List of Ashes series

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A terracotta urn with two brass plaques on it sits on a wooden base. The urn is on display, with the glass surround and other exhibits visible in the background.
The Ashes urn, which remains at the MCC Museum at Lord's. A replica urn is presented to the winning captain.[1]

The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. The series have varied in length, consisting of between one and six Test matches, but since 1998 have been consistently five matches. It is one of sport's most celebrated rivalries and dates back to 1882.[2][3][4] It is generally played biennially, alternating between the United Kingdom and Australia. England are the current holders of the Ashes, having won the 2015 series.

Although the first Test series played between England and Australia was in the 1876–77 season,[note 1][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 body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia."[8] The Honourable Ivo Bligh adopted the term and, as captain of the English party that travelled to Australia the following winter, promised to bring the "Ashes" home.[1]

After their loss to Australia in 1882, England won the next eight series between the two sides, during which time they lost only four of the 22 Tests. Australia won an Ashes series for the first time in 1891–92, when they beat England 2–1.[6] The 1932–33 tour was known as the "Bodyline series" as, in response to the talented Australian batsman Don Bradman, England developed a tactic of bowling quickly at the body of the batsmen with most of the fielders placed in a close ring on the leg side.[9] England won the series, but the tactic prompted changes to the laws of cricket,[9] and the Australians, buoyed by the batting of Bradman,[10] regained the Ashes during the next series and then held them for six series, spanning nineteen years.[6] It was during this period that the Australians travelled to England in 1948, and remained unbeaten during the whole tour, gaining the nickname of "The Invincibles".[11] In addition to winning the five match Test series 4–0, Australia won or drew all of their 29 other matches against county and representative sides.[12]

Australia have won more Ashes Tests than England, winning 130 of the 325 matches, compared to England's 106 victories. Australia and England have each won an Ashes Series on 32 occasions. There have been five drawn series, and on four of these occasions, Australia have retained the Ashes due to being holders going into the series. England have retained the Ashes after a drawn series once. On only three occasions has a team won all the Tests in an Ashes series; Australia won all five matches in 1920–21, then repeated the feat in 2006–07 and in 2013–14.[6] England's largest winning margin in an Ashes series was in 1978–79, when they won 5–1. Both England and Australia have held the Ashes for eight series in a row, England doing so between 1882–83 and 1890, while Australia achieved the feat from 1989 to 2002–03.[6] Since 1882, a small number of Test series have been played between the two sides that have not been allocated as Ashes series; those played in 1976–77, 1979–80, 1980 and 1987–88,[6] these series are not listed in the table below.

Key

  • Years denotes the cricket season in which the series takes place.
  • Host denotes the host country for the series.
  • First match denotes the date on which the first match of the series commenced.
  • Tests denotes how many Tests were played in the series, and in parentheses (if different) the number of Tests that were scheduled to be played in the series.
  • Australia denotes how many matches in the series were won by Australia.
  • England denotes how many matches in the series were won by England.
  • Drawn denotes how many matches in the series were drawn.
  • Result denotes which side won the series overall, or if it was drawn.
  • Holder denotes which side was awarded (or retained) the Ashes at the end of the series.

