Ashes Series: The trophy was given from the ashes of Stephens, know interesting information related to the world’s oldest series

Not only in the history of cricket but the biggest rivalry ‘Ashes’ of the entire sports world is going to start once again, due to which the headlines have started coming from now. The Ashes 2023 will begin on June 16. England and Australia will clash with each other in the oldest series in the history of cricket.

 

Let us tell you that this cricket series started in the year 1882-83 when the Australian team went on a tour of England. The first match of the series between the two teams was played at The Oval. Historically, Australia had won this match and England had to face defeat. This was the first time that England had lost a Test match on their home ground. After this defeat of England, the English media strongly criticized this defeat. Giving a bold statement, the English media called it the death of English cricket.

 

According to the information, a newspaper of that time wrote, English cricket died at the Oval on 29 August 1882. The body will be cremated and the ashes will be taken to Australia. After this England toured England in 1893.

 

During this, the then England captain Ivo Bling had said that he was going to take the Ashes series from Australia. On this the English media called Regain the Ashes. The England team won the three-match series 2–1. Specific information is also available regarding the trophy to be received by the winning team during this series. According to reports, after winning the first two matches of the series, in the third match some women gifted a small trophy made by burning the wicks of the stumps. It was only after this that the Ashes started.

 

It is believed that the original trophy introduced for the Ashes is kept in the MCC Museum at Lord’s. At the same time, every winning team is given a copy of this original trophy to celebrate. Please tell that this series is now 140 years old, which is still being successfully played between the two countries.

 

Please tell that this series has been played between England and Australia a total of 72 times so far. Australia’s team has won 34 times in this series so far. At the same time, the England team has won the series 32 times. In such a situation, there is a gap of only two series between the two and the competition between the two teams is seen in the series.

 

At the same time, the series has ended in a draw a total of six times. Please inform that earlier this series was played in the year 2021-22. In this series, the Australian team won 4–0 and defeated England. On the other hand, if the last five series are seen, then England has been dominating in the last five series. Australia has won the series thrice and England once. A series was drawn.