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    The Ashes - Wikipedia

    • The Ashes is a men's Test cricket series played biennially between England and Australia. The term originated in a satirical obituary published in a British newspaper, The Sporting Times, immediately after Australia's 1882 victory at The Oval, its first Test win on English soil. The obituary stated that English cricket had died, and that "the body will be cremated and th… See more

    1882 origins

    The first Test match between England and Australia was played in Melbourne, Australia, in 1877, though the Ashes … See more

    Urn

    It took many years before the contests between England and Australia were consistently called "The Ashes", and so there was no concept of either a trophy or a physical representation of the ashes. As late as 192… See more

    CountriesAustralia · England
    AdministratorInternational Cricket Council
    FormatTest cricket
    First edition1882–83
    Series and matches

    Later in 1882, following the famous Australian victory at The Oval, Bligh led an England team to Australia, as he said, to "recover those ashes". Publicity surrounding the series was intense, and it was at som… See more

    Match venues

    The series alternates between England (and Wales) and Australia, and each match of a series is held at a different ground.
    In Australia, the grounds currently used are The Gabba in Brisbane (first staged an England–A… See more

    Cultural references

    The popularity and reputation of the cricket series has led to other sports and games using the name "Ashes" for contests between England/Great Britain and Australia. The best-known and longest-running of t… See more

    Further reading

    • Berry, S. (2006). Cricket's Burning Passion. London: Methuen. ISBN 0-413-77627-1.
    • Birley, D. (2003). A Social History of English Cricket. London: Aurum Press. ISBN 1-85410-941-3.… See more

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