The Ashes

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Test cricket series sports rivalry

The Ashes is a historic Test cricket series played between England and Australia and is one of the sport’s most famous and fiercely contested rivalries.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
The Ashes canonical 4
1930 Ashes series 1
1948 Ashes series 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Test cricket series ⓘ
sports rivalry ⓘ
competitionLevel international ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
England ⓘ
culturalImpact symbol of cricketing prestige between England and Australia ⓘ
firstHeld 1882 ⓘ
firstMatchCity London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
firstMatchCountry England ⓘ
firstMatchVenue The Oval ⓘ
firstSeriesLocation England ⓘ
firstSeriesWinner Australia national cricket team ⓘ
surface form: Australia cricket team
format Test cricket ⓘ
formatDetail played over multiple five-day Test matches ⓘ
frequency biennial ⓘ
gender men's cricket ⓘ
governingBody Cricket Australia ⓘ
England and Wales Cricket Board ⓘ
inception 1882 ⓘ
location Australia ⓘ
England ⓘ
matchType Test series ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive international broadcast ⓘ
mostRecentEdition 2023 Ashes series ⓘ
namedAfter Ashes urn ⓘ
mock obituary in The Sporting Times ⓘ
numberOfTeams 2 ⓘ
participants Australia national cricket team ⓘ
surface form: Australia cricket team

England cricket team ⓘ
rivalryType bilateral series ⓘ
seriesHostRotation alternates between England and Australia ⓘ
significance one of the most famous rivalries in cricket ⓘ
one of the oldest international sporting contests ⓘ
sport cricket ⓘ
traditionalVenuesInAustralia Adelaide Oval ⓘ
The Gabba ⓘ
surface form: Gabba

Melbourne Cricket Ground ⓘ
Optus Stadium ⓘ
surface form: Perth Stadium

Sydney Cricket Ground ⓘ
traditionalVenuesInEngland Edgbaston Cricket Ground ⓘ
surface form: Edgbaston

Headingley ⓘ
Lord's ⓘ
Old Trafford ⓘ
The Oval ⓘ
trophy Ashes urn ⓘ
trophyCustodian Marylebone Cricket Club ⓘ
trophyDisplayLocation Lord's Cricket Ground ⓘ
trophyMaterial ceramic urn ⓘ
typicalNumberOfTestsPerSeries 5 ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

England cricket team → competesIn → The Ashes ⓘ
The Gabba → hostedEvent → The Ashes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ashes Test matches
Australia national cricket team → famousRivalry → The Ashes ⓘ
Headingley Stadium → notableEvent → The Ashes ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1981 Ashes Test ‘Botham’s Test’
Ben Stokes → series → The Ashes ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2019 Ashes series
Sir Ian Botham → notableSeries → The Ashes ⓘ
subject surface form: Ian Botham
this entity surface form: 1981 Ashes
Mark Wood → participatedIn → The Ashes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ashes series
Australia and United Kingdom → hasCulturalEventLink → The Ashes ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Ashes cricket series
Sir Donald Bradman → famousSeries → The Ashes ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1930 Ashes series
Sir Donald Bradman → famousSeries → The Ashes ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1948 Ashes series
Channel 9 → sportsCoverage → The Ashes ⓘ
Test cricket → trophyExamples → The Ashes ⓘ