The Ashes is a five-match Test series of cricket between England and Australia. This awesome event in the cricket calendar takes place every two years and each team takes turns to host it.
The event gets its name from a joke, following the defeat of England by Australia at The Oval in the 1880s, which prompted an English newspaper to print a story on the ‘death of English cricket’. According to the newspaper, English cricket would be burnt down and its ashes would go to Australia. On England’s next tour of Australia, a pair of bails were burnt down and put in an urn.
This year, the 2021/22 series place in the warmer location of Australia. The series began on 8 December 2021 and will run until 18 January 2022. Matches will take place in Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Perth. Here is a look at how the First Test of the series has gone and who will go on to win the entire series. Continue reading “A look at the Ashes- Story so far”