The Test match in the 2025 Women’s Ashes in Australia will be a day-night game at the 100,000-capacity Melbourne Cricket Ground.
The Test returns to a four-day match after it was extended to five days during the 2023 series in England.
The pink-ball game, which starts on 30 January, will also end the multi-format series for the first time since it was introduced in 2015.
Australia retained the Ashes with an 8-8 draw last year in England.
“[The Test is] an amazing opportunity for the team to play at such an iconic Australian cricket venue and in such a big occasion like an Ashes series,” said Australia all-rounder Ellyse Perry.
“That’s the next evolution for women’s cricket [and] more globally as well for women’s sport – we’re starting to see that happen more and more often across the board.”
Perry added she would “skew towards” favouring a five-day Test because of the number of four-day games that end in a draw, but “this is going to be a question that keeps popping up”.
The multi-format Ashes will also consist of three one-day internationals and three T20s – each worth two points. The Test is worth four points.
