The 1961 Australian cricket tour of England began with a three-day match versus Worcestershire at the County Ground, New Road, Worcester on Saturday 29...
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those ashes". The English media therefore dubbed the tour the quest to regain the Ashes. After England won two of the three Tests on the tour, a small...
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The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. The series have varied in length, consisting of between one and seven Test matches...
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England cricket team (section Early tours)
the ashes taken to Australia. As a result of this loss, the tour of 1882–83 was dubbed by England captain Ivo Bligh as "the quest to regain the ashes"....
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Australia some momentum into the long-awaited Ashes series in the British Isles. While Australia's last Ashes tour was in 2013, the emergence of England's Joe...
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a 1994 ODI tour of Sri Lanka, in the 'John the bookmaker' controversy. Warne missed Australia's tour of Pakistan and the first four Ashes Tests. During...
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Ashes series was a series of Test cricket matches contested between England and Australia for the Ashes. It formed part of the 1989 Australian tour of...
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husband together in a display urn. After Irving Noel Stoker's death in 1961, his ashes were added to those of his father's in that urn. Balcombe is remembered...
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Andrew Flintoff (section 2005: Ashes winner)
in the 2005 Ashes. He later served as both captain and vice-captain of the team. He retired from Test cricket at the end of the 2009 Ashes series, and...
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the Test and the Ashes and despite only having an average of 27.6 runs, Cook scored one of only three English centuries on the tour and also on 28 December...
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"Australia tour of England, 1899: The Ashes – 3rd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 January 2013. "England tour of Australia, 1901/02: The Ashes – 2nd Test"...
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score another ton against Queensland. Ponting was selected for the 1997 Ashes tour of England, but did not play in any of the three preceding ODIs. He was...
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Merv Hughes (category 1961 births)
his warm-up stretches behind him en masse. In England, on his second Ashes tour in 1993, the crowd often chanted "Sumo" when he ran in to bowl. Hughes...
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consecutive Ashes series, with 21 wickets in 4 matches. Under his captaincy, Australia defeated England 4–0. Under the captaincy of Cummins, Australia toured Pakistan...
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Michael Vaughan (section Ashes 2005)
of his captaincy career came with a 2–1 victory in the 2005 Ashes, England's first Ashes victory in 18 years (since 1986/87). However, a recurring knee...
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the Ashes tour for that winter. He was selected as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1932. He was selected for the first Test of the 1932–33 Ashes series...
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Eddy in Phoenix. He produced her first record, and she toured with him. They were married in 1961 in Las Vegas, settling in Los Angeles. She pursued a career...
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Yusupov), The Pharaohs' Woman (1961), The Centurion (1961), The Trojan Horse (1961, playing Ulysses), Pontius Pilate (1961, playing both Judas and Jesus)...
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He was cremated on 25 January 1985 at Streatham Park Cemetery, where his ashes were scattered. Just six people attended his funeral: his brother, his partner...
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Andrew Strauss (section Road to The Ashes (2004–05))
stand in, for Pakistan's Summer tour as England embarked on their busy international schedule leading up to the Ashes and the World Cup. Given the Test...
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The first Kangaroo Tour was in 1908. Traditionally, Kangaroo Tours took place every four years and involved a three-Test Ashes series against Great...
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Ben Stokes (section 2013–14 Ashes series)
2021. "Ashes 2013–14: Ben Stokes a welcome positive as England build for future. Ashes 2013–14". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 March 2021. "Ashes 2013–14:...
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Prince (musician) (redirect from Hit n Run Tour (Prince tour))
Prince Tour (1979–1980) Dirty Mind Tour (1980–1981) Controversy Tour (1981–1982) 1999 Tour (1982–1983) Purple Rain Tour (1984–1985) Parade Tour (1986)...
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Ted Dexter (category Marylebone Cricket Club Australian Touring Team cricketers)
season against South Africa, but in the First Test at Edgbaston in the 1961 Ashes series England started their second innings needing 321 runs to avoid...
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David Bowie (redirect from List of David Bowie concert tours)
in the late 1970s, Bowie had three number-one hits: the 1980 single "Ashes to Ashes", its album Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) and "Under Pressure" (a...
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Celine Dion (redirect from Mélanie Tour)
France in July and August 2017. On 3 May 2018, she released the single "Ashes" from the film Deadpool 2. The remix version of the song topped the U.S...
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Test". Australia also went on a tour of New Zealand in 1919. The 1920 Great Britain Lions tour saw Australia win the Ashes for the first time on home soil...
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tour of Australia at Brisbane, Nov 21–24 2013". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 9 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2013. "The Ashes:...
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Kevin Pietersen (section 2005 Ashes triumph)
middle of his head during the 2005 Ashes series being described as a "dead skunk" look. During the 2006–07 Ashes tour, the Australian team, noted for their...
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series, then later as the regular captain from the 1989–90 tour of the West Indies to the 1993 Ashes series, remaining as a player for two further years after...
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