England beat Australia by 197 runs at the Oval to regain the Ashes with a 2-1 series victory, having previously beaten the Australians by 115 runs in the second Test at Lord's and Australia to emphatically beat England by an innings and 80 runs at Headingley in the fourth Test match. The first and third Tests at Cardiff and Edgbaston were draws.
Ashes Test series is played between Australia and England.
ashes is a test series played between Australia and England and in both the countries
In 2007 Australia thrashed England 5-0 in the Ashes series.
The Ashes.
its called the ashes
England and Australia.
Australia They have won 31 out of 65 series and England 29! Terrible. There has also been 5 draws.
Ashes is a legendary cricket series that is played between Australia and England. The series has a great history and great captains like Ian Botham, Alain Border etc have contributed to their sides victory in the Ashes tournament. England and Australia are the two teams in Ashes 09
england{a very emotional and friendship time}
1986-87 was the last time England beat Australia in an Ashes series. The margin was 3-1 in the five test series However, England were the holders of the Ashes before that series, and therefore retained the Ashes, rather than won them. The last time England actually won the Ashes was in England in 1985 - again a 3-1 series victory
it was in 1882 and Australia beat England in cricket the Australian team then burnt the bails (not the stumps or ball) to mark the first ever official game and to this day England and Australia compete for the ashes (that's why the wining team holds up an urn as there trophy)
The current standings are Australia with 31 series wins to England's 30, with a total of 310 Ashes test matches played, Australia winning 123 of those, England 100, with 87 draws. The next Ashes series is to be held in England i the summer of 2013, two years from now.