Cricket Australia has announced the Australian squad for the upcoming Blind Ashes Series, taking place in Queensland from November 17-26, 2024.
The Series will comprise of three ODIs and five T20Is at various cricket venues around the Gold Coast. In the multiformat series, three points are awarded for a victory and one point for a draw or tie.
Australian Captain, and Queensland representative, Matthew McCarthy will lead the 17-player squad, which include a range of Queensland talent including Sean Kendrick and debutant, Chris Gould. The maroon representation also extends to the team staff that includes Queensland Cricket Gold Coast Coaching and Talent Specialist, Trent Keep, and Queensland Blind Cricket Association President, Darren Kendrick, in the role of team manager.
The Series will be the first in eight years with Australia last taking on England in a Blind Ashes Series in 2016 where England prevailed. The 2020 series was missed due to Covid. In a significant milestone, it will mark the 20th anniversary of the Blind Ashes which was first played in England in 2004.
The Blind Ashes is part of Australian Cricket’s commitment and vision to be a sport for all and will start the first of three Ashes Series played in Australia over the course of the next fourteen months; the CommBank Women’s Ashes Series will take place in January 2025 before the NRMA Insurance Men’s Ashes series at the end of next year.