- The 2,890 tickets were ‘being sold at a premium’ on online market place eBay
- The tickets for the third Test at the WACA will go back on sale on August 28
- The first Test between Australia and England gets underway on November 23
Cricket Australia (CA) has recovered thousands of scalped tickets for the third Ashes Test against England in Perth, the governing body said on Wednesday.
The 2,890 tickets were ‘identified as linked to scalped tickets being sold at a premium’ on online market place eBay, CA said in a statement.
The tickets for the December 14-18 test at the WACA will go back on sale on August 28, in what CA says is a warning to scalpers.
The highly anticipated Ashes series down under gets underway in Brisbane on November 23
‘This is a very clear message to those who try to take advantage of the system and scalp tickets at inflated prices,’ CA’s executive general manager, events and leagues, Anthony Everard said.
‘We will identify and cancel tickets. Our message to all fans is to not support this practice.
The five-test Ashes series against current holders England is one of Australia’s most well-attended sporting events.
The highly anticipated first Ashes Test starts in Brisbane on November 23.
England will be hoping to claim the famous urn in Australia after winning the 2015 series