List of Ashes series

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The Ashes urn, which is held by the most recent team to win an Ashes series
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This is a list of Ashes cricket series played between Australia and England. Most Ashes series have consisted of five Test matches between the two countries. The Ashes series with the fewest Test matches was the 1887-88 Ashes series, consisting of only one Test. The seven Test match 1970-71 Ashes series was the Ashes series with the most Test matches. The first Ashes series was held in Australia, and since then the hosting of the Ashes series has been shared between Australia and England.

The Ashes is a fiercely contested competition. England won the first eight Ashes series in a row, and only lost one Ashes series in the first twelve series. Australia then won four series in a row, before England reclaimed the Ashes in the 1926 Ashes series. The Ashes series after 1934 has been dominated by Australia. After 1934, Australia have held the Ashes for long periods of time, including from 1934 to 1953, from 1959 to 1971 and from 1989 to 2005. The longest period of time that England has held the Ashes after 1934 was from 1953 to 1956. England is currently holding the Ashes after defeating the Australians in the 2005 Ashes series, ending Australia's 16 year holding of the Ashes. Overall, the Australians have won 30 Ashes series, England have won 28 Ashes series and there have been 5 drawn Ashes series. A total of 63 Ashes series have been played. The next Ashes series will be played in Australia in 2006-07.

The notes section below the table contains clarifications about the series and matches which are either of interest or have not been included.

Contents

[edit] Timeline

[edit] List of Ashes series

Series Season Played in First match Tests
played		 Tests won
by Australia		 Tests won
by England		 Tests
drawn		 Series
result		 Holder at
series end
1 1882-83 [1] Australia December 30, 1882 3 1 2 0 England England
2 1884 England July 11, 1884 3 0 1 2 England England
3 1884-85 Australia December 12, 1884 5 2 3 0 England England
4 1886 England July 5, 1886 3 0 3 0 England England
5 1886-87 Australia January 28, 1887 2 0 2 0 England England
6 1887-88 Australia February 10, 1888 1 0 1 0 England England
7 1888 England July 16, 1888 3 1 2 0 England England
8 1890 England July 21, 1890 3 0 2 1 England England
9 1891-92 Australia January 1, 1892 3 2 1 0 Australia Australia
10 1893 England July 17, 1893 3 0 1 2 England England
11 1894-95 Australia December 14, 1894 5 2 3 0 England England
12 1896 England June 22, 1896 3 1 2 0 England England
13 1897-98 Australia December 13, 1897 5 4 1 0 Australia Australia
14 1899 England June 1, 1899 5 1 0 4 Australia Australia
15 1901-02 Australia December 13, 1901 5 4 1 0 Australia Australia
16 1902 England May 29, 1902 5 2 1 2 Australia Australia
17 1903-04 Australia December 11, 1903 5 2 3 0 England England
18 1905 England May 29, 1905 5 0 2 3 England England
19 1907-08 Australia December 13, 1907 5 4 1 0 Australia Australia
20 1909 England May 27, 1909 5 2 1 2 Australia Australia
21 1911-12 Australia December 15, 1911 5 1 4 0 England England
22 1912 [2] England May 27, 1912 3 0 1 2 England England
23 1920-21 Australia December 17, 1920 5 5 0 0 Australia Australia
24 1921 England May 28, 1921 5 3 0 2 Australia Australia
25 1924-25 Australia December 19, 1924 5 4 1 0 Australia Australia
26 1926 England June 12, 1926 5 0 1 4 England England
27 1928-29 Australia November 30, 1928 5 1 4 0 England England
28 1930 England June 13, 1930 5 2 1 2 Australia Australia
29 1932-33 [3] Australia December 2, 1932 5 1 4 0 England England
30 1934 England June 8, 1934 5 2 1 2 Australia Australia
31 1936-37 Australia December 4, 1936 5 3 2 0 Australia Australia
32 1938 England June 10, 1938 4 1 1 2 Drawn Australia
1945 [4] Australia
33 1946-47 Australia November 29, 1946 5 3 0 2 Australia Australia
34 1948 [5] England June 10, 1948 5 4 0 1 Australia Australia
35 1950-51 Australia December 1, 1950 5 4 1 0 Australia Australia
36 1953 England June 11, 1953 5 0 1 4 England England
37 1954-55 Australia November 26, 1954 5 1 3 1 England England
38 1956 England June 7, 1956 5 1 2 2 England England
39 1958-59 Australia December 5, 1958 5 4 0 1 Australia Australia
40 1961 England June 8, 1961 5 2 1 2 Australia Australia
41 1962-63 Australia November 30, 1962 5 1 1 3 Drawn Australia
42 1964 England April 4, 1964 5 1 0 4 Australia Australia
43 1965-66 Australia December 10, 1965 5 1 1 3 Drawn Australia
44 1968 England June 6, 1968 5 1 1 3 Drawn Australia
45 1970-71 Australia November 27, 1970 7 0 2 5 England England
46 1972 England June 8, 1972 5 2 2 1 Drawn England
47 1974-75 Australia November 29, 1974 6 4 1 1 Australia Australia
48 1975 England July 10, 1975 4 1 0 3 Australia Australia
1976-77 [6] Australia
49 1977 England June 16, 1977 5 0 3 2 England England
50 1978-79 Australia December 1, 1978 6 1 5 0 England England
1979-80 [7] England
1980 [8] England
51 1981 [9] England June 18, 1981 6 1 3 2 England England
52 1982-83 Australia November 12, 1982 5 2 1 2 Australia Australia
53 1985 England June 13, 1985 6 1 3 2 England England
54 1986-87 Australia November 14, 1986 5 1 2 2 England England
1987-88 [10] England
55 1989 England June 8, 1989 6 4 0 2 Australia Australia
56 1990-91 Australia November 23, 1990 5 3 0 2 Australia Australia
57 1993 England June 3, 1993 6 4 1 1 Australia Australia
58 1994-95 Australia November 25, 1994 5 3 1 1 Australia Australia
59 1997 England June 5, 1997 6 3 2 1 Australia Australia
60 1998-99 Australia November 20, 1998 5 3 1 1 Australia Australia
61 2001 England July 5, 2001 5 4 1 0 Australia Australia
62 2002-03 Australia November 7, 2002 5 4 1 0 Australia Australia
63 2005 England July 21, 2005 5 1 2 2 England England
64 2006-07 Australia November 23, 2006 5 2

