Full Ashes schedule revealed
England are looking to defend the Ashes urn they won last summer
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Cricket Australia have announced the full schedule for this winter's Ashes tour down under, which features the traditional five Tests and seven one-day internationals.
The tour begins with three warm-up matches for England in early November, before the first Test in Brisbane starts on November 25th.
Test matches at Adelaide and Perth follow in December before the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne. The final match of the tour will be at the SGC in Sydney.
Despite the fact England will be defending the urn after a 2-1 Test series win last summer, the Australians will hope to turn the tables while also repeating their 6-1 ODI series win in England.
The limited-overs cricket begins with two Twenty20 matches in Adelaide and Melbourne on January 12th and 14th before the first ODI gets underway at the MCG two days' later.
Further matches at Hobart, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane and Sydney follow before the seventh and final match of the tour in Perth on February 6th.
Full England tour schedule for Australia 2010/11:
5-7 November v Western Australia, Perth
11-13 November v South Australia, Adelaide
17-20 November v Australia A, Hobart
25-29 November 1st Test, Brisbane
3-7 December 2nd Test, Adelaide
10-12 December v Victoria, Melbourne
16-20 December 3rd Test, Perth
26-30 December 4th Test, Melbourne
3-7 January 5th Test, Sydney
10 January v Prime Minister's XI, Canberra
12 January 1st Twenty20 international, Adelaide
14 January 2nd Twenty20 international, Melbourne
16 January 1st ODI, Melbourne
21 January 2nd ODI, Hobart
23 January 3rd ODI, Sydney
26 January 4th ODI, Adelaide
30 January 5th ODI, Brisbane
2 February 6th ODI, Sydney
6 February 7th ODI, Perth