Cricket Australia confirmed a host of Test venues for the Australian summer until 2031.

On Sunday (August 18), Cricket Australia (CA) confirmed a host of Test venues for the Australian summer until 2031.

The most significant news coming from the announcement was that a celebratory Test match between England and Australia would be held in Melbourne, to mark the 150th anniversary of the first-ever Test. A similar one-off match had taken place in 1977, to commemorate the 100th anniversary.

But from a logistical standpoint, the more relevant news was that following discussions with the various state governments, CA had finalised the details for several home Test matches until the 2030/31 season, which are as follows.

The Boxing Day and New Year's Tests will be held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and Sydney Cricket Ground respectively every year until 2030-31, following traditions that have been in place for over 30 years.

The 'Christmas Test' will take place at the Adelaide Oval in every December until 2030. It will be decided in due course whether these matches will be day-night matches or day matches. The 2025-26 Ashes Test at this venue is expected to be a day game at this point.

The 'West Test' in Perth will serve as the start of the Australian men's Test summer for the next three years. This means that the 2025/26 Ashes will begin at a venue other than Brisbane for the first time since 1982/83. On that occasion, the venue was Perth as well.

Brisbane has been guaranteed a Test match next summer between the season opener in Perth and the Christmas Test in Adelaide. This is expected to be a day-night Ashes Test in 2025/26.

Australia's next home series is against India this November, the first five-match series between the sides since 1991/92. The order of venues there is Perth (November 22), Adelaide (December 6), Brisbane (December 14), Melbourne (December 26) and Sydney (January 3, 2025).

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