Full Ashes tour schedule revealed

**Australia have confirmed the full schedule for England’s 2010/11 Ashes tour, which includes three warm-up games and seven one-day internationals.**The tourists begin with three-day warm-up matches against Western Australia, South Australia and Australia A.

After the Ashes Tests, for which the dates had already been announced, England will face the Aussies in two Twenty20 games and seven one-dayers.

England lost 5-0 in the Tests on their last visit to Australia in 2006/07.

On that occasion, they lost their first one-day warm-up game to a Prime Minister’s XI, before drawing three-day games against New South Wales and South Australia - and received some criticism for the lack of competitive opposition in the lead-up to the first Test.

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Once more, England will face a World Cup immediately after touring Australia.

The final one-dayer in Australia is on 6 February 2011, a fortnight before the World Cup starts on the Indian subcontinent.

Australia will also host Sri Lanka in a Twenty20 international and three ODIs before England’s arrival.

England’s 2010/11 tour of Australia:

**5-7 November **v Western Australia, Perth

11-13 November v South Australia, Adelaide

17-20 November v Australia A, Hobart

**25-29 November **1st Test, Brisbane

**3-7 December **2nd Test, Adelaide

10-12 December v Victoria, Melbourne

**16-20 December **3rd Test, Perth

**26-30 December **4th Test, Melbourne

**3-7 January **5th Test, Sydney

**10 January **v Prime Minister’s XI, Canberra

12 January 1st Twenty20 international, Adelaide

**14 January **2nd Twenty20 international, Melbourne

16 January 1st ODI, Melbourne

21 January 2nd ODI, Hobart

23 January 3rd ODI, Sydney

26 January 4th ODI, Adelaide

30 January 5th ODI, Brisbane

2 February 6th ODI, Sydney

6 February 7th ODI, Perth