Story The Ashes - Australia in England 2005

[Aussies r tops]

Its time for the Aussies to take on their arch rivals in the most gruelling battle of them all: THE ASHES.

Trevor Hohns, Chairman of the National Selection Panel, has announced a 20 man squad to tour England, to play in the NatWest Series, against England and Bangladesh, another NatWest Series, comprising of 3 ODI's between Australia and England, and the 5 match npower Series against England.

Ricky Ponting (c) - Test+ODI
Adam Gilchrist (vc) - Test+ODI
Michael Clarke - Test+ODI
Jason Gillespie - Test+ODI
Nathan Hauritz - ODI
Matthew Hayden - Test+ODI
Brad Hogg - ODI
Michael Kasprowicz - Test+ODI
Brett Lee - Test+ODI
Darren Lehmann - Test+ODI
Damien Martyn - Test+ODI
Glenn McGrath - Test+ODI
Andrew Symonds - ODI
Shane Watson - Test+ODI
Michael Hussey - Test+ODI
Simon Katich - Test+ODI
Brad Haddin - Test+ODI
Shane Warne - Test
Stuart MacGill - Test
Justin Langer - Test

In a late announcement, due to a hectic international schedule, Australia will not play any warm up matches.

The series will be covered by Channel Nine in Australia, and Sky Sports in the UK.