LONDON (AP) — Trent Bridge in Nottingham will host the first 2027 men’s Ashes test between England and holder Australia.The five grounds had already been selected — including Southampton’s Rose Bowl for the first time — and the dates were revealed on Thursday.The first test is scheduled from June 18-22. England has won its last three Ashes tests at Trent Bridge, the most recent in 2015 after Australia was bowled out for 60.Lord’s stages the second test from June 30-July 4.There’s a scheduled break of only four days to the third test at Edgbaston in Birmingham from July 8-12.The fourth test marks Southampton’s men’s Ashes debut from July 21-25. It becomes the 10th British ground to host a men’s Ashes test.The series ends at The Oval from July 29-Aug. 2.There was contention that Nottingham was the most northerly venue in England in the 2027 Ashes after Old Trafford in Manchester and Headingley in Leeds were not selected.
Both grounds have been chosen for the 2031 series but when the 2027 venues were picked in 2023, the mayors of Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire wrote to the England and Wales Cricket Board to express their disappointment.Ben Stokes, who plays for Durham in the far north of England, said when he was leading England during their ill-fated 4-1 Ashes defeat in Australia earlier this year that no Ashes tests in the north next year was “a shame.”
