Ashes schedule and TV Time: What time does the second Test start?
The second Ashes Test between Australia and England will be a day/night match played with the pink Kookaburra.
Australia named their playing XI a day before the Test with one enforced change to the lineup.
Jhye Richardson comes in for the injured Josh Hazlewood in an otherwise unchanged Australia XI.
David Warner was passed fit after sustaining a couple of blows to the chest from England’s quicks in the series opener.
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England will name their playing XI at the toss but we know that James Anderson and Stuart Broad are set to return adding their immense experience to the Three Lions attack.
The tourists could opt against playing a spinner considering the conditions and the form of their tweakers.
The second Ashes Test at the Adelaide Oval gets underway at 14:30 local time on Thursday 16 December.
What time does The Ashes start on UK TV?
Play will start at 04:00 (GMT) with the toss scheduled to take place at 03:30 and the enitre match will be broadcast on BT Sport in the UK.
The BBC will be send out a highlights each day at 17:00 on the iPlayer, while they also boast ‘digital in-play clips’ on their live coverage online.
Teams: First Test – England vs Australia
Australia XI: Marcus Harris, David Warner, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitch Starc, Nathan Lyon, Jhye Richardson
England squad: Joe Root (c), James Anderson, Jonathan Bairstow, Dom Bess, Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, Zak Crawley, Haseeb Hameed, Dan Lawrence, Jack Leach, Dawid Malan, Craig Overton, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood.
The Ashes 2021 schedule
As is traditional, the Ashes will be contested over five Tests, with the Boxing Day and New Year’s Tests taking place at their customary venues in Melbourne and Sydney.
The second and fifth Tests will be day/night matches.
First Test
Australia won by nine wickets
Date: 8th – 12th December 2021
Venue: The Gabba, Brisbane
Second Test
Date: 16th – 20th December 2021
Venue: Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Third Test
Date: 26th – 30th December 2021
Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Fourth Test
Date: 5th – 9th January 2022
Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Fifth Test
Date: 14th – 18th January 2022
Venue: Bellerive Oval, Hobart
