Australia's women's cricket squad volition marque past erstwhile it plays a five-day Test lucifer against England during adjacent year's Ashes series.
Cricket Australia and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) unveiled the schedules for some the women's and the men's Ashes, which volition beryllium held successful the motherland mid-2023.
The women's Ashes features a five-day Test. Women person historically played four-day matches.
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But each six women's Tests played since 2015 person ended successful a draw, and calls person been increasing louder for immoderate clip to let five-day matches.
"In presumption of the length, I deliberation it makes consciousness to instrumentality it retired to 5 days ... you'll get a batch much results," Aussie skipper Meg Lanning said connected the taxable past year.
The men's Ashes volition dwell of the accepted 5 Test matches, and begins connected June 16 astatine Edgbaston.
Lord's, Headingly, Old Trafford, and The Oval volition big the remaining men's matches.
2023 ASHES SCHEDULE
WOMEN'S
Jun 22-26: Test lucifer | Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Jul 1: First T20I | Edgbaston, Birmingham
Jul 5: Second T20I | The Oval, London
Jul 8: Third T20I | Lord's, London
Jul 12: First ODI | County Ground, Bristol
Jul 16: Second ODI | The Ageas Bowl, Southampton
Jul 18: Third ODI | County Ground, Taunton
MEN'S
Jun 16 – Jun 20: First Test | Edgbaston, Birmingham
Jun 28 – Jul 2: Second Test | Lord's, London
Jul 6 – Jul 10: Third Test | Headingly, Leeds
Jul 19 – Jul 23: Fourth Test | Old Trafford, Manchester
Jul 27 – Jul 31: Fifth Test | The Oval, London
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