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The Ashes Cricket Series Tickets The Ashes Cricket Series the test cricket contest played between England and Australia. It is one of cricket's fiercest and most celebrated rivalries and the oldest in international cricket. The Ashes Cricket Series is commonly referred to as simply The Ashes. The Ashes Cricket Series alternate between England and Australia. Within each country, each of the matches is held at a different cricket ground. The Ashes urn is awarded to the winner of The Ashes Cricket Series. It is reputed to contain a burnt set of bails symbolising the death of English cricket. Order your The Ashes Cricket Series Tickets online today from ShowTime Ticket Services. The Ashes Cricket Series Tickets available now! ShowTime Ticket Services specializes in tickets for all matches. The Ashes Cricket Series Tickets continued.		Loading...   Tell a friend

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The Ashes Cricket Series is rich in history. To understand the history, it is important to distinguish between three separate strands which have now become fused in the popular imagination:

1. The Legend of The Ashes. 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 English tour to Australia of 1882-83 as the quest to regain The Ashes of English Cricket. The three match series resulted in a 2-1 win to England, notwithstanding a fourth match, won by an Australian XI whose status remains a matter of dispute. In the 1920s the story was revived, and the contest gradually became known as The Ashes.

2. The Ashes Urn. This was presented to the English captain Ivo Bligh, later Lord Darnley during the 1882-83 tour as a personal memento. In the period since 1950, it has come to be seen as the trophy for the contest.

3. The series of matches between England and Australia. The first match between the countries took place in 1877, although the legend of the Ashes did not arise until 1882. The series is currently played at approximately two yearly intervals, 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.