England’s Ashes trip Down Under is set to help hosts Australia rake in £250m

England’s Ashes trip Down Under is set to help hosts Australia rake in £250m as British tourists prepare to top up Green and Gold coffers twice in one year.

Five Tests in Perth , Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney starting on Friday are expected to draw 40,000 fans to Australia and contribute millions to both Cricket Australia’s coffers and the Aussie economy.

And it comes just months after fans of rugby union’s British and Irish Lions team added over £100m to the Australian economy across a tour that featured Tests in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. The funds generated by summer’s tour cleared Rugby Australia’s debts and delivered a healthy surplus.

Similar is expected from this Ashes series, the fir

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