The Ashes 2019 are finally upon us and we can expect a treat this summer as England and Australia battle it out for the famous Ashes urn. Cricket Ground Guide gives you all you need to know when visiting one of the Ashes Cricket Grounds.
| First Test | 1–5 August 2019 | Edgbaston, Birmingham |
| Second Test | 14–18 August 2019 | Lord’s, London |
| Third Test | 22–26 August 2019 | Headingley, Leeds |
| Fourth Test | 4–8 September 2019 | Old Trafford, Manchester |
| Fifth Test | 12–16 September 2019 | The Oval, London |
Australia are the current holders as we enter the 2019 Ashes
The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. The Ashes are regarded as being held by the team that most recently won the Test series. If the test series is drawn, the team that currently holds the Ashes retains the trophy.
The term originated in a satirical obituary published in a British newspaper, The Sporting Times, immediately after Australia’s 1882 victory at The Oval, its first Test win on English soil. The obituary stated that English cricket had died, and “the body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia”. The mythical ashes immediately became associated with the 1882–83 series played in Australia, before which the English captain Ivo Bligh had vowed to “regain those ashes”. The English media therefore dubbed the tour the quest to regain the Ashes.
After England had won two of the three Tests on the tour, a small urn was presented to Bligh by a group of Melbourne women including Florence Morphy, whom Bligh married within a year. The contents of the urn are reputed to be the ashes of a wooden bail, and were humorously described as “the ashes of Australian cricket”. It is not clear whether that “tiny silver urn” is the same as the small terracotta urn given to the MCC by Bligh’s widow after his death in 1927.
The Ashes urn, made of terracotta and about 15 cm (6 inches) tall, is reputed to contain the ashes of a burnt cricket bail. The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. … The obituary stated that English cricket had died, and “the body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia”.
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