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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.
Australia won an Ashes series for the first time in 1891–92, when it beat England 2–1. [6] The 1932–33 tour was known as the " Bodyline series" as, in response to the talented Australian batsman Don Bradman , England developed a tactic of bowling quickly at the body of the batsmen with most of the fielders placed in a close ring on the ...
McGrath and Warne were described as "unstoppable", combining 63 wickets at 18, becoming "one of the most dominant one-two acts" in an Ashes series. [13] The Australian team had 17 players. In a poll by the Australian Cricket Network among cricket fans, 7 players were named as the "Best Australian Ashes players".
The 2025–26 Ashes series is an upcoming series of Test cricket matches to be played between Australia and England for The Ashes, between November 2025 and January 2026. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The five-match series will form part of the 2025–2027 ICC World Test Championship .
The Australian cricket team toured England in the 1972 season to play a five-match Test series against England for the Ashes. The series was drawn 2–2 and England retained the Ashes. This was the last drawn series until 2019. The two sides also played a three-match ODI series, which England won 2–1.
The tour by the Australian cricket team in England in 1981 included the 51st Ashes series of Test matches between Australia and England.Despite having been 1–0 down after two Tests, England won the next three to finish 3–1 victors (with two draws), thus retaining the Ashes.
The 2023 Ashes series, branded as the LV= Insurance Men's Ashes Series for sponsorship reasons, [1] was a series of Test cricket matches played between England and Australia for the Ashes in June and July 2023. [2]
England regained the Ashes by winning the final match. Because the series was at stake, the match was to be "timeless", i.e. played to a finish. Australia had a narrow first innings lead of 22. Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutcliffe took the score to 49–0 at the end of the second day, a lead of 27.