Cricket News Desk. This is a 142 -year -old story. England were given a target of 85 runs to win at the Oval ground in London. In response, he scored 51 runs for 2 wickets. Now the target was 34 runs away and 7 wickets were left. The victory seemed certain. Then George Uliot was out. After two runs, Sir WG Grace was out. Then it seemed that the Australian fast bowler was shared by the 'Satan's soul' (as the British people say). Australia's Frederick Spoforth threw a deadly over and England were all out for 77 runs. Australia registered their first win on English soil. The next morning, the British newspaper The Sporting Times published a condolence message: “English cricket is dead, he will be cremated and his ashes will be taken to Australia.”

The oldest and prestigious series of cricket was born with England's defeat at Oval. While the English fans were cursing their team, captain Evo Blay vowed to win. When the English team left for Australia after four months, Evo Blay said, “We will take back the ash taken to Australia in August.” From here, the Australia-England Test series came to be known as Ashes. In December 1882, the England cricket team visited Australia and brought back the Ashes Trophy.

England won the first series
England won 2 out of 3 Tests on Australia tour. After the victory, English captain Evo Blay was presented a small urn in Melbourne. It was promoted by British fans as the Ashes of Australian cricket. It is said that after the defeat in the Melbourne Test, some women burnt wooden vines and placed them inside their ash trophy. However, it was never officially accepted.

Smallest trophy
Ashes are considered to be the smallest trophy in the world. His original trophy is held at the MCC Museum at Oval Ground, London. Now the team that wins the series is given a replica trophy.

Australia won 34 series
Australia is heavy in the Ashes series, which began in 1882. So far 73 series have been played between the two countries. Of these, Australia has won 34 series. England have won the series 32 times. The remaining 7 categories were drawn.