Overview
- The 2025/26 Ashes begins at Perth Stadium on November 21, the first of five Tests in the World Test Championship cycle.
- Australia’s XI features Scott Boland and Mitchell Starc in the pace attack with Nathan Lyon playing his 140th Test, while Marnus Labuschagne returns to No. 3 and Cameron Green is fit to bowl.
- Debutants Jake Weatherald and Brendan Doggett come in, and Doggett’s selection means Australia’s men will field two Indigenous players in a Test XI for the first time.
- England have named a 12-man group under Ben Stokes with a pace-heavy plan that includes Jofra Archer and Mark Wood, and they will confirm their final XI at the toss.
- Live coverage is set with TNT Sports in the UK and Channel 7/Fox Cricket in Australia, with streaming via discovery+/Kayo, and Lyon needs two wickets to surpass Glenn McGrath on the all-time list.