Ashes 2019: Full Schedule, Squads, Venue, Tickets & Timings in IST
Australia are the current Ashes Champions winning it in their own backyard the last time in the 2017-18 series.
Australia and England are all set to renew their Ashes rivalry with the first Test starting in Edgbaston from 1 August. The series also kicks off the World Test Championship which will see the top nine Test teams compete for the ultimate title with the final slated to take place at Lord's in June 2021.
Australia are the current Ashes Champions winning it 2017-18 when they were the hosts.
Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft will be making a comeback to Test cricket after serving their respective bans for their involvement in the ball-tampering scandal against South Africa in the Cape Town Test.
As far as the English camp is concerned, Joe Root is all set to lead an England team which has few new faces in the squad.
Here’s a look at the complete schedule and squad for the five-match Test series.
- Ashes 2019, England vs Australia Schedule
- 1st Test (1 August -5 August) Edgbaston, Birmingham
- 2nd Test (14 August-18 August) Lord's, London
- 3rd Test (22 August-26 August) Headingley, Leeds
- 4th Test (4 September-8 September) Old Trafford, Manchester
- 5th Test (12 September-16 September) The Oval, London
All the matches will start at 3:30 PM IST
- Ashes 2019 Squads
Australia (17-Man Squad): Tim Paine (C & WK), Cameron Bancroft, Patrick Cummins, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Michael Neser, James Pattinson, Peter Siddle, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Wade, David Warner
England Playing XI for First Test: Rory Burns, Jason Roy, Joe Root (c), Joe Denly, Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Stuart Broad, Jimmy Anderson
Tickets
There are limited tickets available for the first, third, fourth and fifth Test match which can be available here. While the tickets for the tickets for the second Test match at Lord’s have been sold out.
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