The first test match in the Ashes series 2013-2014 will start on 21 November 2013 and last till 25 November 2013. It will last five days because it is a test match. This first test match of the Ashes Series 2013-14 will take place on the Gabba Stadium situated in Brisbane, Australia. It is will broadcasted live on sports channels in many countries like
England,
Australia,
India,
Pakistan,
South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Cricket fans are always eager for the Ashes Series to start. The Ashes Series 2013-2014 is also awaited with great enthusiasm and excitement by cricket fans all over the world. This being the first test-match in the Ashes 2013-2014 Series will obviously get the required attention from all cricket fans. Especially the England and Australian cricket fans root for their respective teams to win the century old Ashes urn. The Ashes are always a nail biting cricket experience for all cricket maniacs all over the world.
The England Cricket team will arrive in Australia on 25th October but the Ashes are starting about a month later on November 21. In this time period they will engage in many friendly and warm matches with the Australian team. The friendly matches comprise of one 3 day warm up match and two 4 day warm up match.
The Aussie Captain Michael Clarke and the English Captain Alastair Cook are two great test captains and are bound to lead their teams towards victory. The Gabba Stadium where the first test match of the Ashes 2013-14 Series will be held is located in Brisbane. It is situated in Woolloongabba in Queensland, Australia. It is a very old stadium as it was established in 1895. The capacity of this stadium is 42,000 due to which it can easily accommodate the enthusiastic cricket fans who are bound to turn up for the first test match of the Ashes 2013-14 series.