what are the ashes made from?

Answer 1

As in the Cricket Ashes? It is the burnt wicket from the first ever test match between austrila and england in 1882 which was done as a joke...

The series is named after a satirical obituary published in The Sporting Times in 1882 following the match at The Oval, in which Australia beat England in England for the first time. The obituary stated that English cricket had died, and the body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia. The English media dubbed the next English tour, to Australia (1882-83) as the quest to regain The Ashes.

Answer 2

The Ashes is a Test cricket series, played between England and Australia - it is international cricket's oldest and most celebrated rivalry dating back to 1882. It is currently played approximately biennially, alternately in England and Australia. The Ashes are "held" by the country which last won a series and to "regain" them the other country must win more Test matches in a series than the country that "holds" them. If a series is "drawn" then the country holding the Ashes retains them. The last Ashes series was played in England in 2005 when England regained The Ashes after a gap of 16 years by winning the series 2-1. The next Ashes series will be in Australia in 2006-07 and the next series in England will be in 2009.

The series is named after a satirical obituary published in The Sporting Times in 1882 following the match at The Oval, in which Australia beat England in England for the first time. The obituary stated that English cricket had died, and the body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia. The English media dubbed the next English tour, to Australia (1882-83) as the quest to regain The Ashes.

A small terracotta urn was presented to the England captain Ivo Bligh by a group of Melbourne women at some point during the 1882-83 tour. The contents of the urn are reputed to be the ashes of an item of cricket equipment, possibly a bail, ball or stump. The urn is not used as a trophy for the Ashes series, and whichever side "holds" the Ashes, the urn normally remains in the MCC Museum at Lord's because of its age and fragility.[1] Since the 1998-99 Ashes series, a Waterford crystal trophy has been presented to the winners.

For moe details about Ashes, please check the following website:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ashes#The_Ashes_Urn

Answer 3

If you mean the ashes that are played for in test cricket they are suppose to be the ashes of the bails used the first time England lost a test series to Austaralia. I believe that they never actually leave England

Answer 4

The firs time the Aussies beat England, they burnt the Stumps, and the ashes are the remains of those stumps

Answer 5

The are the ashes from the bails (NOT BALLS) The bails are the two wooded pegs that sit ontop the three stumps. when they getted knocked off the batsman out. Is that clear to you peeps over the pond

Answer 6

it's residue from thigns being burnt, ashes are made from anything that burns pretty much...If you're talking about ashes like on the holy "ash wednesday" then the answer is they are made from palm trees that were blessed! well, hope that answers ur very broad question

Answer 7

the ashes are made from the bales of the cricket stumps...you know those two small cross pieces sitting on the top of the stumps

Answer 8

They are the burnt wickets from the first ever test match between Austalia and England in 1882.

Answer 9

they come from the bails that are placed on the stumps,i believe that they were burnt hence the name ashes.

Answer 10

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