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On three occasions has a team won all the Tests in an Ashes series; only Australia has achieved the feat 5–0 in 1920–21, 2006–07 and 2013–14. [6] England's largest winning margin in an Ashes series was in 1978–79, when it won 5–1. England's largest unbeaten winning margin of 3–0 in an Ashes series was achieved in 1886, 1977 and 2013.
The 2010–11 Ashes series was the only one in which a team had won three Tests by innings margins and it was the first time England had scored 500 or more four times in a single series. England opener Cook scored 766 runs at average 127.66 in the series, the most dominant batsman in an Ashes series since Bradman in 1930.
The Ashes series, similar to the cricket series of the same name, was a best-of-three series of test matches between Australia and Great Britain national rugby league football teams. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It had been contested 39 times from 1908 until 2003 largely with hosting rights alternating between the two countries.
Shane Warne became the all-time leading wicket-taker in Ashes series, having taken a total of 172. He also passed the 600 wicket mark, and had 623 by the end of the series. Glenn McGrath passed the 500 wicket milestone, and ended up with 518.
The 1986–87 Ashes series was a series of five Test cricket matches that were contested between England and Australia for The Ashes. The series was played at five venues across Australia, starting on 14 November 1986 in Brisbane and concluding on 15 January 1987 in Sydney. England were the defending holders of the Ashes going into the series ...
Steve Harmison stood at the top of his mark, all alone. It is a naked place, preparing to bowl the first ball of a most-likely doomed Ashes series in a bearpit like the Gabba, surrounded by a wall ...
The Australian cricket team toured England in the 1953 season to play a five-match Test series against England for The Ashes. England won the final Test to take the series 1–0 after the first four Tests were all drawn. England therefore recovered the Ashes for the first time since losing them in 1934.
Hosts go 6-0 up in points-based series Three-match T20 series (two points each) & one-off Test (four points) follow All-round brilliance sees Australia to thumping Ashes ODI win