Why is England v Australia called the Ashes?
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[BBC] The famous cricketing rivalry between Australia and England is tested during the Ashes – but how did the series get its name? It began when Australia won their first Test on English soil on 29 August 1882. The next day in the Sporting Times, English journalist, Reginald Shirley Brooks, published a mock “obituary” to […]