Ashes series 2025-26 Full Schedule: Australia vs England to Play First Match in Perth After 43 Years

Ashes 2025-26: Australia vs England Fixtures Announced

Cricket Australia announced the schedule of the five-Test Ashes series on Wednesday, October 16. The Ashes series will be played between Australia and England in Perth this time, the first Test of which will be played from November 21 to November 25, 2025.

The second day-night Test will be held at the Gabba from December 4 to December 8. The third Test will be played at the Adelaide Oval from December 17 to December 21 and the Boxing Day Test will be held at the Sydney Cricket Ground from December 26. The last and fifth Tests will be played from January 4 to January 8.

The first match of the Ashes Series 2025 will be played in Perth. This is the first time since 1982-83 that the first match of this series is being held in Perth instead of Brisbane. This time the England team is touring Australia. The Australian team has won the last eight Ashes Tests in Perth and such a situation, the Kangaroo team has the upper hand for the first Test to be played against England. Last season, the Ashes series was drawn 2-2. Then the Australian team toured England.

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Ashes series Overview

The Adelaide Oval Stadium hosted the Ashes series Test in 2013, in which fast bowler Mitchell Johnson took 7 wickets in the first innings and led the team to victory by 218 runs. Let us tell you that the world’s oldest series ‘The Ashes’ started in 1882. However, Australia-England has been playing Test series since 1877. The world’s first Test match was played between these two countries and later it was named Ashes Series.

Australia has won 13 out of 15 Ashes Tests and drawn two. These Tests are the first Tests played at home since England won a Test in Sydney in 2011. Australia won the last home series 4-0 in 2021-22 and the series ended in a draw last year.

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Ashes Series 2025-26 Fixtures

Test Match	Dates	Venue
1st Test	November 21–25, 2025	Perth
2nd Test	December 4–8, 2025	The Gabba, Brisbane
3rd Test	December 17–21, 2025	Adelaide Oval
4th Test	December 26–30, 2025	Melbourne (Boxing Day Test)
5th Test	January 4–8, 2026	Sydney

The Ashes series is set to be intense, with Australia aiming to build on their 4-0 victory in the last home series (2021-22) and England looking to claim their first series win in Australia since 2011.

Fans around the world eagerly await this historic clash, which remains a highlight of the cricket calendar.