The Ashes Series 2025-26: The 5-match Ashes series between Australia and England is being played in Australia. The host team, which won the Perth match, has suffered a big setback before the Brisbane Test. Australian captain Pat Cummins was expected to return in the second match, but Cummins is out of this match also due to injury. In the second match of this Ashes series also, the team will be captained by veteran batsman Steve Smith.

Team announced for Brisbane Test

Australia has announced the team for the Brisbane Test a week in advance. Captain Pat Cummins has also been ruled out of the second test against England. The Australian team has not made any changes in its team for the second match of the Ashes 2025-26 series. The first match of this series was over in just two days. While batting first, the entire England team was all out after scoring 172 runs, after which England bowled out Australia for 132 runs. After gaining a lead of 40 runs in the first innings, England was able to score 164 runs in the second innings and gave Australia a target of only 205 runs. Which the Kangaroo team chased at the loss of only 2 wickets. Travis Head played an important role in this victory by scoring a stormy century.

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Apart from Cummins, two more players were out

Apart from Pat Cummins, Sean Abbott and Josh Hazlewood have also been ruled out of the Brisbane Test. Both these players also had to stay out of the first test due to injury. The second match of the Ashes series will start from December 4 and Test captain Pat Cummins will travel with the team to speed up his recovery process.

Australian team for Brisbane Test:

Steve Smith (captain), Scott Boland, Alex Carey (wicket-keeper), Brendan Doggett, Cameron Green, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Michael Neser, Mitchell Starc, Jake Weatherald, Bo Webster.

Ashes 2025-26: The world’s oldest and fiercest rivalry in cricket, The Ashes, is once again coming to thrill the entire world in 2025-26. This five-match Test series to be held on Australian soil from 21 November 2025 to 8 January 2026 will not just be a bat-ball contest, but will also be a battle of respect, history and supremacy.

Australia is ready, England is in the fire of revenge

Australia is looking as strong as ever in its home conditions. The team will be led by Steve Smith, who has been in excellent form in recent months. However, injuries have definitely given an initial blow to the Australian team. Fast bowler Pat Cummins is out of the first test. Due to which Smith has been given the captaincy.

On the other hand, England is on a campaign to win the Ashes in Australia for the first time since 2010-11. Captain Ben Stokes is relying on his aggressive style and ‘New England’ style. Joe Root, Jack Crawley and Harry Brook are the batting backbone of the team, while Joffra Archer and Mark Wood will be the main bowlers.

Venue and schedule

This time the Ashes Test will be played on these five prestigious grounds.

1st test, November 21 – Perth, 8:00am IST

2nd test, December 4 – Brisbane, 9:30 am IST

3rd test, December 17 – Adelaide, 5:30 am IST

4th test, 26 December – Melbourne, 5:30 am IST

5th test, January 4 – Sydney, 5:30 am IST

Head-to-head record

In 361 tests played so far,

Australia won: 152

England won: 112

Draw: 97

Australia is ahead in statistics, but this time England will enter with the intention of changing history.

Where to watch live in India?

Indian viewers will be able to watch the live telecast of Ashes 2025-26 on Star Sports Network. Live streaming will be available on JioHotstar app and website.

Ashes 2025-26: Complete squads of both teams

Australia Squad: Steve Smith (captain), Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Jake Weatherold, Cameron Green, Bo Webster, Alex Carey, Josh Inglis, Sean Abbott, Scott Boland, Brendon Doggett, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Starc.

England Squad: Harry Brook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Joe Root, Ben Stokes (captain), Jacob Bethel, Will Jacques, Gus Atkinson, Ollie Pope, Jamie Smith, Jofra Archer, Shoaib Bashir, Brydon Carse, Matthew Potts, Josh Tongue, Mark Wood.

The thrill of the historic Ashes series of test matches played between England and Australia is different. This series, started in 1882, is organized once in two years. Of course, the Ashes is played between Australia and England, but cricket lovers around the world keep their eyes on this prestigious bilateral test series of red ball. Sometimes Australia and sometimes England surprise each other with their performance and every time they come up with a strong strategy to win.

In the 5 Test match series played in 1932-33, England had entered with a very dangerous strategy. It also got its benefit in the form of a 4-1 victory. But, England’s strategy proved to be a complete failure in front of Don Bradman, considered the greatest batsman in the history of cricket.

The Ashes was held in Australia in 1932-33. The visiting England team had come up with a dangerous strategy against the Australian batsmen. All the leading batsmen of Australia including run machine Don Bradman were the target of England captain Douglas Jardine.

England’s strategy was to bowl the ball at the bodies of the Australian batsmen, so that the batsmen gave up their wickets out of fear. At that time there was no rule regarding determination of bouncer. In such a situation, the England bowlers were continuously targeting the Australian batsmen. Due to the continuous body bowling by the England bowlers, the Ashes is known less as a bodyline series.

England benefited from its strategy. England won the 5 test match series held in Australia by 1-4. But, the bodyline bowling strategy had no effect on Don Bradman. This batsman showed why he was great.

Bradman did not play the first test of the series. Was out for zero in the first innings of the second test. But after this he scored a brilliant century and scored 103 runs in the second innings. In the six innings of the subsequent three Test matches, Bradman did not let England’s bodyline bowling plan dominate him by playing innings of 8, 66, 76, 24, 48, and 71.

The Ashes 2025-26 is starting from 21st November. This time also it is organized in Australia. It remains to be seen what strategy Ben Stokes, the captain of the England baseball team, comes up with for the Australian batsmen.