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Why is the England-Australia Test series called ‘Ashes’?

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  1. The first test series (two matches) between England and Australia was played in Melbourne, Australia, in 1877.
  2. Australia won the first match while England won the second.
  3. Six more test matches were played between the two teams over the next five years.
  4. Australia won three of these, England won one and two matches ended in a draw.
  5. Now, out of these eight matches, seven were played in Australia.
  6. The one that was played in England in 1880, England had won convincingly (by 5 wickets).
  7. Then in 1882, Australia toured England to play only one match.
  8. And in a low-scoring match, it beat England by 7 runs.
  9. It was the first time England had lost a test match at home.
  10. And a British colony beating England at home shocked the public and media.
  11. An English newspaper, The Sporting Times, featured a satirical obituary mocking English cricket.
  12. It read: “In Affectionate Remembrance of English cricket, which died at the Oval on 29 August 1882.”
  13. N.B.A Latin phrase nota bene, meaning “note well”: The body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia.
  14. The then England captain vowed the team would regain those ashes and the media termed the next series (1883) ‘a quest to regain the Ashes’.
  15. In 1883, in the three-match series played in Australia, England beat Australia 2-1 to “reclaim the Ashes”.

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