The Ashes 2023

[Gary]

54 days to go

Australia squad for the WTC and Ashes

Batsmen: Usman Khawaja, David Warner, Marcus Harris, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Matt Renshaw.

All-rounders: Cameron Green, Mitchell Marsh

Bowlers: Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Mitch Starc, Scott Boland, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy.

Keepers: Alex Carey, Josh Inglis.

World Test Championship Final: Wednesday June 7-Sunday June 11, The Oval

First Test: Friday June 16-Tuesday June 20, Edgbaston

Second Test: Wednesday June 28-Sunday July 2, Lord’s

Third Test: Thursday July 6-Monday July 10, Headingley

Fourth Test: Wednesday July 19-Sunday July 23, Old Trafford

Fifth Test: Thursday July 27-Monday 31, The Oval

[Gary]

Also the women’s itinerary

LV= Insurance Test Match, Women's Ashes Series

Thu 22-26 June 2023 - Trent Bridge

Vitality IT20s, Women's Ashes Series

Sat 1 July 2023 - Edgbaston
Wed 5 July 2023 - Kia Oval
Sat 8 July 2023 - Lord's

One Day Internationals, Women's Ashes Series

Wed 12 July 2023 - Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol
Sun 16 July 2023 - Ageas Bowl
Tue 18 July 2023 - Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton

[burleysway]

54 days to go

Australia squad for the WTC and Ashes

Batsmen: Usman Khawaja, David Warner, Marcus Harris, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Matt Renshaw.

All-rounders: Cameron Green, Mitchell Marsh

Bowlers: Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Mitch Starc, Scott Boland, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy.

Keepers: Alex Carey, Josh Inglis.

World Test Championship Final: Wednesday June 7-Sunday June 11, The Oval

First Test: Friday June 16-Tuesday June 20, Edgbaston

Second Test: Wednesday June 28-Sunday July 2, Lord’s

Third Test: Thursday July 6-Monday July 10, Headingley

Fourth Test: Wednesday July 19-Sunday July 23, Old Trafford

Fifth Test: Thursday July 27-Monday 31, The Oval

Should be a fantastic series!

England favourites?

[csnewton2701]

Glad I've got my ticket for the 1st day at Old Trafford. 1st test match in 20 years.

Chris

[Gary]

My shift pattern has screwed me over this year and I’m on shift for most of the Tests from memory. Will have to see what holidays I have left and what tickets are still available

[Gary]

About one month to go and Jimmy Anderson has suffered a ‘mild groin strain’

[Gary]

Jofra Archer injury hell continues. Just been ruled out with a stress fracture

[NickPY]

Looking forward to this. Has anyone had a chance to watch Steve Smith playing in England yet?

[slogen51]

England test squad announced

England squad: Ben Stokes (Durham captain), James Anderson (Lancashire), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Harry Brook (Yorkshire), Zak Crawley (Kent), Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire), Dan Lawrence (Essex), Jack Leach (Somerset), Ollie Pope (Surrey), Matthew Potts (Durham), Ollie Robinson (Sussex), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire), Mark Wood (Durham).

Archer is very unfortunate - travelled for the cash at the IPL and came back with a stress fracture.

Anderson (40) and Broad (37) seem to be going on forever (no IPL for Anderson) , Woakes back. Bairstow returns from a broken leg Stokes is always an injury worry. Zack Crawley gets another go and you have to have Harry Brook in the squad although there is now greater expectation and therefore pressure on him.

[Gary]

Ollie Robinson having a scan on his ankle. Hopefully nothing serious and no more injuries scares before the Ireland Test

[Gary]

Ollie Robinson cleared to join the squad

[slogen51]

England might deploy some Rolf Harris sledging jokes

[James Cutting]

That'll be the one Ashes they won't want back

[slogen51]

That meme has been doing the rounds .

Harris and savile what a pair!

[Bobling]

Very much missed no test in May. Christ they are packed in this year, I'm sure the norm when I was young was a test every other weekend, now they have one gap of over a week in the whole series! It's going to be intense!

[Gary]

England currently showing Ireland what it takes to play Test cricket. Nice warm up for the batters

[cat1]

ireland with a bit of fight for once
no issues for england though....

[Gary]

Leech just been ruled out with a lower back stress fracture

[slogen51]

That is serious

What other Slow left arm is there? Although the Aussie team have strong left handed batters so may not be the end of the world ! Perhaps a good time to pick a leg break bowler:- Adil Rashid ?

Can't see Stokes bowling much

Must win or not the lose the first match so strongest bowling partnership

Pace
Anderson
Broard ?
Wood
Robinson

Spin
???

[Gary]

Taken from the Barny Army Facebook page

BREAKING NEWS

Moeen Ali seriously considering return to England Test team following injury to Jack Leach, as per the Cricketer.

Hopefully Stokes sees the big picture and doesn’t try and do everything and injury himself