Ashes commentary teams revealed: Who will be on TV, radio for 2025-26 series?

The summer of cricket is here — and the commentary line-ups are locked in, headlined by a spicy rivalry set to light up the screens. Check out every Ashes commentary team.

It’s the Kane Cornes strategy which is set to electrify this summer’s cricket media wars.

Channel 7’s love of a villain saw them poach Cornes this season to not only elevate their AFL coverage but rattle the cage of their opposition.

Stuart Broad is cricket’s version of Cornes.

And at the other end ready to face off with him – as he did on many occasions in the middle – is Fox Cricket’s gunslinger, former Australian Test opener David Warner.

Get the popcorn out because already the pair have been trading barbs in the lead-up to the much-awaited arrival of England for what is expected to be the most gripping Ashes series in years.

It started earlier in the year when Warner was pointing out Joe Root’s vulnerabilities in Australia given he’s yet to score a Test century here.

“The big anchor there is Rooty, who is yet to score a hundred in Australia,” Warner said. “Josh Hazlewood tends to have his number quite a lot. He will have to take the surfboard off his front leg.”

Broad wasn’t happy saying it “irked” him that England’s best ever batter’s front pad got called a surfboard.

He then got a statistician to trace the Hazlewood-Root history regarding how many times the Australian fast bowler had dismissed the former England captain LBW.

“I know Hazlewood’s got him out a few times in Test cricket but three LBWs in 12 years is not surfboard material is it?” Broad said.

Then at the Fox Cricket launch Warner dialled it up again: “We’re playing for the Ashes and they’re playing for a moral victory.”

Broad responded with: “It’s probably the worst Australian team since 2010 and it’s the best English team since 2010.”

He later doubled down, saying not since 2010 has there been so much discussion about Australia’s batting order.

“I don’t think anyone can argue it’s their weakest team since 2010. I don’t think anyone could argue … it’s just a fact,” Broad said.

The Broad-Warner war has provoked plenty of comment already, including from England’s wicketkeeper Jos Butler.

“It’s the sequel to Broad and Warner that I never knew we needed,” Butler said.

Once again SEN have cleverly put themselves into the narrative – don’t forget they originally created Cornes — by also signing Broad for their summer of cricket.

The station’s leading caller Gerard Whateley said of Broad’s inclusion to the SEN team: “Every series needs a villain. The biggest heel might be in fact in the commentary box. Provocateur, talisman, character.”

Lord Ian Botham will also bring the English perspective to Triple M, former spinner Phil Tufnell will feature on the ABC while Michael Vaughan returns to Fox Cricket.

In another addition to Seven’s coverage Hamish McLachlan’s popular Unfiltered interview series is returning with five special cricket-themed episodes while The Front Bar is back for two cricket shows on November 19 and 26.

Former Australian captain Ricky Pointing, one-day superstar Aaron Finch and James Brayshaw will team up for a special Ashes Preview Show on Wednesday November 19.

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