Cricket Australia has revealed the dates for the 2025-26 Ashes form in Australia with the Gabba set to host the second day-night Test. Adelaide will host the third test as an annual game under the unused promise of having the test before Christmas. for the next seven years.
CA confirmed Perth will host the first Ashes Test next summer from November 21-25 before the second Test taking place with a pink ball under the lights in Brisbane from December 4-8. The third Test will be played one year in Adelaide from December 17-21 before the standard Test of the boxing era begins on December 26 at the MCG. Sydney will host the fifth Check from January 4 to 8.
Adelaide has been the primary home of the day-night Test since the first in 2015 and has hosted the two previous Ashes day-night Tests in 2017-18 and 2021-22 as the second Test in the rotation in that form. Ashes. following the standard Gabba opener.
However, the South Australian executive, along with CA, have been keen to give Adelaide a top leisure spot given the Check’s reputation from a tourism perspective and it is now third in the rotation.
There may also be less enthusiasm for the use of the purple ball at the Gabba, with Australia’s bowlers so far expressing their opinion that the purple ball is more suitable for the Adelaide Oval sound than the Gabba. There were sessions in the Gabba pink ball trials where the ball became too comfortable and consequently the game stagnated.
