There will be no venue north of England for the 2027 Ashes series, with Trent Bridge in Nottingham being the northernmost venue for the five-match series.

However, Old Trafford and Headingley have been selected to participate in the 2031 edition.

Matches are allocated to venues based on a number of criteria including maximizing attendance and supporting the economic sustainability of those venues.

There has been a lot of discussion about Old Trafford and Headingley missing out on hosting the 2027 Ashes.

The mayors of Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire wrote a letter to the England and Wales Cricket Board in 2023 to express their “disappointment” and urged the ECB to rethink venues.

“There should always be a men’s Ashes Test in the north of England, in any series,” Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham told the BBC.

“If we want to take the game to all parts of the country and really make sure it connects with people everywhere, we have to have a men’s Ashes Test in the north,” he added.

England captain Ben Stokes said he believes they “perform well on the northern pitches, especially at Headingley.”

“I’m a bit devastated there won’t be any Ashes cricket here in 2027 in the North. It’s a shame.”

“I don’t make those calls, but if I was involved, I would have said, ‘Please stay up north for at least one game,'” he added.

It will be the fourth time in the last seven Ashes series in England that Headingley is not in the list.

“At a time when we felt we really needed help, we haven’t been given those games,” said Yorkshire chief executive Sanjay Patel.

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