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 | - |
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