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Sentence Examples Two years ago he played on with a groin strain, ended up with a hernia and missed out on the Ashes tour. Two matches into the Ashes, England are already down and out with no hope of regaining the coveted urn. So when it all works and you come out of it with the Ashes it is pretty much compulsory to go big on the champagne afterwards. White made excellent all-round contributions in the first four Ashes Tests before suffering the injury. The success of Angela's Ashes spawned a spate of memoirs-by-nobody-in-particular, most of which, frankly, stunk. He has told the player he won't sledge him during the Ashes, which sounds like a parent's promise to leave a light on all night. Against the white heat of cricket's Ashes series, some suggest that football has gone cold. We followed the Ashes, the English County Championship, Cricket in the Windies. After tasting the Ashes atmosphere at Lord's yesterday I'm more determined that ever to play a home Test for England. The England men's Ashes success has ensured that the red-hot favourite for the Sports Personality of the Year is a man. Sir Donald Bradman's records still stand, especially his unsurpassed total of 5,028 runs in Ashes contests. The injury to the world's best fast bowler has cast the Ashes battle in a completely new light. It promises to be a hectic schedule for the selectors with other discussions on the Ashes and Academy squads coming up. What is more, Boycott scored the ton in an Ashes series and on his home ground at Headingley. The last two Tests of the most recent Ashes series showed why the one-day game can never be Test cricket. Only then did the umpires march out, remove the bails and stumps, and declare that England had won the Ashes. During the 1994-95 Ashes, he picked up 32 wickets and was named man of the series. Still, an Ashes series has been lost and lost badly, something for which yesterday's win can compensate but not atone. Preparing for his sixth Ashes campaign, but still a class apart, McGrath was the constant menace at the top of the order. Instead, Australia lost by two runs, the narrowest margin of defeat in Ashes history. Show More Sentences From England's point of view these were quite useful, confidence-building preparations for the much anticipated Ashes series later this summer. No better time, then, to publish a special photo essay celebrating what was perhaps the most dramatic Ashes series of them all, with words by the Poet Laureate, Andrew Motion. The work paid off when Butcher crept back in the England team for the 2001 Ashes series, then whacked the greatest team in cricket around Headingley for 173 unbeaten runs. Whether he gets to face Shane Warne at any other time during the Ashes series remains to be seen, but he should be a red-hot favourite to go to India in the winter. He's a class player and hit 3 centuries in the last Ashes campaign. Neither country has retained the Ashes by levelling the score at The Oval. Such memoirs are naturally far removed from the poverty-riven atmosphere and harsh realities say of the recently widely acclaimed, and execrated, Angela's Ashes. Bowling round the wicket and attacking the rough, Benaud took 6 for 70 to secure a series-levelling 54-run win, and Australia went on to retain the Ashes. The double bill consists of A Slight Ache and Ashes to Ashes. What they desire is an India-England series on a home and away four-year cycle like the current Ashes series so a brand can effectively be developed. Finally, England won the Fifth Test at The Oval by a margin of 197 runs to regain the Ashes. Australia came into the next Ashes series in England as favourites to retain the Ashes. With victory by an innings and 78 runs on the morning of the third day of the Fourth Test, England regained the Ashes. The Ashes featured in the film The Final Test, released in 1953, based on a television play by Terence Rattigan. Starting on 21 July 2005, England and Australia played five Tests, with the Ashes held by Australia as the most recent victors. However, with the Ashes going to Australia in the event of a drawn series, there was still all to play for at The Oval. With this wicket, Andrew Flintoff equalled Ian Botham's hitherto unique achievement of 300 runs and 20 wickets in an Ashes series. The wicket was Warne's 167th against England, equalling Dennis Lillee's Ashes bowling record. With the match effectively over, the crowd were eager for the Ashes to be presented to England, and the celebrations to begin. Losing to other sides is not the end of the world, stated Lillee, but losing the Ashes is. Show More Sentences On 29 September, the Royal Mail issued a set of four stamps commemorating the Ashes victory. They were presented with the Ashes Trophy by the Australians, which the two countries have competed for ever since. Australia made their 7th tour to the UK in 1948, and this time play the Ashes series against a side officially called Great Britain. The last time that Britain won the Ashes was in 1970 with emerging stars like Roger Millward and Mal Reilly. Great Britain had won the first