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The Ashes is a men's Test cricket series played biennially between England and Australia.The term originated in a satirical obituary published in a British newspaper, The Sporting Times, immediately after Australia's 1882 victory at The Oval, its first Test win on English soil.
On three occasions has a team won all the Tests in an Ashes series; only Australia has achieved the feat 5–0 in 1920–21, 2006–07 and 2013–14. [6] England's largest winning margin in an Ashes series was in 1978–79, when it won 5–1. England's largest unbeaten winning margin of 3–0 in an Ashes series was achieved in 1886, 1977 and 2013.
The Ashes urn is a small urn made of terracotta and standing 10.5 cm (4.1 inches) high, [1] long believed to contain the ashes of a cricket bail or the burnt remains of a lady's veil. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was presented to Ivo Bligh , the captain of the England cricket team , as a personal gift after a friendly match hosted at Rupertswood mansion in ...
The front of Rupertswood mansion. Rupertswood is a mansion and country estate located in Sunbury, 50 km north-northwest of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia.It known for being the birthplace of the Ashes urn, which was humorously presented to English cricket captain Ivo Bligh to mark his team's victory in an 1882–83 Test match series between Australia and England. [1]
Usman Tariq Khawaja (Urdu: عثمان خواجہ; born 18 December 1986) is an Australian international cricketer who represents the Australia national cricket team in Test cricket and Queensland. Khawaja made his first-class cricket debut for New South Wales in 2008 and played his first international match for Australia in January 2011.
In the first home Ashes series since Hughes's passing, Australia decided to extend play to the 5th day on the First Ashes Test in 2017, which coincided with the third anniversary of his passing, with David Warner looking skyward as he scored past 63*; the Barmy Army sang a light-hearted parody as a tribute to Hughes to the tune of "Winter ...
[96] [97] Australia won by 209 runs, and he was the player of the match. [98] In June 2023, Head moved to number three in the ICC Test batting rankings. [99] Following the conclusion of the third Ashes Test, Head moved to number two in the rankings. [100] Head ended the Ashes series with 362 runs, with three half-centuries. [101]
The 1970–71 Australians lost 2–0 to the touring England team in the 1970–71 Ashes series. Australia had not lost a home Test series since 1954–55, but had suffered a heavy 4–0 defeat in South Africa in 1969–70 which had affected their confidence.