CRICKET - 1997 ASHES INTINERARY .
LONDON 1996-08-30
Australia will defend the Ashes in
a six-test series against England during a four-month tour
starting on May 13 next year , the Test and County Cricket Board
said on Friday .
Australia will also play three one-day internationals and
four one-day warm-up matches at the start of the tour .
The tourists will play nine first-class matches against
English county sides and another against British Universities ,
as well as one-day matches against the Minor Counties and
Scotland .
Tour itinerary :
May
May 13 Arrive in London
May 14 Practice at Lord 's
May 15 v Duke of Norfolk 's XI ( at Arundel )
May 17 v Northampton
May 18 v Worcestershire
May 20 v Durham
May 22 First one-day international ( at Headingley ,
Leeds )
May 24 Second one-day international ( at The Oval ,
London )
May 25 Third one-day international ( at Lord 's , London )
May 27-29 v Gloucestershire or Sussex or Surrey ( three
days )
May 31 - June 2 v Derbyshire ( three days )
June
June 5-9 First test match ( at Edgbaston , Birmingham )
June 11-13 v a first class county ( to be confirmed )
June 14-16 v Leicestershire ( three days )
June 19-23 Second test ( at Lord 's )
June 25-27 v British Universities ( at Oxford , three days )
June 28-30 v Hampshire ( three days )
July
July 3-7 Third test ( at Old Trafford , Manchester )
July 9 v Minor Counties XI
July 12 v Scotland
July 16-18 v Glamorgan ( three days )
July 19-21 v Middlesex ( three days )
July 24-28 Fourth test ( at Headingley )
August
August 1-4 v Somerset ( four days )
August 7-11 Fifth test ( at Trent Bridge , Nottingham )
August 16-18 v Kent ( three days )
August 21-25 Sixth test ( at The Oval , London ) .