Test three weeks earlier at Wembley, and needed to win at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds to retain the Ashes. In 1986 a then record northern hemisphere crowd of 50,383 attends the first test of the Ashes series at Old Trafford. This figure beat the previous record of 70,204 set at the Sydney Cricket Ground during the 1932 Ashes series. Ellery Hanley was appointed coach of the Great Britain national rugby league team for the Ashes series of 1994, which was held in Great Britain. In 2009, Cardiff hosted the first Ashes cricket test, between England and Australia, to be held in Wales. Often there is a perpetual trophy that is awarded to the winner, the most famous of which is the Ashes contested between England and Australia. Sophia Gardens became a Test cricket venue in 2009 when the First Test in the Ashes series against Australia was held there. He played eight test matches and was the wicket keeper during England's 1986 Ashes win in Australia. Ashes from hardwood trees could then be used to make lye, which could either be used to make soap or boiled down to produce valuable potash. A 19-year-old kid making his Test debut had just written his name into Ashes legend and Mrs Agar was still reliving the joy of it. They include virtually all the senior seam bowlers, not least Rankin who made his Test debut in the final Ashes duel during the winter. He then marched over to the piano to belt out David Bowie's Ashes To Ashes before returning to Mission territory with Butterfly On AWheel. Before every Ashes series, the same warnings come from some incorrigible larrikin. Nevertheless, several attempts had been made to embody the Ashes in a physical memorial. Ashes from the firewheels, spread through the fields, guarantee bumper crops for the coming seasons. Recent sporting events hosted by Manchester include the 2013 Ashes series, 2013 Rugby League World Cup and the 2015 Rugby World Cup. Show More Sentences The rivalry between England and Australia gave birth to The Ashes in 1882 and this has remained Test cricket's most famous contest. Since 1882, most Test series between England and Australia have been played for a trophy known as The Ashes. The team has won The Ashes on 32 occasions, the same number as their opponents Australia. A fourth match was then played which Australia won by 4 wickets but the match was not considered part of the Ashes series. The 1899 Ashes series was the first tour where the MCC and the counties appointed a selection committee. However, they lost the 1909 Ashes series against Australia, suing 25 players in the process. The 1930 Ashes series saw a young Don Bradman dominate the tour, scoring 974 runs in his seven Test innings. Despite England's strength on paper, Australia held the Ashes and the West Indies dominated England in the early part of the decade. Following the 2005 Ashes win, the team suffered from a spate of serious injuries to key players such as Vaughan, Flintoff, Giles and Simon Jones. The 2009 Ashes series featured the first Test match played in Wales, at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. Thanks to fine bowling by Stuart Broad and Graeme Swann and a debut century by Jonathan Trott, England regained the Ashes. The Ashes are regarded as being held by the team that most recently won the Test series. The urn has never been the official trophy of the Ashes series, having been a personal gift to Bligh. However, replicas of the urn are often held aloft by victorious teams as a symbol of their victory in an Ashes series. An Ashes series is traditionally of five Tests, hosted in turn by England and Australia at least once every four years. Having fulfilled his promise, Warner published a book entitled How We Recovered the Ashes. Publicity surrounding the series was intense, and it was at some time during this series that the Ashes urn was crafted. England lost only four Ashes Tests in the 1880s out of 23 played, and they won all the seven series contested. England won it against the odds, and Plum Warner, the England captain, wrote up his version of the tour in his book How We Recovered The Ashes. England retained the Ashes when they won the 1912 Triangular Tournament, which also featured South Africa. Show More Sentences After the war, Australia took firm control of both the Ashes and world cricket. The 1934 Ashes series began with the notable absence of Larwood, Voce and Jardine. Australia recovered the Ashes in 1934 and held them until 1953, though no Test cricket was played during the Second World War. This made Woodfull the only captain to regain the Ashes and he retired upon his return to Australia. Despite suffering heavy defeats against the West Indies during the 1980s, England continued to do well in the Ashes. Only a single England victory had come in a match in which the Ashes were still at stake, namely the First Test of the 1997 series. All others were consolation victories when the Ashes had been secured by Australia. The decision to play an Ashes Test match in Cardiff was warmly welcomed here but drew claims of a Welsh stitch-up from across the border. Ashes from the trees help farmers