Which part of the stumps is in the ashes cup?

Answer 1

K the story goes that Following the match at the Oval in 1882 in which Australia beat England at home for the first time, a satirical obituary was published in the Sporting Times. The obituary stated that English Cricket had Died, the body would be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia.

The English media dubbed the next English tour to Australia as the quest to regain the Ashes.

As a bit of a joke in Melbourne a small cheap terracotta urn was presented to the England Captain Ivo Bligh during the 1882-83 tour. It could be that the urn was empty, Bligh kept it on his mantlepiece for over 40 years until his death. It would be a nice thought to think the bails from that first home defeat were in there, but many think that the joke was not that elaborate. Who could have fortold how important a symbol the Ashes would become.