Ashes Series, Ashes Series England, Ashes Series Australia, Ashes Series England vs Australia

Ashes  is the Test cricket series played between England and Australia --most celebrated rivalries and the oldest in international cricket dating back to 1882. Currently played at approximately two yearly intervals, alternately in England and Australia. The Ashes are kept by the country which last won a series . The last Ashes series was played in England in 2005 when England regained The Ashes after a gap of 16 years by winning the series 2-1. The next Ashes series will be in Australia in 2006-07 and the next series in England will be in 2009.

Notable Ashes series took place in 1932-33 (the Bodyline tour), 1948 (Sir Donald Bradman's "Invincibles" Australian side), 1981 (in which an England team spearheaded by Ian Botham won a thrilling series), 1989 (in which an Australian team spearheaded by Allan Border regained the Ashes on English soil) and 2005 (when England eventually won the Ashes back, after a 'drought' of 16 years

The first Test match between England and Australia had been played in 1877, but the Ashes legend dates back only to their ninth Test match, played in 1882.