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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 2010–11 Ashes series was the only one in which a team had won three Tests by innings margins and it was the first time England had scored 500 or more four times in a single series. England opener Cook scored 766 runs at average 127.66 in the series, the most dominant batsman in an Ashes series since Bradman in 1930.
McGrath played all five matches in the Ashes series. He bowled the most maiden overs with 56, 14 ahead of Jason Gillespie on 42. [39] He bowled 194.2 overs, conceding 542 runs. [40] McGrath took the most wickets through the series with 32 with best figures of 7/76. [41] The 2001 Ashes was described as a display of his consistent style. [42]
The last Ashes series had been the 1912 Triangular Tournament held in England that year. Although the tourists were relatively successful in their first-class matches against the Australian state teams, losing only one, the Test series "resulted, as everyone knows, in disaster" [ 2 ] and England became the first team ever to lose every match in ...
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.
Steve Harmison stood at the top of his mark, all alone. It is a naked place, preparing to bowl the first ball of a most-likely doomed Ashes series in a bearpit like the Gabba, surrounded by a wall ...
The 2021–22 Ashes series, named the Vodafone Men's Ashes Series for sponsorship reasons, [1] 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 from 8 December 2021 and was scheduled to finish on 18 January 2022. [2] Australia were ...
The Ashes — the most famous test cricket series of them all — is here once again and the five matches between England and Australia could be among the wildest since the first one was played in ...