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
Head coach Paul Farbrace tells Sussex members his future - and that of his players - is uncertain because of the club's financial issues.
Jonny Bairstow criticises the England set-up, suggesting they need to bring "the care back in the game".
Ben Duckett withdraws from the forthcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) in an attempt to hold on to his place in the England team.
Former captain Michael Vaughan says England head coach Brendon McCullum and managing director Rob Key were fortunate to avoid the sack in a post-Ashes review.
Cricket Ireland's Graeme West says players have the option of not playing against Afghanistan this summer.
Ben Stokes says the past three months have been "the hardest period" of his England captaincy, and backs the current regime to take the team forward.
Head coach Brendon McCullum is the right man to move England forward despite the 4-1 Ashes defeat in Australia, says England and Wales Cricket Board chief executive Richard Gould.
Mark Chapman and guests assess the state of English men's cricket.
| 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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