Portal:Cricket/Featured article/1

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Ashes is a Test cricket series, played between England and Australia. It is international cricket's most celebrated rivalry and dates back to 1882. The series is named after a satirical obituary published in an English newspaper, The Sporting Times, in 1882 after the match at The Oval in which Australia beat England on an English ground for the first time. The obituary mourned the death of English cricket and stated that the body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia. The English media then dubbed the next English tour to Australia (1882-83) as the quest to regain The Ashes.