Ashes series

The Honourable Ivo Bligh captained England during their first Ashes series.[1]
Jack Hobbs (left) and Herbert Sutcliffe were two of England's most successful batsmen in the Ashes.[13]
Don Bradman (left), who has scored more runs in the Ashes than any other player, at the toss of the first Test of the 1936–37 Ashes with Gubby Allen.[14]
Shane Warne played for Australia in 14 years of Ashes Tests, taking a record 195 Test wickets.[15]
Series Years Host First match Tests Australia England Drawn Result Holder Ref
1 1882–83 Australia 30 December 1882 3 1 2 0 England England [16]
2 1884 England 11 July 1884 3 0 1 2 England England [17]
3 1884–85 Australia 12 December 1884 5 2 3 0 England England [18]
4 1886 England 5 July 1886 3 0 3 0 England England [19]
5 1886–87 Australia 28 January 1887 2 0 2 0 England England [20]
6 1887–88 Australia 10 February 1888 1 0 1 0 England England [21]
7 1888 England 16 July 1888 3 1 2 0 England England [22]
8 1890 England 21 July 1890 2 (3) 0 2 0 England England [23]
9 1891–92 Australia 1 January 1892 3 2 1 0 Australia Australia [24]
10 1893 England 17 July 1893 3 0 1 2 England England [25]
11 1894–95 Australia 14 December 1894 5 2 3 0 England England [26]
12 1896 England 22 June 1896 3 1 2 0 England England [27]
13 1897–98 Australia 13 December 1897 5 4 1 0 Australia Australia [28]
14 1899 England 1 June 1899 5 1 0 4 Australia Australia [29]
15 1901–02 Australia 13 December 1901 5 4 1 0 Australia Australia [30]
16 1902 England 29 May 1902 5 2 1 2 Australia Australia [31]
17 1903–04 Australia 11 December 1903 5 2 3 0 England England [32]
18 1905 England 29 May 1905 5 0 2 3 England England [33]
19 1907–08 Australia 13 December 1907 5 4 1 0 Australia Australia [34]
20 1909 England 27 May 1909 5 2 1 2 Australia Australia [35]
21 1911–12 Australia 15 December 1911 5 1 4 0 England England [36]
22 1912 England 27 May 1912 3 0 1 2 England England [37]
23 1920–21 Australia 17 December 1920 5 5 0 0 Australia Australia [38]
24 1921 England 28 May 1921 5 3 0 2 Australia Australia [39]
25 1924–25 Australia 19 December 1924 5 4 1 0 Australia Australia [40]
26 1926 England 12 June 1926 5 0 1 4 England England [41]
27 1928–29 Australia 30 November 1928 5 1 4 0 England England [42]
28 1930 England 13 June 1930 5 2 1 2 Australia Australia [43]
29 1932–33 Australia 2 December 1932 5 1 4 0 England England [44]
30 1934 England 8 June 1934 5 2 1 2 Australia Australia [45]
31 1936–37 Australia 4 December 1936 5 3 2 0 Australia Australia [46]
32 1938 England 10 June 1938 4 (5) 1 1 2 Drawn Australia [47]
33 1946–47 Australia 29 November 1946 5 3 0 2 Australia Australia [48]
34 1948 England 10 June 1948 5 4 0 1 Australia Australia [49]
35 1950–51 Australia 1 December 1950 5 4 1 0 Australia Australia [50]
36 1953 England 11 June 1953 5 0 1 4 England England [51]
37 1954–55 Australia 26 November 1954 5 1 3 1 England England [52]
38 1956 England 7 June 1956 5 1 2 2 England England [53]
39 1958–59 Australia 5 December 1958 5 4 0 1 Australia Australia [54]
40 1961 England 8 June 1961 5 2 1 2 Australia Australia [55]
41 1962–63 Australia 30 November 1962 5 1 1 3 Drawn Australia [56]
42 1964 England 4 April 1964 5 1 0 4 Australia Australia [57]
43 1965–66 Australia 10 December 1965 5 1 1 3 Drawn Australia [58]
44 1968 England 6 June 1968 5 1 1 3 Drawn Australia [59]
45 1970–71 Australia 27 November 1970 6 (7) 0 2 4 England England [60]
46 1972 England 8 June 1972 5 2 2 1 Drawn England [61]
47 1974–75 Australia 29 November 1974 6 4 1 1 Australia Australia [62]
48 1975 England 10 July 1975 4 1 0 3 Australia Australia [63]
49 1977 England 16 June 1977 5 0 3 2 England England [64]
50 1978–79 Australia 1 December 1978 6 1 5 0 England England [65]
51 1981 England 18 June 1981 6 1 3 2 England England [66]
52 1982–83 Australia 12 November 1982 5 2 1 2 Australia Australia [67]
53 1985 England 13 June 1985 6 1 3 2 England England [68]
54 1986–87 Australia 14 November 1986 5 1 2 2 England England [69]
55 1989 England 8 June 1989 6 4 0 2 Australia Australia [70]
56 1990–91 Australia 23 November 1990 5 3 0 2 Australia Australia [71]
57 1993 England 3 June 1993 6 4 1 1 Australia Australia [72]
58 1994–95 Australia 25 November 1994 5 3 1 1 Australia Australia [73]
59 1997 England 5 June 1997 6 3 2 1 Australia Australia [74]
60 1998–99 Australia 20 November 1998 5 3 1 1 Australia Australia [75]
61 2001 England 5 July 2001 5 4 1 0 Australia Australia [76]
62 2002–03 Australia 7 November 2002 5 4 1 0 Australia Australia [77]
63 2005 England 21 July 2005 5 1 2 2 England England [78]
64 2006–07 Australia 23 November 2006 5 5 0 0 Australia Australia [79]
65 2009 England 8 July 2009 5 1 2 2 England England [80]
66 2010–11 Australia 25 November 2010 5 1 3 1 England England [81]
67 2013 England 10 July 2013 5 0 3 2 England England [82]
68 2013–14 Australia 21 November 2013 5 5 0 0 Australia Australia [83]
69 2015 England 5 July 2015 5 2 3 0 England England [84]
70 2017–18 Australia 5 - - -

Summary of results

Played Won by
Australia		 Won by
England		 Drawn
All Tests 325 130 (40%) 106 (32.6%) 89 (27.4%)
Tests in Australia 162 82 (50.6%) 56 (34.6%) 24 (14.8%)
Tests in England 163 48 (29.4%) 50 (30.7%) 65 (39.9%)
All series 69 32 (46.4%) 32 (46.4%) 5 (7.2%)
Series in Australia 34 18 (52.9%) 14 (41.2%) 2 (5.9%)
Series in England 35 14 (40%) 18 (51.4%) 3 (8.6%)
As of 23 August 2015

Notes and references

Notes
  1. ↑ Cricket is generally played during the summer months of the host country: therefore in England it is typically played between May and September, while in Australia it typically takes place between October and April. To reflect this, cricket seasons are listed as YYYY in England, and YYYY–YY in Australia.[5]
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