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Upcoming fixtures:

Men's Ashes

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| | 16th June | 1st Test | AUS by 2 wickets | | 28th June | 2nd Test | AUS by 43 runs | | 6th July | 3rd Test | ENG by 3 wickets | | 19th July | 4th Test | Draw | | 27th July | 5th Test | |

Women's Ashes

| Date | Match | Result | |

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| | 22nd June | Only Test | AUS by 89 runs | | 2nd July | First T20I | AUS by 4 wickets | | 6th July | Second T20I | ENG by 3 runs | | 9th July | Third T20I | ENG by 5 wickets | | 12th July | First ODI | ENG by 2 wickets | | 16th July | Second ODI | AUS by 3 runs | | 18th July | Third ODI | ENG by 69 runs (DLS) |

Series drawn - AUS retain the Ashes

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Australia have already won The Ashes series after winning the first 3 Tests. The English won the 4th Test to make the series 3-1, with just this last game remaining.

Australia hasn’t been able to field their top team all series, and are without captain Cummins and top spinner Lyons again. Usman Khawaja has announced his retirement, and this will be his last match in front of his home crowd.

England can find redemption with another win, and arguably claim they could have won the series. Will Bazball continue to live, after seeming dead after the Aussies went up 3-0?

10am-12:30pm AEDT will be compulsory viewing for cricket nuts. Who wins the toss and whether the bowling team can break through in that first session may determine the result.

But a Test is 5 days, even though we seem to normally get 2 day Test Matches in this series.

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[–] No1@aussie.zone 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Bat for as big a lead as we can get and try and bowl them out so we don't need to bat again. Up until tea break tomorrow if you can. Still gives you 4 sessions to bowl them out.

Worst case for that is a draw.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 0 points 8 months ago

Yeah true, I didn't even think of that. Will depend on if England can finally put aside the failure of Bazball and play for the draw. Or if they don't do that but have another lucky innings like the last one, despite the ageing pitch.