by providing nutrients for the soil. Ashes of murdered Auschwitz victims were dumped into the river. On 8 July 2009 Jenkins performed at the opening ceremony of the Ashes Test Series between England and Australia at Sophia Gardens cricket ground in Cardiff. The infamous Bodyline Ashes of 1932 is a key area to look into. Ashes to Ashes implies that Gene Hunt's world is in some sense real, and states that Sam lived on in that world, during which time he married Annie but had no children. The rivalry between England and Australia gave birth to The Ashes in 1882 that has remained Test cricket's most famous contest, and takes place every two years. Great Britain was heavily favoured to win the Ashes, but lost each Test. Despite the series being given official test status, these games are not widely regarded as a genuine Ashes series because so many Australian stars were again missing. In 1987, Ellery Hanley was appointed Great Britain captain and on the 1988 tour down under took the Lions the closest they had been for a decade to regaining the Ashes. However, the first credited Test match was played in 1877 between Australia and England, and the two teams competed regularly for The Ashes in subsequent years. The highest profile rival of the team is the Australian team, with which it competes for The Ashes, one of the most famous trophies in British sport. A drawn series results in the previous holders retaining the Ashes. Show More Sentences A team must win a series to gain the right to hold the Ashes. Australia won the 1977 Centenary Test which was not an Ashes contest, but then a storm broke as Kerry Packer announced his intention to form World Series Cricket. In addition to developing into the country's most revered spin bowler for decades, his off breaks were pivotal in England winning two Ashes series and the Twenty20 World Cup. A more detailed account of how the Ashes were given to Ivo Bligh was outlined by his wife, the Countess of Darnley, in 1930 during a speech at a cricket luncheon. In 1948 the team became known as Great Britain for the Ashes Series. The English media therefore dubbed the tour the quest to regain the Ashes. It was a pluckier effort than the five Ashes hammerings and the T20 embarrassment against the Dutch, but the brave new era under Peter Moores still got off to a losing start. Previous winners have included some very famous names, such as world champion heptathlete Jessica Ennis-Hill and Ashes Man of the Series, cricketer Joe Root. In more than 80 years of Test cricket at the Gabba only twice has a team won an Ashes Test there and failed to press home the advantage, the report said. The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. In the event, England, captained by Flintoff who was deputising for the injured Vaughan, lost all five Tests to concede the first Ashes whitewash in 86 years. But the Aussies destroyed England 5-0 in the last Ashes Down Under and have pretty much dominated all forms of the game since, not including French cricket. England won five consecutive test series prior to facing Australia in the 2005 Ashes series, taking the team to second place in the ICC Test Championship table. Peter May stood down as captain in 1961 following the 1961 Ashes defeat. England drew the 1938 Ashes, meaning Australia r attained the urn. England regained the Ashes in 1904 under the captaincy of Plum Warner. Bligh was presented with an urn that contained some ashes, which have variously been said to be of a bail, ball or even a woman's veil and so The Ashes was born. With tormentors-in-chief from the last Ashes series Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne on the road back to fitness he acknow ledges England deserve to start as underdogs. Examples from Classical Literature That has set the scene for what many claim will be the fieriest Ashes series in living memory. Or maybe Warne has been even shrewder and knows a fatal flaw in Carberry's game that he will reveal to the Aussie side once the Ashes start. Ashes of resentment still smouldered against Martin because of that failure of his to play fair. The Aussies are taking so much stick Down Under there is talk of coaxing Shane Warne out of retirement to play some part in the Ashes. He added that he had a groin problem and even another hamstring niggle throughout the Ashes series. Mitchell Johnson is unrecognisable from the bowler we have seen in previous Ashes battles. Ashes and pumice heated to incandescence were blown through the air. Here, for example, is one 'Upon the Distinction between the Ashes of the Various Tobaccoes. Perth has played host to some of the Lions' sorriest Ashes demises in recent times but, for once, the unique tests of the Waca should be to their advantage. But the Great Unwashed were last night confirmed as the biggest meal ticket in cricket after tipping pounds 118million into the Australian economy during the Ashes tour. Outside the stadium, mighty pantechnicons unloaded yet more cameras and all the technical gizmos needed to bring an Ashes series to every corner of the globe. Find more words! 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