Australia will keep away from returning to Headingley in 4 years time for the Ashes after England officers scrapped each the Leeds venue and Old Trafford from the 2027 males’s calendar.
The English and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed their venues for 2027 on Tuesday, with Southampton to host its first males’s Ashes Test.
Trent Bridge additionally returns to the calendar, marking Australia’s first go to there since their 2015 catastrophe once they have been bowled out for 60 on the primary morning.
They additionally had related troubles on the floor in 2013 once they slumped to 9-117 of their first innings earlier than Ashton Agar rescued Australia in a shedding trigger.
But the Australians will at the very least keep away from the scene of Ben Stokes’ heroics from 2019 with no journey to Leeds scheduled for 2027.
The web site of two of England’s most interesting Ashes acts, with Stokes’ effort 4 years in the past replicating Ian Botham’s on the floor in 1981, Headingley will host the third Test this 12 months.
Manchester can also be lacking from the 2027 itinerary with no match scheduled for Old Trafford, leavingTests at Edgbaston, Lord’s, Trent Bridge, Southampton and The Oval.
Headingley and Old Trafford then return to the calendar for the 2031 sequence, with Edgbaston and Southampton to drop off.
That will mark solely the second Ashes sequence to not embrace a Test at Edgbaston since 1981.
Women’s Tests will likely be performed at Headingley in 2027 and Southampton in 2031 as a part of multi-format sequence.
MEN’S ASHES TEST VENUES, 2027
Lord’s
The Oval
Edgbaston
Southampton
Trent Bridge
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MEN’S ASHES TEST VENUES, 2031
Lord’s
The Oval
Trent Bridge
Old Trafford
Headingley
* Order TBC
WOMEN’S ASHES TEST, 2027
Headingley
WOMEN’S ASHES TEST, 2031
Southampton
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
