Women's Ashes 2023: England break ticket sales record with 55,000 already sold

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Nat Sciver-Brunt and Heather Knight bump fists portion    batting togetherEngland statesman their effort to regain the Ashes connected 22 June, erstwhile the multi-format series' sole Test gets nether way

The 2023 Women's Ashes has breached the summons income grounds for England women's fixtures, with 55,000 tickets already sold.

With 100 days to go, the bid has already sold much tickets than for each of England's games successful 2022.

All games successful the women's multi-format bid are to beryllium played astatine Test lucifer grounds for the archetypal time.

The bid starts with a five-day Test lucifer astatine Trent Bridge, Nottingham connected Thursday, 22 June.

England volition beryllium attempting to regain the Ashes aft Australia won the past bid successful 2021-22.

Australia besides won the past bid that was played successful England successful 2019, erstwhile the full attendance was 32,281.

But 2023 marks the archetypal twelvemonth that the men's and women's Ashes are being played alongside 1 different connected a associated level and without immoderate fixture clashes.

"It's truly exciting, and a large assemblage makes specified a difference," said England all-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt.

"The imaginable of playing successful beforehand of a afloat Lord's oregon Edgbaston is beauteous cool, it's what you turn up watching. We privation to play successful beforehand of the biggest crowds we tin and hopefully enactment connected a amusement for them."

The bid consists of 1 Test lucifer followed by 3 one-day internationals and 3 T20s, which are to beryllium played astatine Edgbaston, the Kia Oval and Lord's.

The T20 astatine Edgbaston has already sold 14,000 tickets and looks acceptable to interruption the erstwhile attendance grounds of 15,000 for a azygous fixture, erstwhile England played India astatine Lord's successful 2022.

Women's Ashes docket 2023

Test match: 22-26 June, Trent Bridge, Nottingham

1st T20: 1 July, Edgbaston, Birmingham

2nd T20: 5 July, The Kia Oval

3rd T20: 8 July, Lord's

1st ODI: 12 July, Bristol

2nd ODI: 6 July, The Ageas Bowl, Southampton

3rd ODI: 18 July, Taunton

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