The much awaited Ashes 2015 series will kick off on Wednesday, 8th July when arch-rivals England and Australia meet at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff for the first test match.

Ashes 2015 - 1st Test, Australia vs England (Preview)

Date - 8th July

Venue - Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

Time - 10:00 GMT, 3:30 PM IST

Head to Head - Matches - 320, Won by Australia - 128, Won by England - 103, Drawn - 89

Ashes 2013-14 - Australia won the last Ashes series by 5-0

England Squad for the 1st Ashes 2015 Test

England squad for first Test: Alastair Cook (Captain), Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Gary Ballance, Ian Bell (Warwickshire), Stuart Broad, Jos Buttler, Steven Finn, Adam Lyth, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Mark Wood 

Australia squad for Ashes 2015 Test Series

Michael Clarke (capt), Steve Smith (vice-capt), Fawad Ahmed, Brad Haddin (wk), Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Peter Nevill (wk), Chris Rogers, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Starc, Adam Voges, David Warner, Shane Watson.

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