Ashes 2025: Dates, fixtures, schedule, squads and streaming details

The Ashes 2025 promises a classic showdown between Australia and England, as the iconic Test series heads Down Under for another five-match contest. Cricket fans worldwide eagerly await the latest battle for the urn, which also plays a key role in the 2025–2027 ICC World Test Championship.​

Dates and fixture schedule

The Ashes 2025 will start on November 21st with the Perth Test, followed by the pink-ball Test match in Brisbane from December 4th, while the third Test will be played from December 17th at Adelaide.

The Boxing Day Test match will be played at MCG from 26th December, while the final Test match of the series will be played in Sydney from 4th January 2026.

Confirmed squads

Australia squad: (First Test only): 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.

England squad: 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​.

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Streaming details

Cricket fans in India can watch the Ashes 2025 series LIVE on SonyLIV, accessible via OTTplay Premium.

Series significance

Australia retained the Ashes in England in 2023, drawing the series 2-2 after an entertaining campaign that featured the retirement of Stuart Broad and dramatic rain interruptions.

England, led by Ben Stokes, hopes to reclaim the urn in Australia for the first time since 2010-11.