Warwickshire are at the centre of an Ashes price storm after it was revealed that it will cost almost one and a half times as much to watch England take on Australia next year than it did in 2023.The ballot for tickets across all five of the 2027 venues was opened simultaneously on Wednesday morning under direction from the ECB, triggering a mix of astonishment and anger from fans at Edgbaston’s prices.Reacting on X, one user referred to the entry costs released to Warwickshire members as ‘eye watering’ while another dubbed them a ‘disgrace’.Although members can purchase seats for £92, the cheapest adult admission elsewhere in the ground for the first three days of the July 8-12 match is £115 while one in the popular Eric Hollies Stand will set you back £165 – up 43% on the £115 for the corresponding fixture in 2023. Each ticket carries an additional £2.50 booking charge.The most expensive in general admission can be found in Edgbaston’s City End Social, priced up at £250.The equivalent City End purchase for next week’s Test match versus Pakistan – which includes access to the Xcelerate lounge, two free drinks of your choice and a folding seat in the RES Wyatt Stand – is £127.50. Tickets in Edgbaston’s Eric Hollies Stand will set you back £165 – up 43% on the £115 for the corresponding fixture in 2023Defending the hike, an Edgbaston Stadium spokesperson said: ‘Our prices for the 2027 Ashes Test are broadly in line with other host venues and major British sporting events such as Wimbledon and the Formula One at Silverstone.‘Our entry level ticket prices roughly match inflation compared to the last time Australia visited Edgbaston in 2023 – but like the rest of the country, we’re battling increased costs and trying to manage these wherever we can.’Edgbaston is still cheaper than the two London venues of Lord’s and The Oval, but the increase in turnstile tariffs is another blow to northern supporters whose nearest access to Test cricket next summer comes either in Birmingham or at Nottingham’s Trent Bridge.Nottinghamshire have looked to reward loyalty by capping all members’ tickets at the Stuart Broad End, which provides pavilion access, at £90. Although purchases are limited to two each. The most affordable public entry is £99 for days one to three and £85 for day four while all fifth day tickets cost a flat rate of £40.Perhaps surprisingly, the range at Lord’s from £125 to £195 – representing an increase from £115-190 in the 2023 Ashes – means the most expensive have gone up by less than 2.5%.MCC, the ground’s owners, have also made restricted view tickets available at £100 and designated a higher proportion of Under-16 seats across all stands at the ground than they did three years ago for Australia’s last visit.Lord’s Tests in the interim have attracted criticism for the quality of pitches produced, yet it has not impacted on demand, with more than one million applications made for major match day tickets in 2026.And while pricing remains a thorny issue, one executive involved told Daily Mail Sport: ‘We could satisfy demand for Ashes tickets three times over, and that leaves us in a position whereby you are balancing the cost at the bottom end, making the match as accessible as possible to all, while not undermining the need to maximise income from what is arguably the biggest marquee event in world cricket.’Across the Thames at The Oval, Surrey have kept in line with inflation, marking the most expensive seats at £185 while 1,000 tickets daily of their overall 27,500 capacity are at the entry level of £115. Their equivalents in 2023 were £105 and £165. Members get a discount.Hampshire’s Utilita Bowl, making its Ashes debut next year, has a price e structure that begins at £95 for adults and £45 for Under-17s across the opening four days and drops to £35 and £10 respectively for people who want to gamble on there being a fifth. Meanwhile, Warwickshire have struggled to sell tickets for next week’s dead rubber third Test between England and Pakistan, with around 12,000 apiece taken for days one and two. Confidence remains, however, that a reduced full house of 19,000 – Edgbaston is currently undergoing reconstruction work – will be in attendance for Friday’s third day.