The Australia national cricket team toured England between May and September 2019 to play in the 2019 Cricket World Cup, the Ashes and tour matches against Worcestershire and Derbyshire. [1] [2] In the Cricket World Cup, Australia failed to defend the title they won in 2015 and were knocked out in the semi-finals. [3]
Cricket Australia named a 25-man preliminary squad for the Test series. [4] Ahead of the first Test, they were scheduled to play against the Australia A team. [5] However, this match was replaced by a four-day, intra-squad warm-up match, with Brad Haddin and Graeme Hick named as mentors of the two 12-man teams. [6] Australia retained the Ashes after winning the fourth Test to take an unassailable 2–1 lead in the series, [7] but England's victory in the final Test meant the series was drawn 2–2, the first drawn Ashes series since 1972. [8]
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