England fan group The Barmy Army has criticised plans to limit the number of tickets for travelling supporters on the next Ashes tour in Australia.
Allocations are yet to be decided, but reports said only 2,000 would be sold to visiting fans each day in Adelaide.
Barmy Army spokesman Paul Burnham told BBC Radio: "Australians will have most of the tickets and I'm sure will sell them on to England fans at profit.
"What it could do is create ticket touts from the Australian public."
Burnham added that any possible restrictions may have arisen from complaints by Australian players at the treatment they received from England fans during the most recent Ashes series.
"We've heard that various Australian players are not happy with the abuse, as they call it, towards them and have said they don't want a situation where England fans group together and give them stick out there," he said.
"This summer there were a couple of incidents with Shane Warne that were out of order but that is nothing compared to what I've heard the England players having to put up with in Australia."
The Barmy Army chief has urged England followers to call on any contacts they may have in Australia to try and book tickets for them.
"As regards tickets for the Barmy Army as a big group it's not sounding promising but we have applied to Cricket Australia and tickets will become available for people that are members.
"What happened on the previous Ashes tours was that you were able to go over as an independent traveller and with the stadiums being so big you could get in.
"But with England winning the Ashes the demand is massive from Australian fans who haven't been going to watch but now want to see a genuine competition.
"On the last tour when they won in Melbourne, 80% of the ground was England fans and in Sydney when England won 95-98% were England fans.
"Then you've got the ex-pat community which is increasing all the time who want to get the union jack on and stick up for this England team, so the demand is three-fold."
Cricket Australia Chief Executive Officer James Sutherland said that in view of the high public interest, a decision on tickets would be announced as soon as possible.
"We announced the match dates for next summer last month, which is significantly earlier than ever before, to help ensure customers can put circles in their diaries," he said.
Burnham remained optimistic that the familiar band of supporters that have been in attendance on England tours for much of the past decade would be present in Australia.
"British fans in general are the most supportive fans in the world and this is a massive series so I'm sure they'll find a way by hook or by crook and get into the grounds," he said.
Allocations are yet to be decided, but reports said only 2,000 would be sold to visiting fans each day in Adelaide.
Barmy Army spokesman Paul Burnham told BBC Radio: "Australians will have most of the tickets and I'm sure will sell them on to England fans at profit.
"What it could do is create ticket touts from the Australian public."
Burnham added that any possible restrictions may have arisen from complaints by Australian players at the treatment they received from England fans during the most recent Ashes series.
"We've heard that various Australian players are not happy with the abuse, as they call it, towards them and have said they don't want a situation where England fans group together and give them stick out there," he said.
"This summer there were a couple of incidents with Shane Warne that were out of order but that is nothing compared to what I've heard the England players having to put up with in Australia."
The Barmy Army chief has urged England followers to call on any contacts they may have in Australia to try and book tickets for them.
"As regards tickets for the Barmy Army as a big group it's not sounding promising but we have applied to Cricket Australia and tickets will become available for people that are members.
"What happened on the previous Ashes tours was that you were able to go over as an independent traveller and with the stadiums being so big you could get in.
"But with England winning the Ashes the demand is massive from Australian fans who haven't been going to watch but now want to see a genuine competition.
"On the last tour when they won in Melbourne, 80% of the ground was England fans and in Sydney when England won 95-98% were England fans.
"Then you've got the ex-pat community which is increasing all the time who want to get the union jack on and stick up for this England team, so the demand is three-fold."
Cricket Australia Chief Executive Officer James Sutherland said that in view of the high public interest, a decision on tickets would be announced as soon as possible.
"We announced the match dates for next summer last month, which is significantly earlier than ever before, to help ensure customers can put circles in their diaries," he said.
Burnham remained optimistic that the familiar band of supporters that have been in attendance on England tours for much of the past decade would be present in Australia.
"British fans in general are the most supportive fans in the world and this is a massive series so I'm sure they'll find a way by hook or by crook and get into the grounds," he said.