[edit] Summary of wins and draws

Totals up to and including the 2005 series in England
Played Won by
Australia		 Won by
England		 Drawn
All Tests 297 116 (39%) 95 (32%) 86 (29%)
All series 63 30 (48%) 28 (44%) 5 (8%)
Tests in Australia 148 71 (48%) 53 (36%) 24 (16%)
Tests in England 149 45 (30%) 42 (28%) 62 (42%)

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Matches played prior to the 1882-83 series, including the 1882 Oval match are not considered to be part of The Ashes series. A fourth match in the 1882-83 series played against a "United Australian XI" was also not considered to be an Ashes Test.
  2. ^ The "1912 Triangular Tournament" including Australia, England and South Africa. Only Australia v England results shown.
  3. ^ "Bodyline" series
  4. ^ Just after the Second World War had ended in Europe, Lindsay Hassett captained an Australian Services team in five "Victory Tests" in England against England. The "Victory Tests" have not, however, been granted full Test status.
  5. ^ "Invincibles" series
  6. ^ The 1976-77 MCC tour of Australia for the first Centenary Test, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground is not considered an Ashes Test.
  7. ^ The 1979-80 three-Test England tour of Australia series was the outcome of a deal between the ACB and World Series Cricket to bring WSC to an end. England agreed to the tour on condition the matches did not have Ashes status. Accordingly they are excluded from the results above.
  8. ^ The 1980 Australian tour of England for the second Centenary Test, at Lord's is not considered an Ashes Test.
  9. ^ Commonly referred to as "Botham's Ashes" or similar — Wisden 1982 called it "Botham's summer"; BBC claims it's "universally known" as "Botham's Ashes"; John Stern says "the video of the series is often called Botham's Ashes and rightly so."
  10. ^ The 1987-88 England tour of Australia for a single Test celebrating the Australian Bicentenary at the Sydney Cricket Ground is not considered an Ashes Test.

[edit] References

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