The 1st Investec Test between the visiting Australian cricket team and hosts England begins at Trent Bridge, Nottingham from Wednesday today 10 July till 14th July.
The Ashes series that begins today, will spread over ten test matches which will end in Sydney in early January. Although, England and Australia are only ranked three and four in the world, but it will be captivating to watch these two teams playing for the love of sports of cricket.
Ever wondered why we call this sporting event as Ashes? Well BBC sums it very well:
The likely opposing squads are as under:
England squad
AN Cook*, JM Anderson, JM Bairstow, IR Bell, TT Bresnan, SCJ Broad, ST Finn, G Onions, KP Pietersen, MJ Prior†, JE Root, GP Swann, IJL Trott
Australia squad
MJ Clarke*, BJ Haddin†, AC Agar, JM Bird, EJM Cowan, JP Faulkner, RJ Harris, PJ Hughes, UT Khawaja, NM Lyon, JL Pattinson, CJL Rogers, PM Siddle, SPD Smith, MA Starc, MS Wade†, DA Warner, SR Watson
Umpires Aleem Dar and HDPK Dharmasena
The match is scheduled on Wednesday 10 July to 14th July daily at (10:00 GMT) | at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.
If you are one of the fans located at different destination and miss the chance to visit the stadium to watch your favorite team, You can now watch the match live on your laptop or desktop computer, FREE, provided you have an internet connection, from the links given below: