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Ashes 2025-26: Australia Announce Playing XI for 1st Test, Smith to Lead; Weatherald & Doggett to Debut

by K D Mishra November 20, 2025

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Cricket Australia on Thursday named the playing XI for the first Ashes Test against England, which begins on Friday at the Optus Stadium in Perth. Steve Smith will lead the team in the opening Test as Pat Cummins is still recovering from his injury. Fast bowler Josh Hazlewood is also out after getting injured during training.

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Jake Weatherald and Brendan Doggett have been selected for their first-ever Test match. Weatherald will open the batting with Usman Khawaja, while Doggett will join Mitchell Starc and Scott Boland in the pace attack.

Australia Founded: 1877

The Australian cricket team is the joint oldest team in Test cricket history and has a tremendous record in one-dayers, having won more than 60% of the matches they have played.

England Founded: 1739

England is regarded as the birthplace of cricket and has won the Ashes 32 times.

A day earlier, England had announced a 12-member squad for the first Test. Their lineup includes Shoaib Bashir as the only spinner, along with four fast bowlers Jofra Archer, Brydon Carse, Gus Atkinson and Mark Wood.

Ashes 2025-26: Full Schedule

Test	Dates	Venue	City	Start Time (IST)
1st Test	21–25 Nov 2025	Perth Stadium	Perth	07:50 a.m.
2nd Test	4–8 Dec 2025	The Gabba (Day/Night)	Brisbane	09:30 a.m.
3rd Test	17–21 Dec 2025	Adelaide Oval	Adelaide	05:30 a.m.
4th Test	26–30 Dec 2025	MCG	Melbourne	05:00 a.m.
5th Test	4–8 Jan 2026	SCG	Sydney	05:00 a.m.

Australia Playing XI

Usman Khawaja, Jake Weatherald, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith (c), Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Brendan Doggett, Scott Boland, Nathan Lyon.

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by K D Mishra November 20, 2025

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