How to Watch the Ashes and Cricket in Australia in 2026

By AurexTV Support · Published October 15, 2026

In Australia, cricket is the sound of summer. From the first session of a day-night Test under lights to the holiday rush of the short-form game, the season runs from spring into early autumn, and the Ashes, when they come around, stop the country. Keeping up with all of it the traditional way can mean more than one subscription split between free-to-air and premium broadcasters. This guide explains how fans in Australia, and Australians overseas, follow the Ashes and the wider cricket on AurexTV from a single login.

Why is Australian cricket layered across broadcasters?

Cricket coverage in Australia is shared. For years, some internationals have sat on free-to-air television while the bulk of the home summer, including a great deal of the Test and short-form cricket, has lived with a premium broadcaster. Add the domestic competitions and the overseas tours that fall outside the home summer, and a fan who wants everything can finish a year having paid two or three providers.

A Test match also asks a lot of a setup. Five days of play, long sessions in the heat, and the kind of slow-building tension where you want a stable picture rather than a frozen frame at the fall of a wicket. Day-night Tests push play into the evening, and overseas tours start at odd hours for an Australian audience. IPTV is built for exactly that sort of sustained, time-shifted viewing, because the channels arrive over broadband rather than a dish or aerial.

How does AurexTV cover the cricket?

AurexTV gathers the channels that traditionally carry Australian and international cricket into one guide, with a full electronic programme guide and catch-up, so there is no switching between separate services to follow a series. You can browse the wider line-up on the channels page and the live schedule in the sports section.

Streams run in true 4K, FHD and HD on a network built for 99.9% uptime, so a long day in the field holds its picture through the afternoon session when plenty of other people are online. This Australian-cricket lane is one that many English-market services skip, which makes AurexTV a natural fit for fans who also want the AFL and the NRL on the same plan through the winter.

Which cricket is covered?

AurexTV carries the channels that traditionally broadcast the Australian and international game, so in one guide you can follow the whole summer and beyond.

• The Ashes – the Test series against England, home and away, including day-night Tests.
• Australia’s home internationals – Tests, one-day internationals and T20Is against touring sides.
• The Big Bash League – the city-based T20 competition that fills the summer holidays, plus the Women’s Big Bash.
• The domestic game – the Sheffield Shield and the one-day cup where they are televised.
• Overseas tours and global tournaments – Australia’s away series and the major world events that air on the channels in the guide.

Because broadcast rights can change from season to season, the reliable way to confirm a particular series or channel is to load the free trial during a match and check the guide for yourself. We do not promise specific fixtures; we point you at the channels that traditionally show them.

Is IPTV worth it for a whole cricket summer? The verdict

For a fan who wants the Ashes, the limited-overs internationals and the Big Bash, the verdict is clear: IPTV gathers the channels into one app for a fraction of stacking separate subscriptions across a full summer. Here is the rough comparison.

Every plan includes the full 25,000+ channels and 120,000+ on-demand titles, so the cricket sits alongside everything else the household watches. The pricing page has the full breakdown and the multi-device tiers.

What do you need to watch?

The hardware bar is low. Most homes already own something that works: an Amazon Fire TV Stick, a Samsung or LG Smart TV, an Android TV box, an Apple TV, or a phone or tablet. AurexTV supports popular players including IPTV Smarters Pro and TiviMate.

A note on newer kit: the Fire TV Stick 4K Select runs Amazon’s Vega OS, which does not allow sideloading, so third-party players cannot be installed on it the way they can on older Fire OS sticks. If you are buying a device specifically for the cricket, a Fire OS Firestick or an Android TV box gives you more freedom. On Samsung and LG sets, the Smart IPTV app needs Tizen 6.5 or newer, or webOS 3.0 or newer. For a steady 4K picture, around 25 Mbps is comfortable; FHD and HD need far less, so an overnight session from an away tour streams cleanly even over mobile data.

How do you set it up before the first ball?

Getting from sign-up to a live session is quick, and you do not need to be technical. The order is always the same:

1. Start the free trial. Message us on WhatsApp for a 24-hour trial login and test it during a session before any money changes hands.
2. Install a player. On a Fire OS Firestick, Android TV box, phone or tablet, install IPTV Smarters Pro or TiviMate. On a recent Samsung or LG set, use the Smart IPTV app.
3. Enter your login. Paste the details we send and the channel list and 7-day guide load automatically.
4. Open the sports category, scroll to the cricket channels, and the current and upcoming matches appear in the guide.

