As of October 2023, Australia is the current holder of the Ashes, having retained the trophy during the 2023 Ashes series. The series concluded with Australia winning the decisive match, securing their dominance in this historic cricket rivalry against England. The next Ashes series is scheduled to take place in 2025.
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An academic question now, but the tradition is that if a series is a tie then the current holder retains the Ashes, so Australia would have only needed to draw the Oval game in order to retain the Ashes.
The Ashes Urn
The Ashes
The Melbourne Storm are current holders of the Michael Moore Trophy. The retained it after defeating the New Zealand Warriors in Round 7 of the 2013 NRL Season. The final score was 28-18. The Warriors have not held the trophy since the 2011 season.
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Kept at Lords cricket ground in London the 'Ashes' is the trophy played for between England & Australia.
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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 Jules Rimet Trophy was stolen in 1983 and never recovered. The replacement trophy, the FIFA World Cup Trophy, was first used in 1974. Made of 18 carat gold with amalachite base, it depicts two human figures holding up the Earth. The current holder of the trophy is Spain, winner of the 2010 World Cup.