Ashes cricket 2017-18: Brisbane to host first Test as Adelaide gets green light for day-night match

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Ashes cricket 2017-18: Brisbane to host first Test as Adelaide gets green light for day-night match

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Brisbane will host the opening Test of next summer's Ashes series with Adelaide to hold the first day-night Test between Australia and England.

Fairfax Media reported earlier this month that the Gabba would be the venue for the first Test of the 2017-18 summer after the lukewarm response to this season's opening match against South Africa in Perth.

Adelaide Oval will then play host to the first ever day-night Ashes Test. Following Adelaide, the series will move to Perth, where the match may be held at the new Perth Stadium.

The traditional Boxing Day Test and New Year's Test in Melbourne and Sydney will complete the series.

Back for the Ashes: Alastair Cook and Steve Smith.

Back for the Ashes: Alastair Cook and Steve Smith.

Five on-day internationals have been scheduled with the touring England side, to be hosted in Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide and Perth between January 14 and January 28, with Adelaide hosting the Australia Day fixture.

Cricket Australia together with New Zealand Cricket and the England and Wales Cricket Board also confirmed a T20 International trans-Tasman tri-series will take place from February 2018, with three matches to be hosted in Australia, and four including the final to be hosted in New Zealand. Prior to this the traditional Prime Minister's XI will be played at Manuka Oval in Canberra against England as a T20 International match on Friday, 2 February.

The Chappell-Hadlee series will not be contested next season, due to the Ashes Series and T20 International tri-series.

Cricket Australia Chief Executive Officer James Sutherland said: "This schedule will allow for at least three Sheffield Shield matches to be completed as preparation prior to the first Ashes Test in Brisbane.

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"The decision to start the international season in Brisbane, then moving to Adelaide, allows us to give Perth Stadium the best chance to host the Test match, so we can welcome an even bigger crowd to Perth next summer.

"We're really excited to announce that Adelaide will play host to the first ever day-night Ashes Test."

The Australian Women's Cricket Team will also host a home Ashes series next season, with that schedule and venues to be confirmed.

2017-18 Men's Ashes Series

First Test – Australia v England, Gabba - 23-27 November 2017

Second Test – Australia v England, Adelaide Oval (Day-Night) - 2-6 December 2017

Third Test – Australia v England, Perth (venue TBC) - 14-18 December 2017

Fourth Test – Australia v England, MCG - 26-30 December 2017

Fifth Test – Australia v England, SCG - 4-8 January 2018

2017-18 One-Day International Series against England

First ODI – Australia v England, MCG – 14 January 2018

Second ODI – Australia v England, Gabba – 19 January 2018

Third ODI – Australia v England, SCG – 21 January 2018

Fourth ODI – Australia v England, Adelaide Oval – 26 January 2018

Fifth ODI – Australia v England, Perth (venue TBC) – 28 January 2018

Prime Minister's XI

PM's XI v England – Manuka Oval – 2 February 2018

2017-18 T20 International Trans-Tasman Tri-Series

First T20I – Australia v New Zealand, SCG – 3 February 2018

Second T20I – Australia v England, Blundstone Arena – 7 February 2018

Third T20I – Australia v England, MCG – 10 February 2018

Fourth T20I – New Zealand v England, Wellington Stadium – 14 February 2018

Fifth T20I – New Zealand v Australia, Eden Park – 16 February 2018

Sixth T20I – New Zealand v England, Seddon Park – 18 February 2018

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Final – TBC, Eden Park – 21 February

*Series then moves to New Zealand for three further matches and final

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