The England Test team will take on Lions in an intra-squad warm-up game at Perth, ahead of the first Ashes 2025/26 Test: follow the live score, updates and news from the match here.
Ahead of the first Ashes Test at Perth, the England travelling contingent will feature in a three-day intra-squad match, set to be held from November 13 to 15.
England vs England Lions: Match details
Date: November 13 to 15, 2025
Start time: 7.30 local time, 2.00 GMT
Venue: Lilac Hill Park, Perth
Squads
England
Ben Stokes (c), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Jacob Bethell, Brydon Carse, Will Jacks, Ollie Pope, Matthew Potts, Jamie Smith, Josh Tongue, Mark Wood, Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Shoaib Bashir.
England Lions
Rehan Ahmed, Sonny Baker, Jordan Cox, Matthew Fisher, Emilio Gay, Nathan Gilchrist, Tom Hartley, Tom Haines, Josh Hull, Eddie Jack, Ben Kellaway, Tom Lawes, Ben McKinney, Matthew Revis, James Rew, Tom Rew, Mitchell Stanley, Asa Tribe.
It will be an XI vs XI game between the Ashes squad members and the Lions team.
Ashes 2025/26: Full list of fixtures can be found here.
Stokes: Intra-squad match will be taken 'very seriously'
England Test captain Ben Stokes said: "Next few days is balls to the wall for everyone, no easing into it and it will be a good run for everyone," he said. "We're going to be giving everyone in our squad time out in the middle. Everyone will be getting an opportunity.
"It will be proper and taken very seriously the next few days. We've got nine days until the first Test and a lot of things can happen."
