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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.
A team must win a series to gain the right to hold the Ashes. A drawn series results in the previous holders retaining the Ashes. Ashes series have generally been played over five Test matches, although there have been four-match series (1938 and 1975) and six-match series (1970–71, 1974–75, 1978–79, 1981, 1985, 1989, 1993 and 1997).
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. Uniquely for a series hosted by England, there were no Tests in August, the dates having been brought forward to avoid a clash with The Hundred tournament. [6]
STUMPS! England 68/3 (trail by 195) Thursday 6 July 2023 18:36, Harry Latham-Coyle. Another Ashes day ends with things about even, as has been the case so often in this series so far.
Khawaja and Warner frustrated England before rain stopped play, reaching 135-0 chasing 384 to win the fifth Ashes Test at the Oval
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Ashes scorecard and live updates as England vs Australia resumes at Old Trafford
The final Test of the series was the first Ashes Test ever to be held in Hobart, and the first Test match to be held in Tasmania since 2016. It was also the first day/night Test at the Bellerive Oval, and made 2021/22 the first Ashes series in Australia without a Test in Perth since 1965/66.