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The 2021–22 Ashes series, named the Vodafone Men's Ashes Series for sponsorship reasons, [1] 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 from 8 December 2021 and was scheduled to finish on 18 January 2022.
The England Lions also toured Australia during November and December 2021, before the majority of the team flew home before the second Test match. [5] Australia successfully retained the Ashes by winning the first three Test matches. [6] The fourth Test ended in a draw, with Australia winning the fifth Test by 146 runs to win the series 4–0. [7]
Australia won an Ashes series for the first time in 1891–92, when it beat England 2–1. [6] The 1932–33 tour was known as the " Bodyline series" as, in response to the talented Australian batsman Don Bradman , England developed a tactic of bowling quickly at the body of the batsmen with most of the fielders placed in a close ring on the ...
The WTC 2021–23 cycle began in August 2021 with Pataudi Trophy (5 matches series between India and England). [21] The International Cricket Council officially announced the full programme with a new points system. [22] Australia qualified for the final by winning the 3rd Test Match of the 2022–23 Border-Gavaskar Trophy. [23]
The schedule for the World Test Championship was announced by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on 20 June 2018, as part of the 2018–2023 Future Tours Programme. [28] Rather than being a full round-robin tournament in which everyone played everyone else equally, each team played only six of the other eight, as in the previous cycle.
On 2 February 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Australia postponed their away series against South Africa, resulting in a guaranteed berth in the final for New Zealand. [9] [10] On 6 March 2021, India also confirmed their berth for the final, after beating England by 3–1 in a home Test series. [11]
It was also the first time since the fifth Test of the 1985 Ashes that England have reached 500 in a home series. [ 44 ] [ 46 ] Australia lost the first wicket of their second innings in the 11th over, Wood finding the edge of Khawaja's bat; after an unsuccessful review of the on-field 'out' decision, Khawaja departed for 18.
Ahead of the first Test, Channel 4 secured the live broadcasting rights for the Test matches. [38] The last time the channel screened live Test cricket in the United Kingdom was for the 2005 Ashes series. [39] It was also the first full broadcast of an England overseas Test series on terrestrial television in the United Kingdom. [40]