AUSTRALIA will not have long to wait to regain the urn should they lose again in England in 2013 with Cricket Australia yesterday confirming there will be back-to-back Ashes series from that year.

In what is shaping as a bumper few years for Australian cricket fans and CA's bean counters, the fierce rivals will play 10 consecutive Tests in two separate series in the second half of 2013 and early 2014.

Well done, lads ... England's Barmy Army celebrates its team's retention of the famed urn this summer. Credit:Vince Caligiuri

England will host the 2013 series then head over to Australia a few months later for a return bout.

The anomaly has been attributed to Australia hosting the 2015 World Cup during the 2014-15 season which is, according to conventional scheduling, when England would be next due to play for the urn on these shores.