England captain Andrew Strauss believes all-rounder Andrew Flintoff’s chequered history against Australia will work in his side’s favour when the first Ashes Test gets underway. Flintoff was the star of England’s 2005 series win over their oldest foes but in 2006/07 he was captain when the team were thrashed 5-0 in Australia. Even worse, it [...]
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History of Ashes Series
Posted by shantanu on July 3rd, 2009
If irony could be beautiful and fascinating in equal measure, then the history of the Ashes trophy will qualify as one.
It was actually a defeat that gave birth to the Ashes. It was at the Oval on 29th August, 1882 that England lost to Australia for the first time on English soil. The one-off Test [...]

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