Without doubt Cricket’s most important Test Series, The Ashes competition was founded in 1882 and is played by Cricket’s oldest Test nations England and Australia. The Ashes series began thanks to a satirical obituary published in English newspaper, the Sporting Times. The article focused on England’s failure in losing to Australia on English soil for the first time in its short history, claiming that English cricket had died, with the ashes to be taken to Australia, hence the establishment of Cricket’s most illustrious Test series. Overall, Australia have won the Ashes 31 times, compared to England’s 30, emphasising the tightly contested nature of one of sport’s fiercest rivalries. The next series will be contested in England during the English summer of 2013.
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Clarke’s first year of captaincy better than expected
by Bonco - May 3rd 2012 @ 1:38am
With Australian cricket’s drawn-out summer finally coming to a conclusion, it’s the perfect time to recap Michael Clarke’s first year in charge of the Baggy Greens. The summer should be considered a successful one, highlighted by the 4-0 drubbing of India in the home Test series. But how are we sitting leading into next summer, [...]
So long Ed Cowan and thanks for the memories
by Junior - April 30th 2012 @ 5:47am
We have all heard of batsmen who can bowl or bowlers who can bat. Allow me introduce you to a new phenomenon in world cricket: the batsman who cannot bat. More popularly known as Ed Cowan, he is the rarest of breeds. What did we expect? The Australian Test selectors pick a near-30-year-old journeyman to [...]
Australia’s batting needs a pre-Ashes shake up
by jamesb - April 26th 2012 @ 1:05am
Looking towards next years Ashes series, it is apparent the Australia does not have the quality in the batting line-up to match England’s bowlers. On current form, our top six batsmen would struggle to deal with the pace battery that England possesses. The likes of Jimmy Anderson, Chris Tremlett, Stuart Broad and Tim Bresnan are [...]
Ponting still keen on Ashes redemption
by Ed Jackson - February 22nd 2012 @ 3:33am
Watch out England! Australia is going to take back the Ashes
by Spiro Zavos - January 30th 2012 @ 6:33am
Michael Clarke wouldn’t mind contesting the Ashes series right now, after Australia defeated India 4-0 in the just-completed Test series. The former England captain Michael Vaughan, however, reckons that England’s fast bowling attack is more potent than Australia’s. ‘In fact England have 2 better seam bowling attacks,’ he twittered or twattered as this sort of [...]
Ashes main goal, coach Arthur says
by Greg Buckle - January 17th 2012 @ 6:57am
Is a poor India papering over Australia’s cracks?
by The Boundary Rider - January 11th 2012 @ 6:04am
With Australia still basking in the euphoric Sydney Test, which saw an innings victory and records broken at every turn, much of the focus has rightly focused on just how bad India has been and their rapid decline from world number one. However, if Australia is to continue to improve and challenge England for the [...]
Australia looking good for 2013 Ashes
by The Crowd - January 8th 2012 @ 3:04am
Australia’s comprehensive win over India in Sydney has given the Australians a valuable 2-0 lead in the series. Which means, longer term, things are looking good for Australia for the Ashes series in 2013. While there will be two more Tests against India, the tour to the West Indies, plus the home series against South [...]
All good so far, but what chance the Ashes?
by LeftArmSpinner - January 7th 2012 @ 7:30am
Michael Clarke has finally emerged as a suitable captain of the Australian cricket team. Rather than a St Paul epiphany, his transformation has been in development for a while, and is not yet complete. After the disastrous Ashes series of 2010 saw Ricky Ponting step down, the first on-field signs of a metamorphosis were in [...]
Keeping one eye on the big prize: the Ashes
by AdamLudeke - December 16th 2011 @ 4:06am
With back-to-back series’ against the old foe just over eighteen months away, now is the time to build a side formidable enough to take back Australian cricket’s most treasured prize, the Ashes. Everyone has an opinion on what team should line up on Boxing Day to take on the Indians. Depending on which rent-a-quote from [...]
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