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Ashes Tour 2021-22 Test matches
First Test December 8-12 – the Gabba, Brisbane
Second Test December 16-20 – Adelaide Oval, Adelaide (day/night)
Third Test December 26-30 – MCG, Melbourne
Fourth Test January 5-9 – SCG, Sydney
Fifth Test January 14-18 – Optus Stadium, Perth

Stuart Broad of England avoids a bouncer
England have not won at 'the Gabbatoir' since 1986 CREDIT: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images
What time do the matches start?
The first, third and fourth Tests at the Gabba, MCG and SCG begin at 11.30pm GMT. NB this means that in the UK they actually commence on the day before they do in Australia - ie at 11.30pm on Dec 7, Christmas Day and Jan 4.

Play at the second Test, a pink-ball day-nighter at the Adelaide Oval, starts at the brutal time of 3am for a UK audience though it does have the benefit of having a long evening session which is a perfect breakfast accompaniment for the lily-livered normal risers who don't watch through the night.

The fifth Test at the new Optus Stadium takes place in the Australian Western Standard Time zone which means a 2.30am start for those watching in the UK.

Which TV channel will it be on in the UK?
This has finally been decided. Cricket Australia sells its overseas broadcasting rights in four-year chunks and cannily schedules the auction, when broadcasters will be most eager, for the months preceding an Ashes series. Sky, having covered every series from 1990-91 to 2013-14, had been keen to win them back from BT Sport, which hosted coverage of the last tour four years ago.

Breaking up the usual duopoly, a third bidder had emerged for UK rights: Discovery, the US television giant, sees the Ashes as an opportunity to build on a new customer base it established during its coverage of the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, The Telegraph understands.

But BT Sport won the auction and will be showing the series using the Australian host broadcaster's regular commentary team of Adam Gilchrist, Shane Warne, Mark Waugh, Allan Border, Mike Hussey, Brett Lee, Mel Jones, Andrew Symonds, Kerry O'Keeffe, the Telegraph’s own Michael Vaughan and the former England bowler and host of the BBC's TV coverage, Isa Guha.

Read more at https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/0/ashes-2021-22-fixtures-match-dates-start-times-australia-england/

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