FILE PHOTO: Australia's cricket team captain Steve Smith holds a replica Ashes urn with England's team captain Joe Root during an official event ahead of the Ashes opening test match at the GABBA ground in Brisbane, Australia, November 22, 2017. REUTERS/David Gray
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Hobart will stage the fifth Ashes test between Australia and England in place of Perth, which was stripped of the hosting rights on Monday because of Western Australia border controls, Cricket Australia said on Saturday.
Hobart's Bellerive Oval, which was scheduled to host a test against Afghanistan in November before it was postponed in the wake of the Taliban takeover of the country, will host its first Ashes clash from Jan. 14-18.
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