- ECB confirms Ashes will go ahead, subject to conditions
- Senior players commit to two-month tour of Australia
Joe Root is set to be handed a full strength squad for this winter’s bid to regain the Ashes after the two-month tour of Australia was on Friday granted conditional approval by the England and Wales Cricket Board.
The five-match series that begins in Brisbane on 8 December has been the subject of tense negotiations in recent weeks over off-field living conditions and the quarantine arrangements in place for players and their families.