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Wednesday, October 28, 1998 Published at 16:12 GMT


Ashes tour itinerary

Stewart arrives in Perth for a resumption of Test cricket's oldest contest

Alec Stewart's England face a three-month tour of Australia.

The team will take in the five Ashes Test matches against the hosts plus a further thirteen one-day matches - including five limited-over contests against the World Champions Sri Lanka.

The 17-man squad arrived in Perth on October 25 and will have a number of warm-up matches before the first Ashes Test match which starts on November 20.

Full England tour itinerary

October
29 ACB Chairman's XI (Lilac Hill)
31-Nov 3 Western Australia (Perth)

November
7-10 Southern Australia (Adelaide)
13-16 Queensland (Cairns)
20-24 FIRST TEST (Brisbane)
28-Dec 2 SECOND TEST (Perth)

December
5-8 Victoria (Melbourne)
11-15 THIRD TEST (Adelaide)
17 Prime Minister's XI (Canberra)
19-22 Australia XI (Hobart)
26-30 FOURTH TEST (Melbourne)

January
1 Bradman XI (Bowral)
2-6 FIFTH TEST (Sydney)
8 Queensland (Brisbane)
10 Australia (Brisbane)
11 Sri Lanka (Brisbane)
15 Australia (Melbourne)
17 Australia (Sydney)
19 Sri Lanka (Melbourne)
23 Sri Lanka (Adelaide)
26 Australia (Adelaide)
29 Sri Lanka (Perth)
31 Australia (Melbourne)

February
2 Sri Lanka (Sydney)
5 Australia (Sydney)
10 First Final (Sydney)
11 Reserve Day
12 Second Final (Melbourne)
13 Reserve Day
14 Third Final if required (Melbourne)
15 Reserve Day




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