The Ashes 2023: everything you need to know about the men's series

Venue: Edgbaston Dates: 16-20 June Coverage: Live text commentary and in-game video clips on the BBC Sport website and app, plus BBC Test Match Special on BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra. Daily Today at the Test highlights on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer from 7.00pm BST. the first time since 2015 or will Australia end their 22-year wait for victory on these shores?

All will be settled over five games over the next six weeks.

Here everything you need to know about the 2023 Men's Ashes...

Why is this year so special?

The Ashes is one of the oldest and most legendary rivalries in sport - but this year promises to be very special.

Since losing 4-0 when these sides last met less than 18 months ago, England have undergone an exciting transformation under captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum.

They won 11 out of 13 tests and did so playing an attacking style exciting. Stokes' England broke records, hit sixes and took wickets like never before.

L 'Australia, however, is formidable opposition.

Last week they ruthlessly beat India to become test world champions, leaving you feeling like this might be the best Ashes contest since the unforgettable series in 2005.

So who will win?

Well, that's just it. No one really knows.

We asked the Test Match Special experts to make their predictions and seven have says England would hold the ballot box at the end of July while six backed Australia.

Bookmakers have Pat Cummins' Australia as slight favourites.

The plot is how tourists handle England's aggressive approach and how England's swashbuckling batsmen fare against Australia's fearsome bowlers.

Who are the players to watch?

We already know the England squad for the first test - they announced it on Wednesday. There are a host of familiar names...