England cricket team will start their Ashes defense against Australia later this year with five match test series against the Australia. They will start the series in traditional ways where first match of the series will be played in Brisbane and last game will be played in Sydney Cricket Ground. Last time when England toured Australia they have lost the five match series by 0-5 and experts credited the loss because of the design scheduled at that time, by considering this factor. Australian Cricket Board agreed to provide more practice games to visitors and this time England will play three practice games before the first test match in Brisbane and one tour game just before the third test match. First test match of the five match series will begins from November 25-30 in Brisbane, the second test match will be played in Adelaide from December 3rd-7th. The third test match of the series will be played in Waca Ground, Perth from December 16-20th. Forth test will start from Boxing Day 26th-30th of December and the series will wrap up in Sydney. The final test will be played from 3rd to 7th of January 2011. England v Australia Ashes Series 2010 Fixtures (All timings are mentioned in GMT+05:30) | Timing | Teams | Venue | | Thu 25 Nov – Mon 29 Nov 05:30 AM | 1st Test - Australia v England | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane | | Fri 3 Dec – Tue 7 Dec 05:00 AM | 2nd Test - Australia v England | Adelaide Oval | | Thu 16 Dec – Mon 20 Dec 08:00 AM | 3rd Test - Australia v England | Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth | | Sun 26 Dec – Thu 30 Dec 05:30 AM | 4th Test - Australia v England | Melbourne Cricket Ground | | Mon 3 Jan – Fri 7 Jan 05:30 AM | 5th Test - Australia v England | Sydney Cricket Ground | |
