The Ashes is a Test cricket series, played between England and Australia - it is international cricket's oldest and most celebrated rivalry since 1882. It is currently played approximately every two years, alternately in England and Australia.
If a series is drawn, the country holding the Ashes retains them.

The last Ashes series was played recently in Australia in 2006-7, in which England lost to Australia.

This is an extremely popular series which grips the nation for its duration. It is hugely successful because of the pride of both nations and the desire to win is build along these lines.

The Ashes is a huge event for both Britain and Australia, and with its huge success over the years many books have been created to track the success of each team which challenges in each series, Video games have been produced and are extremely popular throughout the world, and many more are being developed to keep up to date with the ever changing teams.
There is much memorabilia available also to mark the occasions.

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