The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. So Here’s The Ashes 2023 fixtures and how to buy tickets.
The Ashes 2023 : Fixtures, Tickets, Lords, Ballot
The contents of the urn are reputed to be the ashes of a wooden bail, and were humorously described as “the ashes of Australian cricket”.
It is not clear whether that “tiny silver urn” is the same as the small terracotta urn given to the MCC by Bligh’s widow after his death in 1927.
| Countries | Australia England |
|---|---|
| Administrator | International Cricket Council |
| Format | Test cricket |
| First edition | 1882–83 (Australia) |
| Latest edition | 2021–22 (Australia) |
| Next edition | 2023 (England) |
| Tournament format | 5-match series |
| Number of teams | 2 |
The urn has never been the official trophy of the Ashes series, having been a personal gift to Bligh. However, replicas of the urn are often held aloft by victorious teams as a symbol of their victory in an Ashes series.
Since the 1998–99 Ashes series, a Waterford Crystal representation of the Ashes urn (called the Ashes Trophy) has been presented to the winners of an Ashes series as the official trophy of that series.
Irrespective of which side holds the tournament, the urn remains in the MCC Museum at Lord’s; it has however been taken to Australia to be put on touring display on two occasions: as part of the Australian Bicentenary celebrations in 1988 and to accompany the Ashes series in 2006–07.
The Ashes 2023 Fixtures
The England and Wales Cricket Board has confirmed that the 2023 Ashes Tests have been awarded to the same five grounds as the 2019 edition.
Headingley and Old Trafford have been selected, with regular venues Lord’s, The Oval and Edgbaston making up the rest of the five-match series.
| Overall Test Results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tests played | Australia wins | England wins | Draws |
| 340 | 140 | 108 | 92 |
Series results, up to and including the 2021-22 Ashes series:
| Overall Series Results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Series played | Australia wins | England wins | Draws |
| 72 | 34 | 32 | 6 |
The decision sees Nottinghamshire’s Trent Bridge, the Ageas Bowl in Hampshire and Glamorgan’s Swalec Stadium miss out on The Ashes.
There had been reports Hampshire’s Ageas Bowl was set to host its first Ashes Test match in the 2023 series having missed out in 2019.
But it, Glamorgan’s Swalec Stadium and Trent Bridge all failed in their bids to host the Ashes, although the Nottingham ground will host four Test matches in the five-year period until 2024.
And the full schedule of The Ashes is yet to be announced, and will be updated as soon as we got any information.
The Ashes 2023 tickets
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Lords
Edgbaston, Headingley, The Oval, Lord’s and Old Trafford will all host England v Australia matches in both series.
The ECB also announced the cities that will host the new eight-team Twenty20 tournament in 2020.
Southampton, Birmingham, Leeds, London, Manchester, Cardiff and Nottingham have been selected for the competition.
Both Lord’s and The Oval will host newly created teams in the competition with the Ageas Bowl, Edgbaston, Headingley, Old Trafford, the Swalec Stadium and Trent Bridge the other grounds chosen.
The BBC will broadcast live TV coverage of the new men’s domestic T20 tournament each summer from 2020 to 2024.
Ballot
Booking an Official Ashes Tour to England is the easiest way to guarantee match tickets for what could be your only opportunity to experience this popular cricket series.
Whether you book a tour or travel independently, start saving, especially for the Ashes Test Match at the Lord’s where match tickets in 2019 were £155+ (A$300) per Days 1 – 4.
Before booking an Official Ashes Cricket Tour, consider this impartial information to independently secure Ashes Test Match Tickets. If you want to trust your luck on the day, match tickets have been available each day by varying means.
Apply for ballot-tickets. The best way of winning a ballot ticket is opting for a ‘single-seat with a restricted view’.
A restricted view could be one narrow pole a few metres in front of you, or the sightscreen hiding a small portion of the outfield.
Apply for a ballot-ticket ‘single-seat’. Many opt for multiple seats and miss out because most ballot requests are for multiple seats.
But If you are travelling with others, there are often empty seats scattered about where you may be able to convene during the game.