Latest rail strikes to impact fans heading to Ashes Test at Old Trafford
Three days of walkouts announced in ongoing row over pay
The 4th Ashes Test at Old Trafford is among sporting events set to be affected by a further three days of rail strikes next month.
Members of the RMT will walk out on the 20th, 22nd and 29th of July in a row over pay.
England are due to take on Australia in Manchester between the 19th and 23rd July.
The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) said 20,000 of its members at 14 train companies will walk out.
The Government has hit back, accusing the union of "targeting two iconic international sporting events".
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: "This latest phase of action will show the country just how important railway staff are to the running of the rail industry.
"My team of negotiators and I are available 24/7 for talks with the train operating companies and Government ministers.
"Yet quite incredibly neither party has made any attempt whatsoever to arrange any meetings or put forward a decent offer that can help us reach a negotiated solution."
Golf's Open Championship at Royal Liverpool is also due to be affected.
A Department for Transport spokesman said: "The RMT leadership's decision to call strikes targeting two iconic international sporting events, as children and families begin their summer holidays, will disrupt people's plans across the country.
"After a year of industrial action, passengers and rail workers alike are growing tired of union bosses playing politics with their lives. It's high time the union leaders realised that strikes no longer have the impact they once did and are simply driving people away from the railway."
A Rail Delivery Group spokesperson said: "More strikes are totally unnecessary."