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Ashes Series
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 .
One of the famous
series was played in England in 2005 when England
regained the Ashes after a gap of 16 years by winning
the series 2-1.
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.
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