England to play 50-over warm-up in stark Ashes contrast
Summary
England’s cricket team will play a 50-over warm-up match against a Western Australia XI at the Waca ground in Perth before their white-ball tour of Australia later this year. This match marks the return of warm-up games for England’s limited-overs cricket side after six years and aims to help the team prepare well ahead of the 2026 World Cup.Key Facts
- England will play a warm-up 50-over match on 7 November at the Waca ground in Perth.
- The match is scheduled six days before the first one-day international at Perth’s Optus Stadium.
- England has not played a white-ball warm-up game for six years.
- Coach Brendon McCullum wants warm-up matches to improve player readiness before the 2026 World Cup.
- England’s 50-over team currently lacks experience, with only a few players having high numbers of international games.
- England will also have warm-ups before their Test tours to South Africa and Bangladesh, and before a special Test match in Melbourne.
- The warm-ups follow criticism of England’s preparation before last winter’s Ashes series, when they only played a low-level in-house practice.
- England will play three ODIs and five T20 matches in Australia from 13 November to 2 December and also a 50-over tri-series in Pakistan later this month.
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