The Ashes captivates the nation like no different sporting contest, and dates again longer than simply about some other.
The battle for the urn is the place legends are made, the place heroes are born and the place recollections are seared into our consciousness for all times.
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Laker taking 19 at Old Trafford in 1956. Botham’s Leeds comeback in 1981. Warne’s Ball of the Century. Flintoff’s 2005 brilliance. Johnson’s 2013/14 destruction. Stokes’ Headingley heroics in 2019.
The tales of Ashes brilliance on the most important stage stay on endlessly within the hearts and minds of cricket followers, and we’ll see one other iteration of that this winter.
Very little else issues to an Australian cricketer with out the Ashes, and little or no issues to the Australian public if we lose them.
2023 will see Australia return to the motherland, hoping to take care of an eight-year-long grasp on the urn.
In their means stand a rejuvenated and modern England aspect which have taken all earlier than them with their swashbuckling method to the sport, dubbed “BazBall”.
The final time Australia toured England, a aspect led by Tim Paine and Justin Langer fell heartbreakingly wanting successful the Ashes on overseas soil for the primary time since 2001, with Steve Smith’s masterful 774 runs at 110 solely bettered by a day and a half of sheer will by Ben Stokes at Headingley.
Here’s every little thing you could learn about this yr’s blockbuster Ashes, which coincides with a concurrent girls’s Ashes sequence as nicely.
How to look at
Both the boys’s and girls’s Ashes will likely be proven stay on Nine, as nicely on its streaming service 9Now.
Each day’s play will likely be out there to re-watch on 9Now, with mini highlights packages produced for every day and every Test.
Who’s commentating?
During play, Nine will take the world feed, produced by Sky Sports UK, headlined by former Australian cricketer Mel Jones, former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara, and India’s Dinesh Karthik, alongside Ian Ward, Mike Atherton, Mark Butcher and Nasser Hussain on evaluation.
The protection may also embrace Australian Test nice Ricky Ponting, in addition to former English captains Andrew Strauss (Lord’s Test solely) and Eoin Morgan, in addition to Kevin Pietersen.
Nine will present their very own protection and commentary throughout session breaks, in addition to earlier than and after play.
Nine’s commentary group for the Men’s Ashes will likely be hosted by Roz Kelly, and consists of former Australian captain Mark Taylor, Ashes winner Ian Healy, World-Cup successful captain Aaron Finch and former Australian internationals Callum Ferguson and Stephen O’Keefe.
Mark Taylor will likely be at every Test on the bottom, and joined by broadcaster Louise Ransome, whereas former Australian girls’s internationals Rachael Haynes, Elyse Villani and journalist Emma Lawrence will be part of Nine’s protection for the Women’s Ashes.
Sky’s in-play commentary group for the Women’s Ashes will characteristic: Nick Knight, Isa Guha, Mel Jones, Simon Doull, Mark Butcher, Charlotte Edwards, Lydia Greenway, Lauren Winfield-Hill and Charles Dagnall.
Where are the matches?
First Test — Edgbaston, Birmingham
Friday, June 16 – Tuesday, June 20 (7.30pm AEST)
Second Test — Lord’s, London
Wednesday, June 28 – Sunday, July 2 (7.30pm AEST)
Third Test — Headingley, Leeds
Thursday, July 6 – Monday, July 10 (7.30pm AEST)
Fourth Test — Old Trafford, Manchester
Wednesday, July 19 – Sunday, July 23 (7.30pm AEST)
Fifth Test — The Oval, London
Thursday, July 27 – Monday, July 31 (7.30pm AEST)
Women’s Ashes
Test match – Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Thursday, June 22 – Monday, June 26 (7.55pm AEST)
First T20 International – Edgbaston, Birmingham
Saturday, July 1 (3.30am AEST)
Second T20 International – The Oval, London
Wednesday, July 5 (3am AEST)
Third T20 International – Lord‘s, London
Saturday, July 8 (3.30am AEST)
First One-Day International – Bristol County Ground, Bristol
Wednesday, July 12 (10pm AEST)
Second One-Day International – The Rose Bowl, Southampton
Sunday, July 16 (8pm AEST)
Third One-Day International – The County Ground, Taunton
Tuesday, July 18 (10pm AEST)
What are the teams?
Australia Men (first two Tests)
Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Todd Murphy, Matthew Renshaw, Steve Smith (vc), Mitchell Starc, David Warner
Australia Women
Meg Lanning (c), Darcie Brown, Ashleigh Gardner, Kim Garth, Grace Harris, Alyssa Healy, Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Phoebe Litchfield, Tahlia McGrath, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Wareham
England Men (First Test)
Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jonny Bairstow (wk), Moeen Ali, Ollie Robinson, Stuart Broad, James Anderson.
Reserves: Josh Tongue, Mark Wood, Chris Woakes, Matthew Potts, Dan Lawrence
England Women (Only Test)
Heather Knight (c), Tammy Beaumont, Lauren Bell, Alice Capsey, Kate Cross, Alice Davidson-Richards, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Lauren Filer, Danielle Gibson, Amy Jones, Emma Lamb, Nat Sciver-Brunt (vc), Issy Wong, Danielle Wyatt
What are the odds? (via Betr, 15 June 2023)
Men’s sequence odds
England – $2.40
Australia – $1.90
Draw – $7.00
Men’s sequence high wicket taker
Pat Cummins (Aus) – $5.00
Ollie Robinson (Eng) – $6.00
Mitchell Starc (Aus) – $7.00
Mark Wood (Eng) – $7.50
Men’s sequence high run scorer
Steve Smith (Aus) – $4.00
Joe Root (Eng) – $5.00
Marnus Labuschagne (Aus) – $5.50
Harry Brook (Eng) – $10.00
Source: www.news.com.au
