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England and Australia have beenfighting it out for world supremacy since 1877 and these ancientadversaries will continue to do so on a biannual basis as long ascricket is played. The Ashes series alternatesbetween being held in England or Australia on a biannual basis.However, as cricket is a summer sport and the nations are indifferent hemispheres the actual series break can be anywhere from18 to 30 months. If the five match series is drawn then the countryalready holding The Ashes retains them.The name of the series actuallycame from a satirical account published in The Sporting Times in1882 after a match when Australia beat England for the first time onEnglish soil at The Oval. English cricket was said to have 'died'and the 'ashes' taken back to Australia.During the subsequent 1882 3tour by England, a small terracotta urn was presented to England bya group of women in Melbourne. The contents were said to contain'the ashes' and the legend was born.The little Ashes urn is notthe trophy for the victors of an Ashes series, It was given to IvoBligh the England Captain and he always retained it as a personalgift. The actual urn has never since been presented to anyone. Itremains in the Marylebone Cricket Club Museum at Lords to where itwas left by Bligh's widow on his death.Replicas of the urn are often heldaloft by the winning team at the end of an Ashes series and sincethe 1998-99 Ashes series a Waterford Crystal representation of theurn is now presented to the victors. There has been much speculation overthe years as to what was actually burnt to make the original ashesfor the urn but this small 'trophy' has come to represent one of thebiggest rivalries, not only in cricket but all of sport.
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