Cricket-Rose Bowl to host first Ashes test in 2027


  • Cricket
  • Wednesday, 14 Jun 2023

FILE PHOTO: Cricket - ICC World Test Championship Final - India v New Zealand - Rose Bowl, Southampton, Britain - June 21, 2021 General view as rain delays the start of play Action Images via Reuters/John Sibley/File Photo

(Reuters) - The Rose Bowl in Southampton will host its first Ashes match in 2027 when England's men's team play Australia in a five-match series, the country's cricket board (ECB) said on Wednesday.

Along with the Rose Bowl, which staged the inaugural World Test Championship final in 2021, the other venues for the series will be Lord's, The Oval, Edgbaston and Trent Bridge.

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