Perth will host the opening Check match of an Ashes collection for the primary time subsequent yr, Cricket Australia has introduced.
The 2025-26 collection opener might be held at Optus Stadium from November 21.
The primary Check might be adopted by a day-night Brisbane Check from December 4 and the Christmas Check at Adelaide Oval from December 17, with Melbourne’s Boxing Day Check from December 26 and Sydney’s New 12 months’s Check from January 4 of their conventional timeslots.
It marks a major shake-up in scheduling for Cricket Australia.
South Australia, which has lengthy been residence to the day-night Check, has been upgraded to a primetime vacation slot.
It additionally marks the primary time in 4 many years that the opening Check is not going to be performed in Brisbane.
Cricket Australia govt normal supervisor Joel Morrison stated there was already “monumental pleasure” within the lead-up to the collection.
“We’re happy to announce the dates for the 5 Males’s Exams to allow followers internationally to lock in their journey plans,” he stated.
“The historical past and pleasure of the Ashes make it one of many world’s most iconic sporting occasions and we’re delighted this fierce and electrifying rivalry will lengthen over two summers in 2025 – commencing with CommBank Ladies’s Ashes this summer time, which contains the historic MCG day-night Check and culminates within the Males’s Ashes subsequent summer time.”
Dates have been launched sooner than traditional to accommodate guests from abroad or interstate.
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