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The Ashes urn, which remains at the MCC Museum at Lord's. A replica urn is presented to the winning captain. [1] The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. The series have varied in length, consisting of between one and seven Test matches, but since 1998 have been consistently five matches.
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 comfortably won the Test series 4–1 and retained the Ashes, which were in their possession since 1989. The players of the series were Glenn McGrath from Australia and Mark Butcher from England. The England captain Michael Atherton finished his international career after the fifth and final test of the series.
The series was the first Test series to be hosted in Australia for four years, with Australia holding the Ashes courtesy of their 3-0 victory away during the 1921 Ashes series. Herbie Collins, a compulsive gambler who had been known to run card games and spend time in Monte Carlo during the 1921 tour was Australian captain.
The Momentous Series of 1970–71" [2] was pivotal in cricket history and "essentially ushered in the modern period of Test cricket". [3] It was the first Test series to have more than five Tests [4] and the first One Day International in cricket history was played in Melbourne; like the first test match in history it was won by Australia.
On Thursday morning, Australia will make history again in Melbourne as an Women’s Ashes Test will be held at the ground for the first time since 1948-49.
Frith, David: Australia versus England: A Pictorial History of every Test match since 1877 ISBN 0-670-90323-X. Munns, Joy, Beyond Reasonable Doubt: The Birthplace of the Ashes (Sunbury, 1994), ISBN 0-646-22153-1, for the origin of the Ashes; Piesse, Ken: Cricket's Colosseum, 125 Years of Test Cricket at the MCG, ISBN 1-74066-064-1.
The Ashes series, similar to the cricket series of the same name, was a best-of-three series of test matches between Australia and Great Britain national rugby league football teams. [1] [2] It had been contested 39 times from 1908 until 2003 largely with hosting rights alternating between the two countries. Since 1973, Australia has won a ...