne Cricket Ground (December 26-30) and Sydney Cricket Ground (January 5-9) respectively, with the final Test scheduled for Perth’s Optus Stadium (January 14-18), as per the ECB launch.
We have confirmed the Men’s and Women’s Ashes schedule for 2021-22 to be staged in Australia!
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For the primary time in 26 years, the final Ashes Test is not going to be staged in Sydney.
The multi-format Women’s Ashes collection will start at Manuka Oval, Canberra, with the Test match from January 27-30.
The white-ball matches, which mix with the Test match to type the multi-format collection, kick off with three T20Is, to be performed on the North Sydney Oval, Sydney (February 4 and 6) and the Adelaide Oval (February 10).
The multi-format collection concludes with three ODIs at Adelaide Oval (February 13) and the Junction Oval in Melbourne (February 16 and 19).
At the tip of the Women’s Ashes collection, England will depart for New Zealand to take part in the ICC Women’s World Cup in a 12 months that will even see them symbolize Team England on the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.