ASHES TEST SERIES 2013

Ashes (England tour of Australia) Series 2013-14 Schedule, Fixtures, Time table 

Australia and England will play 10 consecutive Tests in back-to-back Ashes cricket series in 2013 and 2014, Cricket Australia has confirmed. 

England will host Australia in 2013 and Australia will hold the return series in 2014 under a reorganized scheduled which avoids clashes with other major events. 

Initial schedules had England hosting a series in 2012, which would have clashed with the London Olympics, and Australia playing host in 2015 when it will also host the Cricket World Cup. England successfully defended the Ashes in a five-Test series in Australia this summer.

"We do have those two Ashes series that are back to back," Cricket Australia spokesman Peter Young told the Sydney Morning Herald. "One concern that England had, which is understandable, (is that) in 2015 if they'd played Ashes then the World Cup, the England team would have to stay in Australia for five months. That's just way too long."

Ashes Series 2013-14 in Australia, England Tour to Australia in November 2013 - February 2014 Schedule, Fixtures and Time table.

The Ashes 2013-14 Test Dates

Date	Match	Venue
Thu 28 Nov - Mon 2 Dec	1st Ashes Test	Gabba, Brisbane
Fri 6 - Tue 10 Dec	2nd Ashes Test	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Thu 19 - Mon 23 Dec	3rd Ashes Test	WACA, Perth
Thu 26 - Mon 30 Dec	4th Ashes Test	MCG, Melbourne
Fri 3 - Tue 7 Jan	5th Ashes Test	SCG, Sydney