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The 2021-22 Ashes series was played from December 2021 through January 2022, [62] and featured the first Ashes Test match to be played in Tasmania, at Hobart's Bellerive Oval. [63] Australia retained the Ashes in the 2021–22 Ashes series, after comfortably beating England 4–0. England were the hosts of the five Test matches of the 2023 ...
Although the first Test series played between England and Australia was in the 1876–77 season, [5] [6] the Ashes originated from the solitary Test which the two nations contested in 1882. [7] England lost the match, played at The Oval, and a mock obituary was posted in The Sporting Times, declaring the death of English cricket. It stated that ...
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.
Australia secured victory in the first Ashes Test after a nail-biting contest went deep into the final day at Edgbaston. After four days of fluctuating action, the start was delayed due to rain ...
The first Ashes Test looks set to go to the wire as England return to the middle on day four looking to build a challenging target for Australia to chase
England and Australia renew old rivalry with enthralling first day of first Ashes Test at Edgbaston ... The context of the match is that England declared on 393-8 to have a bowl at Australia this ...
Andrew Strauss became just the second England captain in 20 years, alongside Michael Vaughan in 2005, to win the Ashes. The first Test was held at the SWALEC Stadium in Cardiff, the first Test match ever to be held at the ground, [1] and resulted in England saving a draw with one wicket to spare, [2] and Ricky Ponting surpassing 11,000 Test ...
Since a draw in the Fourth Test would ensure that Australia would retain the Ashes, they batted on until they had reached 656-8 before declaring, with Bob Simpson scoring 311, belatedly his first Test century. England responded with 611 (Ken Barrington 256, Ted Dexter 174) and the match ended in the dullest of draws.