On the same day, Australia's Matt Renshaw and England's Rehan Ahmed both were released from their respective squads. On 3 July 2023, Australia's Nathan Lyon was ruled of the last three tests due to an injury, with Michael Neser added to the squad. On 23 June 2023, Rehan Ahmed was added to England's squad as a cover for Moeen Ali who suffered blisters in his spinning finger during the first Test. On 4 June 2023, Jack Leach was ruled out of the series with back stress fracture Moeen Ali was named as his replacement. Jimmy Peirson was added to the Australia squad as cover for Josh Inglis. Ĭlass=notpageimage| Locations of the Tests Squads England Įngland announced their squad on 3 June 2023, whilst Australia announced theirs on 18 April 2023. For the first time in Ashes history, Australia will play no tour matches against county teams, although they did play the 2023 ICC World Test Championship final against India in London a week before the Ashes series. The series was brought forward to June and July so as not to clash with The Hundred tournament, which is due to start in August. This series also marks the first time in the Ashes' 139-year history that no Test will take place in August in an Ashes series hosted by England. The series is the 73rd Ashes series and the 37th to take place in England. The series is a part of the 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship.

Īustralia are the defending holders of the Ashes going into the series, having won in 2017–18, drawn in 2019 and won in 2021–22. The five venues are, in order, Edgbaston, Lord's, Headingley, Old Trafford and The Oval.

The 2023 Ashes series (officially the LV= Insurance Men's Ashes Series for sponsorship reasons) is a series of Test cricket matches being played between England and Australia for The Ashes, in June and July 2023.

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