What Are The Ashes?

Answer 1

its the remains of the burnt wickets an bails i think!

Answer 2

This is the annual test series between England and Australia who play for one of sport's smallest trophies - The Ashes. The Ashes is international cricket's oldest and most talked about contest dating back to 1882. It is played alternately in England and Australia each year. The Ashes are named after an obituary published in The Sporting Times in 1882 following a match at The Oval in South London in which Australia beat England in England for the first time. The satirical obituary said English cricket had died and the body will be cremated and the ashes sent to Australia . The next English tour to Australia (1882-83) became known as the attempt to regain The Ashes. The trophy is a small terracotta urn containing ashes of bails presented to the English team by a group of Australian women during the tour. The urn is presented to the winner but remains in the MCC 's Museum at Lords . If a series is drawn then the country holding the Ashes retains the title.

Answer 3

The Ashes is a Test cricket series, played between England and Australia - it is international cricket's most celebrated rivalry and dates back to 1882. It is currently played nominally biennially, alternately in England and Australia. However since cricket is a summer game, the venues being in opposite hemispheres means the break between series is alternately 18 months and 30 months. A series of "The Ashes" now comprises five Test matches, two innings per match, under the regular rules for international cricket. If a series is drawn then the country holding the Ashes retains them.

The series is named after a satirical obituary published in an English newspaper, The Sporting Times, in 1882 after the match at The Oval in which Australia beat England on an English ground 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 then dubbed the next English tour to Australia (1882-83) as the quest to regain The Ashes.

During that tour in Australia, a small terracotta urn was presented as a gift to the England captain Ivo Bligh by a group of Melbourne women. 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 erroneously believed, by some, to be the trophy of the Ashes series but it has never been formally adopted as such and Ivo Bligh always considered it to be a personal gift.[3] Replicas of the urn are often held aloft by victorious teams as a symbol of their victory in an Ashes series , but the actual urn has never been presented or displayed as a trophy in this way. Whichever side holds the Ashes, the urn normally remains in the Marylebone Cricket Club Museum at Lord's since being bequeathed to the MCC by Ivo Bligh's widow upon his death.[1]

Since the 1998-99 Ashes series, a Waterford crystal representation of the Ashes urn has been presented to the winners of an Ashes series as the official trophy of that series.

Australia currently hold The Ashes, after beating England 5-0 to regain them in 2006-07. The next Ashes series will be held in England in 2009.

Answer 4

The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia.

It is the oldest and most celebrated rivalry of International cricket dating

Back to 1882.



The series is named after a satirical obtiuary published in the Sporting
Times in 1882 following the match at the Oval, in which Australia beat

England for the first time. The obtiuary stated that English Cricket had

Died and the body will be creamated and the ashes taken to Australia.

The English media dubbed the next English tour to Australia in 1882-83 as the quest to regain the Ashes.

Answer 5

The Ashes is a Test cricket series, played between England and Australia - it is international cricket's most celebrated rivalry and dates back to 1882. It is currently played nominally biennially, alternately in England and Australia. However since cricket is a summer game, the venues being in opposite hemispheres means the break between series is alternately 18 months and 30 months. A series of "The Ashes" now comprises five Test matches, two innings per match, under the regular rules for international cricket. If a series is drawn then the country holding the Ashes retains them.

The series is named after a satirical obituary published in an English newspaper, The Sporting Times, in 1882 after the match at The Oval in which Australia beat England on an English ground 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 then dubbed the next English tour to Australia (1882-83) as the quest to regain The Ashes.

During that tour in Australia, a small terracotta urn was presented as a gift to the England captain Ivo Bligh by a group of Melbourne women. 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 erroneously believed, by some, to be the trophy of the Ashes series but it has never been formally adopted as such and Ivo Bligh always considered it to be a personal gift.[3] Replicas of the urn are often held aloft by victorious teams as a symbol of their victory in an Ashes series , but the actual urn has never been presented or displayed as a trophy in this way. Whichever side holds the Ashes, the urn normally remains in the Marylebone Cricket Club Museum at Lord's since being bequeathed to the MCC by Ivo Bligh's widow upon his death.[1]

Since the 1998-99 Ashes series, a Waterford crystal representation of the Ashes urn has been presented to the winners of an Ashes series as the official trophy of that series.

Australia currently hold The Ashes, after beating England 5-0 to regain them in 2006-07. The next Ashes series will be held in England in 2009.

Answer 6

ahes are the ash which is left out after burning something
it is also a test match name played between australia and england

Answer 7

Its the annual test series between australia and england.

Answer 8

annual test series between australia and england.