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Ashes pre-sale breaks one-day ticket record despite technical glitches

General public ticket sales open June 13 for Tests at venues from Perth to Sydney

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A screenshot of a ticket website showing "Fans ahead of you in the queue: 197986"

Overview

  • Over 220,000 tickets sold in the first day of Ashes pre-sale, crushing the 2017/18 one-day record within hours
  • Pre-sale registrations more than doubled last season’s Border-Gavaskar series, highlighting unprecedented fan demand
  • Fans reported prolonged online queues and transaction failures on Ticketek’s platform, prompting Cricket Australia to monitor system performance
  • CA chief Todd Greenberg expects multiple sell-outs across all five Tests, beginning with the Perth Stadium opener on November 21
  • General public sales open June 13, offering another chance to secure seats for fixtures in Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney