By the time Australia land in England for the 2027 Ashes, they’ll have sat on the urn for the best part of a decade. That fact alone tells you why this tour matters before a single date gets circled on the calendar. Cricket’s schedulers have now released the full itinerary, and it’s a heavy one: a possible World Test Championship final at The Oval, five men’s Tests spread across the country, and a women’s tour that runs from a solitary Test all the way through to three ODIs in July.

Ashes 2027 Schedule

Trent Bridge opens the men’s series on June 18, though for Pat Cummins and his squad, the tour effectively starts a fortnight earlier depending on how the WTC table shakes out. Below is every fixture, mapped against Australian time so nobody’s setting an alarm for the wrong hour

Ashes 2027 Schedule: WTC Final and Warm-Up Fixtures

Whether Australia even needs a warm-up match comes down to one thing: qualifying for the World Test Championship decider. Get there, and the squad walks into the Ashes off the back of a genuine Test against the best side in the world. Miss out, and it’s a lower-key hit-out against the England Lions instead.

*Scrapped entirely if Australia reaches the WTC Final. (Source: ICC)

South Africa and New Zealand are the only sides with any real chance of derailing Australia’s top spot, and neither has done enough lately to close the gap. Barring a late slump, Australia should walk into England as WTC finalists. (Source: ICC Rankings)

Ashes 2027 Schedule: Men’s Test Series Fixtures

Five Tests, five different grounds, six weeks on the road. It’s a proper old-school Ashes tour, taking in Nottingham, London twice, Birmingham and Southampton, with barely a week to recover between matches at points.

Every session kicks off at 8:00 PM AEST, which is about as good as it gets for a Sydney or Melbourne audience settling in after dinner. Perth’s a different story though, add another two hours for AWST, and Adelaide viewers will want to check ACST before making plans.

Ashes 2027 Schedule: Women’s Test and White-Ball Fixtures

The women’s tour is a shorter, sharper affair. One Test at Headingley, then it’s all white-ball from there, three T20Is followed by three ODIs, wrapped up inside a month.

There’s no getting around it, the T20s land in the dead of night for anyone east of Perth, all three falling around 4:00 AM AEST. The ODIs make up for it, though, kicking off at a civilised 10:00 PM.

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A Six-Week English Winter Awaits Both Australian Squads

Nobody in England will need reminding how long it’s been since they last held the Ashes. This tour gives them their best shot yet at ending that run, but Australia arrive with the WTC standings in their favour and a squad that’s rarely looked this settled. Between a possible world final, five men’s Tests and a full women’s tour, there’s no shortage of cricket to follow through June and July. Australian viewers just need to pick their battles on sleep.