The Ashes Urn
The Ashes
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England
Kept at Lords cricket ground in London the 'Ashes' is the trophy played for between England & Australia.
a bail of hay and a cricket ball and a cricket bat and dom bradman ashes
They aren't the ashes of a person. The tradition is that it is the ashes of the bails from the wickets of the first Ashes test. The name came from a editorial of a newspaper saying (after an English defeat) that English cricket had died and the ashes sent to Australia.
The Ashes trophy is a small urn made of terracotta, traditionally believed to contain the ashes of cricket bails. It is not inscribed with words but is emblematic of the historic rivalry between England and Australia in Test cricket. The urn itself is often referred to as "The Ashes," symbolizing the series contested between the two nations. The actual trophy awarded to the winning team is a replica of the urn, and it is inscribed with details of the series and the year.
The year England lost and the Trophy was created was 1882, hope ths helps! =D
border-gavaskar trophy
It is a common misconception that when England and Australia compete against each other in a Cricket Test Match series they are competing for the Ashes urn as the trophy.In fact England compete with Australia for a Waterford Crystal Urn Trophy which was designed to symbolise the original "Ashes" urn, that was given to the England captain Ivo Bligh as a gift after his successful tour of Australia.The original wooden Ashes Urn has never been the official trophy for the test series between England and Australia, although many English and Australian fans believe that it is the small wooden urn, that should be the real trophy for the test series between their countries.For a detailed account of the Ashes story and folklore seehttp://www.lords.org/history/the-ashes
The urn itself is made of terracotta and is about six inches (15 cm) tall.