The Ashes 2010 England tour of Australia 2010/2011 Schedule, Fixtures and Squad
The Ashes is a historic test series between Australia and England which features 5 test matches. Ashes 2010/11 will be held in Australia at the end of 2010. England had won the Ashes 2009 2-1 in their home land. Playing Ashes in Australia is a great challenge for English team which lost the 2007 Ashes 5-0 after winning Ashes in 2005.
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)
| Date | Time | Match Type | Place |
| Thu 25 Nov – Mon 29 Nov | 00:00 GMT 11:00 local 05:30 IST | 1st Test | |
| Fri 3 Dec – Tue 7 Dec | 23:30 GMT (prev day) 10:00 local 5:00 IST | 2nd Test | |
| Thu 16 Dec – Mon 20 Dec | 02:30 GMT 10:30 local 8:00 IST | 3rd Test | |
| Sun 26 Dec – Thu 30 Dec | 00:00 GMT 11:00 local 05:30 IST | 4th Test | |
| Mon 3 Jan – Fri 7 Jan | 00:00 GMT 11:00 local 05:30 IST | 5th Test | Sydney Cricket Ground |