Activation takes under 15 minutes, and the team is on WhatsApp if you need a hand. Most people are watching within that first quarter-hour.

Day-night Tests, away tours and the short-form boom

The Test is the heart of the Australian summer, but the Big Bash is what pulls in the new fans. Evening T20 fixtures through the holidays finish in a single sitting, which makes them ideal for a quick night on the sofa or a stream on a tablet. Day-night Tests push the premier format into prime time, and Australia’s away tours to England, India and beyond often play through the Australian night. Because AurexTV runs on broadband and mobile data, you can set up on a phone by the bed, catch the first session of an away Test, and switch to the big screen when you are up. The same login covers every device you own, and a multi-device plan lets more than one screen watch at once, which helps when one half of the house wants the cricket and the other wants a film from the 120,000+ on-demand library during a rain delay.

Following the cricket from overseas

For Australians living in the US, UK or Canada, the home summer has always been hard to reach. AurexTV delivers the Australian channels over the internet, so the login that works in Sydney works abroad too, and the time difference turns a day’s play into a breakfast or late-night watch. If you follow more than cricket, the guides on one subscription across four countries and IPTV for travellers explain how the rest of your home viewing comes along on the same plan. Start with a free 24-hour trial during a live session and judge the stream for yourself.

Want it ready before the first session? Message the AurexTV team on WhatsApp and we will set you up in minutes.

Building a summer of cricket around one app

An Australian cricket summer is not a handful of events but a long, continuous rhythm, and that is where having everything in one guide changes the experience. The season opens with the early internationals, builds through the marquee Tests, runs the Big Bash straight through the holidays when the whole family is home, and carries on with the domestic game in the background. Following that rhythm across separate broadcasters means checking which service has what on any given day. With AurexTV, the cricket channels sit together in the sports section, so planning an evening is a matter of opening one guide rather than cross-referencing several.

It also makes the quieter cricket easier to enjoy. The Sheffield Shield and the one-day cup rarely get the attention of a Test or a Big Bash final, but for the committed fan they are part of the fabric of the summer, and when they are televised they appear in the same guide as everything else. The result is that a casual viewer can dip in for a T20 under lights while a dedicated follower tracks a Shield match in the afternoon, both from the one subscription, without either having to think about which broadcaster holds what.

Cricket and the rest of the Australian sporting year

Cricket does not exist in isolation on an Australian calendar. It fills the summer, and when it winds down the winter codes take over, which is why a cricket fan and a football fan are so often the same person. A plan that only solved the cricket would leave half the year uncovered. AurexTV carries the winter codes in the same guide, so the subscription that gets you through the Ashes and the Big Bash carries straight on into the AFL and NRL seasons without a second thought. For a household, that year-round continuity is a large part of the value: one login, one bill, and live sport in the guide in every month of the year rather than a subscription you take out for summer and cancel for winter.

The same breadth serves the many Australians who follow more than their own country’s sport, or who have moved abroad and want both their home cricket and their new country’s channels. Because AurexTV reaches across the US, UK, Canada and Australia, a fan is not forced to choose, and the guide on one subscription for four countries explains how that works on a single plan.

Frequently asked questions

Can I watch the Ashes with IPTV?

AurexTV carries the channels that traditionally broadcast the Ashes, home and away, including day-night Tests, in one guide. Because broadcast rights can change, the surest way to confirm a particular series is to run the free trial during a match and check the schedule.

Does it include the Big Bash and domestic cricket?

Yes. The same guide carries the channels that show the Big Bash League, the Women’s Big Bash and the domestic Shield and one-day cricket where it is televised, so you get the short-form game as well as the internationals.

Will it hold up for a five-day Test?

That is exactly the kind of viewing the network is built for. Streams run on infrastructure designed for 99.9% uptime in 4K, FHD and HD, so a long session keeps its picture. Around 25 Mbps is comfortable for 4K, and far less for FHD or HD.

How much does it cost?

AurexTV starts at $15 a month, with a 12-month plan at $69, roughly $5.75 a month. That is far less than stacking separate services across the summer and the winter tours, and every plan includes 25,000+ channels and 120,000+ on-demand titles alongside the cricket.

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