Desperate supporters will have a chance to get their hands on treasured Ashes tickets from tomorrow when more than 26,000 tickets for the five tests go on general sale, Cricket Australia said yesterday.

Tickets returned by stakeholders such as the England and Wales Cricket Board and the home states went on sale to Australian Cricket Family (ACF) members last week, and thousands remained unsold for the much-anticipated renewal of battle between England and Australia.

There are more than 6,000 tickets up for grabs for days three, four and five of the series opener at the Gabba in Brisbane from Nov. 23 while almost 20,000 seats are still to be sold for the Boxing Day test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

There are also 1,600 tickets available for the only Twenty/20 fixture between the two teams at the Sydney Cricket Ground on January 9.

Mohammad Asif has filed an appeal with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) against the one-year ban imposed on him for a doping offence. Fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, who is banned for two years for the same offence, is yet to file an appeal, a PCB official told Reuters. Both bowlers were banned last week by a drugs tribunal of the board after they were recalled from the Champions Trophy in India for testing positive for a banned steroid, nandrolone.