Ashes
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Ashes, symbol of victory in the usually biennial cricket Test (international) match series between select national teams of England and Australia, first staged in 1877. Its name stems from an epitaph published in 1882 after the Australian team had won its first victory over England in England, at the Oval, London. The epitaph lamented that English cricket was dead and that its body would be cremated and the ashes sent to Australia. The following year an urn containing the ashes of a wicket bail was presented to the captain of the touring English team in Australia. The urn is now kept at Lord’s Cricket Ground, headquarters of the Marylebone Cricket Club, long the foremost British club.
Ashes results are provided in the table.
years
winners
losers
margin of victory (wins-losses-draws)
1882–83
England
Australia
2–1–0
1884
England
Australia
1–0–2
1884–85
England
Australia
3–2–0
1886
England
Australia
3–0–0
1886–87
England
Australia
2–0–0
1887–88
England
Australia
1–0–0
1888
England
Australia
2–1–0
1890
England
Australia
2–0–0
1891–92
Australia
England
2–1–0
1893
England
Australia
1–0–2
1894–95
England
Australia
3–2–0
1896
England
Australia
2–1–0
1897–98
Australia
England
4–1–0
1899
Australia
England
1–0–4
1901–02
Australia
England
4–1–0
1902
Australia
England
2–1–2
1903–04
England
Australia
3–2–0
1905
England
Australia
2–0–3
1907–08
Australia
England
4–1–0
1909
Australia
England
2–1–2
1911–12
England
Australia
4–1–0
1912
England
Australia
1–0–2
1920–21
Australia
England
5–0–0
1921
Australia
England
3–0–2
1924–25
Australia
England
4–1–0
1926
England
Australia
1–0–4
1928–29
England
Australia
4–1–0
1930
Australia
England
2–1–2
1932–33
England
Australia
4–1–0
1934
Australia
England
2–1–2
1936–37
Australia
England
3–2–0
1938
draw
1–1–2
1946–47
Australia
England
3–0–2
1948
Australia
England
4–0–1
1950–51
Australia
England
4–1–0
1953
England
Australia
1–0–4
1954–55
England
Australia
3–1–1
1956
England
Australia
2–1–2
1958–59
Australia
England
4–0–1
1961
Australia
England
2–1–2
1962–63
draw
1–1–3
1964
Australia
England
1–0–4
1965–66
draw
1–1–3
1968
draw
1–1–3
1970–71
England
Australia
2–0–4
1972
draw
2–2–1
1974–75
Australia
England
4–1–1
1975
Australia
England
1–0–3
1977
England
Australia
3–0–2
1978–79
England
Australia
5–1–0
1981
England
Australia
3–1–2
1982–83
Australia
England
2–1–2
1985
England
Australia
3–1–2
1986–87
England
Australia
2–1–2
1989
Australia
England
4–0–2
1990–91
Australia
England
3–0–2
1993
Australia
England
4–1–1
1994–95
Australia
England
3–1–1
1997
Australia
England
3–2–1
1998–99
Australia
England
3–1–1
2001
Australia
England
4–1–0
2002–03
Australia
England
4–1–0
2005
England
Australia
2–1–2
2006–07
Australia
England
5–0–0
2009
England
Australia
2–1–2
2010–11
England
Australia
3–1–1
2013
England
Australia
3–0–2
2013–14
Australia
England
5–0–0
2015
England
Australia
3–2–0
2017–18
Australia
England
4–0–1
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