Ashes Cricket Test Match Tickets

ASHES CRICKET TEST MATCH TICKETS - ENGLAND
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Booking an Ashes Cricket Tour to England 2027 is the easiest way to guarantee match tickets for what could be your only opportunity to experience this popular cricket series. Whether you book a tour or travel independently, in 2023 Ashes Test Match Tickets for Lord's were £180 (A$360) per day, so expect closer to £200 (A$400) per day in 2027.
If you're going to wing it to England, consider this impartial information to independently secure Ashes Test Match Tickets. If you want to trust your luck on the day, match tickets have been available each day by varying means.
The following offers no guarantee that you will get a match ticket, nor do we know that this info learned from every Ashes Cricket Tour to England since 1997 will be relevant in 2027. Practices, habits, demand, and laws change so you decide how you want to proceed.
1 - Apply for ballot-tickets. The best way of winning a ballot ticket is opting for a 'single-seat with a restricted view’. A restricted view could be one narrow pole a few metres in front of you, or the sightscreen hiding a small portion of the outfield. There are (or should be) 1000+ restricted view seats at Lord's.
2 - Apply for a ballot-ticket 'single-seat'. Many opt for multiple seats and miss out because most ballot requests are for multiple seats. If you are travelling with others, there are many empty seats scattered about, especially after lunch) where you may convene during the game. Get into the ground first, and then worry (or not) about trying to find a seat with your wife.
Visit Each Ground For Ballot Ticket Info:
- Trent Bridge - Nottingham
- Utilita Bowl - Southampton
- Lord’s - London
- The Kia Oval - London
- Edgbaston - Birmingham
3 - Failing in the ballot, go to the ground before the game and knock on the door of the ticket or venue office. You'd be surprised what they have under the table. You may also find people at the ground selling unwanted tickets. People apply for multiple tickets with the view of going with others but then learn they have no friends.
4 - Lord’s (used to) hold match tickets to sell each morning for that day's play (get in the queue early!). Along with ballot tickets that people returned (after realising they have no friends), there could be 150+ tickets available each day.
5 - Stand at the entrance gates each day and hold a sign asking for a ticket. There are often people with spare tickets that can help. Ticket-touts do not operate at entrance gates. Honesty is a big thing and it's an idea to hand over cash inside the ground to avoid over-zealous police putting the kibosh or your day at the gate. Simply, do not promote your cash transaction in the street, as legal as it is to sell tickets at or below face-value.
6 - Ticket-touts* are everywhere and only sell tickets at face value. It is illegal to sell above face-value and with plain-clothed police also trying to buy, touts don’t risk selling to a copper. A good option is to wait until the game has started. The more overs that have been bowled the price goes down and touts will take anything to save going home with unsold tickets.
*This is not an endorsement of their 'cockney villainy' but they are an option
7 - Tour Operators may have 'un-sold' tickets. Create a welcoming committee at the ground and collar a tour-host as you'd be surprised to know not everyone goes to every day's play. Within the ground, seek out a tour-host and ask if they have any tickets 'for tomorrow'.
8 - Day-by-day hospitality packages include match tickets, food, and drinks. Each venue has its own hospitality options for groups or single seats on large tables.
Visit Each Ground For Hospitality:
- Trent Bridge - Nottingham
- Utilita Bowl - Southampton
- Lord’s - London
- The Kia Oval - London
- Edgbaston - Birmingham
9 - 3rd party ticket websites
Again, the above is information based on our attending every Australian Ashes Test Cricket Tour to England since 1997 and offers no guarantee you will get an Ashes Test Match Ticket.
Take it, leave it, or book our UK Ashes 2027 Cricket Tour and be done with it.
Good Luck!