The ashes, but its not always annual I dont think
It's played in cricket between England and Australia.
ashes
Australia play England for the Ashes.
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 term ashes gets its name from a match played years ago between England and Australia, in which a stump was burned and kept in a urn. And the Matches between Australia and England are refered to as the Battle of the Ashes.
Kept at Lords cricket ground in London the 'Ashes' is the trophy played for between England & Australia.
ashes is a test series played between Australia and England and in both the countries
Ashes Test series is played between Australia and England.
The 'Ashes' are the ashes of the first bails used in the first cricket test between England and Australia.
In 2007 Australia thrashed England 5-0 in the Ashes series.
The Ashes are played "at least once every four years" but recent contests have been either yearly or every other year, with matches alternating between England and Australia. There were matches in 2013 (England), 2013-2014 (Australia), and 2015 (England), to be followed by 2017-2018 (Australia).