{"id":3665,"date":"2021-12-08T10:08:38","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T00:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2dpoint.net\/?p=3665"},"modified":"2021-12-08T17:28:18","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T07:28:18","slug":"why-is-the-england-australia-test-series-called-ashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2dpoint.net\/why-is-the-england-australia-test-series-called-ashes\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is the England-Australia Test series called \u2018Ashes\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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  1. The first test series (two matches) between England and Australia was played in Melbourne, Australia, in 1877.<\/li>\n
  2. Australia won the first match while England won the second.<\/li>\n
  3. Six more test matches were played between the two teams over the next five years.<\/li>\n
  4. Australia won three of these, England won one and two matches ended in a draw.<\/li>\n
  5. Now, out of these eight matches, seven were played in Australia.<\/li>\n
  6. The one that was played in England in 1880, England had won convincingly (by 5 wickets).<\/li>\n
  7. Then in 1882, Australia toured England to play only one match.<\/li>\n
  8. And in a low-scoring match, it beat England by 7 runs.<\/li>\n
  9. It was the first time England had lost a test match at home.<\/li>\n
  10. And a British colony beating England at home shocked the public and media.<\/li>\n
  11. An English newspaper,\u00a0The Sporting Times,\u00a0featured a satirical obituary mocking English cricket.<\/li>\n
  12. It read: \u201cIn Affectionate Remembrance of English cricket, which died at the Oval on 29 August 1882.\u201d<\/li>\n
  13. {tooltip}N.B.{end-text} A Latin phrase nota bene, meaning \u201cnote well\u201d{end-tooltip}: The body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia.<\/li>\n
  14. The then England captain vowed the team would regain those ashes and the media termed the next series (1883) \u2018a quest to regain the Ashes\u2019.<\/li>\n
  15. In 1883, in the three-match series played in Australia, England beat Australia 2-1 to \u201creclaim the Ashes\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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