Newly crowned World champions England will face old rivals Australia this summer in the 2019 Ashes.
England beat New Zealand in a thrilling World Cup final to claim their first title after an incredible tournament in the UK.
Now they will host the Aussies, who were beaten in the semi-finals of this summer’s showpiece tournament, for five Test matches in an intriguing Ashes series.
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Australia claimed glory in the last Ashes, winning the series 4-0 down under with a string of dominant displays.
But England did win it in 2015, claiming a 3-2 series victory after a memorable summer of action.
Joe Root’s Test side beat Ireland in a special warm-up match recently and now the battle to reclaim the famous urn is on.
England vs Australia: 2019 Ashes Series
First Test: August 1-5 – Edgbaston, Birmingham
Second Test: August 14-18 – Lord’s, London
Third Test: August 22-26 – Headingley, Leeds
Fourth Test: September 4-8 – Old Trafford, Manchester
Fifth Test: September 12-16 – The Oval, London
Play will begin at 11am on each day during the five Test matches depending on the weather.
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England vs Australia: What is each team’s record?
England have the chance to level the overall series results record between the two this summer.
Out of the 70 Test series played so far, Australia have won it 33 times while England have 32 wins with five draws.
As for the overall Test match results, there have been 330 played. Australia have won 134 to England’s 106, with 90 draws.
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England vs Australia: The squads
England: Joe Root (c), Ben Stokes (vc), Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Jofra Archer, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Joe Denly, Jason Roy, Olly Stone, Chris Woakes.
Australia: Tim Paine (c, wk), Pat Cummins (vc), Travis Head (vc), Cameron Bancroft, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Michael Neser, James Pattinson, Peter Siddle, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Wade (wk), David Warner.
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England vs Australia: What has been said?
Cricket legend Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff has hailed England’s World Cup winners and believes they will now claim Ashes glory as well.
He told talkSPORT: “I think the Ashes is going to be closer than we think, Australia are coming together a decent side.
“But with the confidence we’ve just seen form the World Cup, I can’t see us losing it to be honest. I just think we’re too good.
“We’ve found an identity. In the past we used to look around the world at other teams and think we need to play like that, we need to do this.
“But now they’ve got a group of players they trust in and they just keep coming at you.
“They play with a freedom I’ve never seen from an England side and I definitely think they have an identity and a confidence to go out there and beat anyone.
“The most impressive thing as well is England have been good in the past at going into tournaments as underdogs, but to be the frontrunners and see it through so very un-English!”