Ashes series set for schedule shake-up

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✅ 1st Test Brisbane ❌ 5th Test Sydney The Ashes schedule has been shaken up with a surprise change to the final Test of the series.🤨🏏 9WWOS Cricket

The Ashes series will start in Brisbane, where every series against England since 1986-87 has begun, and a venue where Australia hadn't lost for 32 yearsWith the Gabba match set to begin on December 9, the Adelaide day-night Test will follow on December 17, before the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne.

Sydney will host the now-traditional New Year's Test, although it's expected to start on January 5, to give the players an extra day's rest, before the series wraps up in Perth in mid-January.The packed pre-Christmas schedule means Perth has been shuffled from its usual slot in mid-December, with the COVID-19 quarantine requirements leaving officials with no choice but to move the match.

Both Sri Lanka and New Zealand are expected to tour in February for a series of white ball matches, while the Australian women's team will defend the Ashes late in the summer before heading to New Zealand for the one-day World Cup in March. For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by

 

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