How to watch Ashes 2025 online with a VPN

The 2025 Ashes is being widely hailed as England’s best opportunity to wrest back the urn since their last series victory in 2015. Considering Ben Stokes’ shoulder, Jofra Archer’s elbow, Mark Wood’s knee and Joe Root’s recent travails with the bat, it seems a touch optimistic.

It’s a really interesting position to start from, particularly as the tourists only have one warm-up game scheduled. Then again, any more than that and they’ll run the risk of breaking Stokes, Archer and Wood before the Ashes even begin.

The entirety of the five-Test series is free-to-air on 7Plus, but the Australian streaming platform only works Down Under. A good VPN, however, will let you tap into that free Ashes coverage from anywhere.

7Plus in Australia.

New to 7Plus? Register for a free account – all it requires is a name, email address, birth year and postcode, e.g. WA 6017.

Traveling abroad right now? You can use a VPN to watch all the action free of charge as if you were right at home. NordVPN is our top pick of the options.

VPN comes in handy — not only does it let you access your home streaming services from anywhere, but it also protects you from potential online threats.

What devices and platforms are supported by 7Plus and NordVPN?

Amazon Fire Stick (Android TV OS 7.0 and up)
Android (Android 7.0 and up)
Chromecast
iOS (iOS 15 and up)
iPadOS (iPadOS 15 and up)
PlayStation (PS4 and PS5)
Web browsers (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari)

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