{"id":292489,"date":"2025-11-18T11:47:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T11:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/292489\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T11:47:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T11:47:12","slug":"ashes-ultimate-guide-everything-you-need-to-know-schedule-fixtures-where-to-watch-squads-who-holds-the-ashes-news-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/292489\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashes Ultimate Guide, everything you need to know, schedule, fixtures, where to watch, squads, who holds the Ashes, news, videos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cricket\u2019s oldest rivalry is back.<\/p>\n

The Ashes urn is up for grabs as Australia hosts England for a blockbuster five-Test campaign, which gets underway at Perth Stadium next Friday.<\/p>\n

It will be the 74th Test series between the rivals, with Australia the victor on 34 occasions compared to England\u2019s 32.<\/p>\n

Watch The Ashes 2025\/26 LIVE and ad-break free during play with FOX CRICKET on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n

Australia has been in possession of the coveted urn for eight years, while Brendon McCullum\u2019s Bazballers are brimming with confidence after their dramatic three-year turnaround.<\/p>\n

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HOW TO WATCH<\/p>\n

Every ball of the 2025\/26 Ashes will be shown live and ad-break free on Foxtel (Channel 501) and streaming platform Kayo Sports.<\/p>\n

FIXTURES<\/p>\n

All times AEDT<\/p>\n

First Test: November 21-25 at Perth Stadium, 1.30pm<\/p>\n

Second Test: December 4-8 at the Gabba, 3.30pm<\/p>\n

Third Test: December 17-21 at Adelaide Oval, 11am<\/p>\n

Fourth Test: December 26-30 at the MCG, 10.30am<\/p>\n

Fifth Test: January 4-8 at the SCG, 10.30am<\/p>\n

Smith struck in Ashes nets session | 04:31<\/p>\n

READ MORE <\/p>\n

\u2018Shocking thing to do\u2019: Lord\u2019s act Aussies lived to regret as Ashes lid lifts 20 years on <\/a><\/p>\n

\u2018Sledged the crap out of me\u2019: What Baz was really like with Aussies… until tragedy struck<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2018Too embarrassed\u2019: Inside MCG carnage no one saw coming… and humble act that said it all<\/a><\/p>\n

SQUADS<\/p>\n

Australia (First Test)<\/p>\n

Steve Smith (c), Sean Abbott, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Brendan Doggett, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Starc, Jake Weatherald, Beau Webster<\/p>\n

England<\/p>\n

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

RECENT RESULTS<\/p>\n

2023 (England) \u2014 Drawn 2-2<\/p>\n

2021\/22 (Australia) \u2014 AUS 4-0<\/p>\n

2019 (England) \u2014 Drawn 2-2<\/p>\n

2017\/18 (Australia) \u2014 AUS 4-0<\/p>\n

2015 (England) \u2014 ENG 3-2<\/p>\n

2013\/14 (Australia) \u2014 AUS 5-0<\/p>\n

England bowlers confident in preparation | 00:14<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cricket\u2019s oldest rivalry is back. The Ashes urn is up for grabs as Australia hosts England for a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292490,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-292489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}