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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 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.
In 2001, the Australia national cricket team toured England and Ireland to play county matches and the 2001 Ashes series. The Ashes series was played from 5 July to 27 August. Australia comfortably won the Test series 4–1 and retained the Ashes, which were in their possession since 1989.
The five-match series was a part of the 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship, [3] the venues being Edgbaston, Lord's, Headingley, Old Trafford and The Oval. [4] The result was a 2–2 draw, with Australia retaining the Ashes (having won in 2021–22). [5] The 2023 series was the 73rd Ashes series and the 37th to take place in England.
The 1986–87 Ashes series was a series of five Test cricket matches that were contested between England and Australia for The Ashes. The series was played at five venues across Australia, starting on 14 November 1986 in Brisbane and concluding on 15 January 1987 in Sydney. England were the defending holders of the Ashes going into the series ...
Tammy Beaumont led England’s fightback with an outstanding maiden Test hundred as the home side closed Day Two of the multi-format Ashes series opener on 218/2, 255 behind Australia’s imposing ...
It’s the first in women’s Test match cricket for an England player and just the eighth in the history of women’s Test match cricket. 317 balls, 26 fours and 200 glorious, well-deserved runs.
The Australian cricket team toured England in the 1953 season to play a five-match Test series against England for The Ashes. England won the final Test to take the series 1–0 after the first four Tests were all drawn. England therefore recovered the Ashes for the first time since losing them in 1934.