The Ashes is one of cricket’s fiercest rivalries and dates back to 1882, when England lost to Australia for the first time on home soil.
So outraged were English cricket fans by the result that a newspaper carried a mock obituary of English cricket which stated: “the body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia”.
Since then, Australia and England have fought every two years to win “the Ashes” trophy, which is in fact an 11cm tall terracotta urn.
