2025–26 Ashes series

Australia named a 15-man squad for the first Test, with regular captain Pat Cummins unavailable due to injury. On 15 November, Josh Hazlewood was ruled out of the first Test with a hamstring injury, and was replaced by Michael Neser. On 24 November, Hazlewood was ruled out of the second Test, before being ruled out of the rest of the series on 9 December. Pat Cummins was also added back to the squad and returned to captain the team in the third test. On 23 December, Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon were ruled out of the remainder of the Test series due to back issues and a hamstring injury, respectively. The pair were replaced by Jhye Richardson and Todd Murphy. On 9 December, Mark Wood was ruled out of remainder of the Test series with a knee injury, and was replaced by Matthew Fisher. On 24 December, Jofra Archer was ruled out of the remainder of the Test series with a side strain. On 29 December, Gus Atkinson was ruled out of the fifth Test with a hamstring injury. ==Venues==

The five venues are Perth Stadium, The Gabba, Adelaide Oval, Melbourne Cricket Ground and Sydney Cricket Ground. The venues and dates for the series were announced by Cricket Australia on 16 October 2024. Perth Stadium hosted the first Test of the series. This was the first time Perth Stadium hosted an Ashes Test and marked the return of Ashes cricket to Perth, after the city was not included in the schedule for the 2021–22 series. It was the first Ashes series in Australia not to commence at the Gabba in Brisbane, since the 1982–83 series. Brisbane instead hosted the second Test of the series, which was a day/night match. ==Tour matches==

On 24 July 2025, Cricket Australia announced the fixtures for the warm-up matches. On 29 July, Cricket Australia announced the pink-ball Ashes warm-up match between Prime Minister's XI and England XI. The England preparation was criticised by several former players in advance with the team only playing a warm-up game against England Lions. England XI v England Lions Prime Minister's XI v England XI ==Matches==

First Test Second Test Third Test Fourth Test Fifth Test == Statistics ==

Leading run-scorers Leading wicket-takers ==Notes==