Fight for The Ashes
The Ashes Series 2025-26 is to be held in Australia, with the five tests being played between November 2025 and January 2026.
Australia are still the holders of the Ashes, after having drawn the previous series in 2023 but winning before that in 2021-22.
England vs Australia
When: 21 November 2025 – 8 January 2026
Number of Tests: 5
England are now without a Test head coach and captain as Brendon McCullum leaves after four years in the role.
BBC Sport looks at the highs and lows of Brendon McCullum's era as England Test head coach following his sacking.
Heather Knight leaves behind a legacy to English cricket that goes far beyond the numbers on the field, writes Ffion Wynne.
In her final England appearance, Heather Knight makes 13 before she's caught by Richa Ghosh as England fall to 34-4, chasing 457 to win the one-off Test against India at Lord's.
In the final innings of her international career, Tammy Beaumont is bowled first ball by India's Kranti Gaud at Lord's on day three of the one-off Test, with England needing 457 to win.
Sophie Ecclestone becomes the first English woman on the Lord's honours board as she takes five wickets during India's second innings of the one-off Test.
The Blaze and Lancashire end their group stage campaigns with victories in the T20 Blast.
Jos Buttler's sublime 131 and Harry Brook's unbeaten 95 help England crush India in the fifth T20 and replace their opponents at the top of the world rankings.
| YEAR | WINNER |
| 2023 | Series Drawn |
| 2021/22 | Australia |
| 2019 | Series Drawn |
| 2017/18 | Australia |
| 2015 | England |
| 2013/14 | Australia |
| 2013 | England |
| 2010/11 | England |
| 2009 | England |
| 2006/07 | Australia |
| 2005 | England |
| 2002/03 | Australia |
Test Matches Played: 356
Test Match, Number of Victories: Australia - 152
Test Match, Number of Victories: England - 112
Australia
No. of Series Won: 34
No. of Series Lost: 32
England
No. of Series Won: 32
No. of Series Lost: 34
No. of Series Drawn: 7
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