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The Ashes Cricket Series 2021-22

The Ashes is a Test Cricket series played biennially between England and Australia. The term originated after a satirical obituary was published in a British newspaper, The Sporting Times, following England's defeat against Australia at the Oval in 1882. It was Australia's first Test win on English soil.

The Ashes 2021-22 took place in Australia from December to January. Australia dominated England, securing a 4-0 victory to retain the Ashes. The hosts won the first three Tests before England managed to salvage a draw in the fourth Test to avoid another humiliating whitewash in Australia. The home team went on to win the fifth Test comfortably.

The Ashes  Squads 2021-22:

Australia squad:

David Warner, Marcus Harris, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Cameron Green, Pat Cummins (captain), Alex Carey (wicketkeeper), Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon, Jhye Richardson, Michael Neser, Mitchell Swepson

England squad:

Joe Root (captain), James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Dom Bess, Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, Zak Crawley, Haseeb Hameed, Dan Lawrence, Jack Leach, Dawid Malan, Craig Overton, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood

The Ashes Schedule 2021-22:

The five Ashes 2021-22 cricket games took place in Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Hobart. 

Match Date Venue
Australia vs England, 1st Test Dec 8 – Dec 12, 2021 The Gabba, Brisbane
Australia vs England, 2nd Test Dec 16- Dec 20, 2021 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Australia vs England, 3rd Test Dec 26- Dec 30, 2021 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Australia vs England, 4th Test Jan 5- Jan 9, 2022 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Australia vs England, 5th Test Jan 14 - Jan 18, 2022 Bellerive Oval, Hobart

The Ashes Stats 2021-22:

Travis Head and Pat Cummins finished the Ashes 2021-22 series as the highest run-scorer and wicket-taker respectively. Head scored 357 runs in 4 games while Cummins picked up 21 wickets in 4 games.

Most runs:

Player Matches Inns Runs Avg Sr 4s 6s
Travis Head 4 6 357 59.5 86.02 39 4
Marnus Labuschagne 5 9 335 41.88 48.06 34 2
Joe Root 5 10 322 32.2 48.28 33 -
David Warner 5 8 273 34.12 50.74 34 2
Usman Khawaja 2 4 255 85 55.19 25 2

Most wickets:

Player Matches Overs Balls Wkts Avg Runs 4-fers 5-fers
Pat Cummins 4 126.4 760 21 18.05 379 1 1
Mitchell Starc 5 152.1 913 19 25.37 482 1 -
Scott Boland 3 81.1 487 18 9.56 172 1 1
Mark Wood 4 121.1 727 17 26.65 453 - 1
Nathan Lyon 5 163.1 979 16 23.56 377 1 -

The Ashes Cricket Series 2021-22 FAQs

Australia won the Ashes 2021-22 by a margin of 4-0.

Australia's Travis Head was the top scorer in the Ashes 2021-22, scoring 357 runs in 4 Tests.

Australia hosted the Ashes in 2021-22 season.

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