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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.
Australia was primed for the Ashes series after winning the World Test Championship by crushing India by 209 runs on the fifth morning of the final at the Oval on Sunday. Despite a never-reached ...
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.
The final result was a 2–1 series win for England, who succeeded (for the first time since 1986–87) in their biennial attempt to win the urn. In March 2005, Australia captain Ricky Ponting said this Ashes series would be the closest since Australia's dominance began in 1989. [1]
The 2019 Ashes series began with Australia leading England by 33 series to 32, with five drawn series. Australia had won four of the last 10 Ashes series, including winning the most recent series 4–0 in 2017–18, [14] but the 2015 series, the most recent to be held in England, was won 3–2 by the home side.