
England vs. Australia Ashes First Test: How to watch, latest odds, teams and head-to-head record for the match at Edgbaston

England and Australia will lock horns in the first Test of the 2023 Ashes series on Friday morning at Edgbaston as the two nations kick off their five-Test series attempting to win lift the iconic Urn. Australia were dominant 4-0 winners when the pair clashed Down Under back in 2021, but now under the new regime of Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes, England will be looking to win the Ashes for the first time since 2015 and the betting is extremely close.
Below we take a look at when the hotly anticipated first Test match will take place, how to watch it, the head-to-head record, the possible starting line-ups, and the latest odds.
When is England v Australia First Test Match?
The mouth-watering first Test match between England and Australia will take place at Edgbaston Cricket Stadium on Friday 16th June and the first ball will be bowled at 11am.
The all-important toss between the two captains Ben Stokes and Pat Cummins will take place at 10:30am as they determine who will bowl and bat first.
How to watch England v Australia First Test Match?
The first Ashes Test will be live on Sky Sports Cricket with the coverage due to start at 10am every day of the match.
England v Australia Ashes Head-To-Head record
Emphatic 4-0 winners in the last Ashes series, Australia have had the upper hand over England in recent times and here's a quick look at the recent record between the two sides since 2005.
Tests Played: 50
Australia Wins: 25
England Wins: 15
Draws: 10
England Test Record At Edgbaston
It's been a happy hunting ground for England in Test cricket and since 1902 the home side have won 29 of the 54 Test matches played at the home of Warwickshire County Cricket Club. However, the last time an Ashes Test match was played at Edgbaston Australia ran out comfortable winners by 251 runs. This century England have a fine recent record have won 11 of the 19 Test matches played at Edgbaston.
England vs Australia First Test Match Odds: Who is the favourite?
Over the last 10 years England have won five of their seven Test matches played at Edgbaston, but following on from their sparkling World Test Championship final victory over India at Lord's Australia will head into the first Test match as slight favourites at 13/10 with the bookmakers, while England are a shade bigger at 7/5. There have only been three draws in the last 25 Test matches between these two and parity is unlikely again with the best odds available, at the time of writing, being 9/2.
How will the teams line-up for the First Ashes Test?
England Team
Ben Duckett, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (captain), Jonathan Bairstow, Moeen Ali, Stuart Broad, Ollie Robinson, James Anderson
Australia Squad (TBC - Predicted below).
Pat Cummins (captain), Steve Smith (vice-captain), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Todd Murphy, Matthew Renshaw, Mitchell Starc, David Warner.

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