Cricket Australia CEO open to Australia v England Test played in India

Since 1877, Australia and England have played Test matches against one another in each respective country as part of the famed Ashes series.

But Cricket Australia CEO Todd Greenberg has expressed an openness to taking an Australia vs England Test match in India for the first time in the rivalry’s history.

In recent months, the governing body has been keen on expanding its reach into India.    

Currently, the Big Bash League will play their first overseas game in Chennai this December between the Melbourne Renegades and the Perth Scorchers as its season opener.

The former NRL CEO acknowledged that it wasn’t something currently being worked on but is open to the possibility of helping strengthen Test cricket in the world’s most populous country.

"It's not something that we are planning, but it's open for consideration. We'd have to be open to considering all options," Greenberg said to BBC Sport.

"Our relationship with the ECB and the BCCI is very strong, and clearly there are opportunities in India to put more content in certain areas."

Should this idea ever come to fruition, it would be only the fourth time that England has played Australia outside of an Ashes series.

The two nations have played one another in a Test triangular tournament with South Africa in 1912, alongside the Centenary Test at the MCG in 1977 and the planned Sesquicentennial Test next year.

The 150th anniversary Test between Australia and England will be played at the MCG on March 11-15 as a day/night Test.