List of Ashes series - wikipedia List of Ashes series The Ashes urn, which remains at the MCC Museum at Lord 's. A replica urn is presented to the winning captain. The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. The series have varied in length, consisting of between one and seven Test matches, but since 1998 have been consistently five matches. It is one of sport 's most celebrated rivalries and dates back to 1882. It is generally played biennially, alternating between the United Kingdom and Australia. Australia are the current holders of the Ashes, having clinched the 2017 - 18 series in the third test in Perth. Although the first Test series played between England and Australia was in the 1876 -- 77 season, the Ashes originated from the solitary Test which the two nations contested in 1882. England lost the match, played at The Oval, and a mock obituary was posted in The Sporting Times, declaring the death of English cricket. It stated that : `` The body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia. '' The Honourable Ivo Bligh adopted the term and, as captain of the English party that travelled to Australia the following winter, promised to bring the `` Ashes '' home. After its loss to Australia in 1882, England won the next eight series between the two sides, during which time it lost only four of the 22 Tests. Australia won an Ashes series for the first time in 1891 -- 92, when it beat England 2 -- 1. The 1932 -- 33 tour was known as the `` Bodyline series '' as, in response to the talented Australian batsman Don Bradman, England developed a tactic of bowling quickly at the body of the batsmen with most of the fielders placed in a close ring on the leg side. England won the series, but the tactic prompted changes to the laws of cricket, and the Australians, buoyed by the batting of Bradman, regained the Ashes during the next series and then held them for six series, spanning nineteen years. It was during this period that the Australians travelled to England in 1948, and remained unbeaten during the whole tour, gaining the nickname of `` The Invincibles ''. In addition to winning the five match Test series 4 -- 0, Australia won or drew all of its 29 other matches against county and representative sides. Australia has won more Ashes Tests than England, winning 134 of the 330 matches, compared to England 's 106 victories. Australia also holds the edge in Ashes series won, having won on 33 occasions compared to England 's 32. There have been five drawn series, and on four of these occasions, Australia has retained the Ashes due to being holders going into the series. England has retained the Ashes after a drawn series once. On only three occasions has a team won all the Tests in an Ashes series ; Australia won all five matches in 1920 -- 21, then repeated the feat in 2006 -- 07 and in 2013 -- 14. England 's largest winning margin in an Ashes series was in 1978 -- 79, when it won 5 -- 1. Both England and Australia have held the Ashes for eight series in a row, England doing so between 1882 -- 83 and 1890, while Australia achieved the feat from 1989 to 2002 -- 03. Since 1882, a small number of Test series have been played between the two sides that have not been allocated as Ashes series ; those played in 1976 -- 77, 1979 -- 80, 1980 and 1987 -- 88, these series are not listed in the table below. Contents 1 Key 2 Ashes series 3 Summary of results 4 Notes and references 5 External links Key Years denotes the cricket season in which the series takes place. Host denotes the host country for the series. First match denotes the date on which the first match of the series commenced. Tests denotes how many Tests were played in the series, and in parentheses ( if different ) the number of Tests that were scheduled to be played in the series. Australia denotes how many matches in the series were won by Australia. England denotes how many matches in the series were won by England. Drawn denotes how many matches in the series were drawn. Result denotes which side won the series overall, or if it was drawn. Holder denotes which side was awarded ( or retained ) the Ashes at the end of the series of matches Ashes series The Honourable Ivo Bligh captained England during their first Ashes series. Jack Hobbs ( left ) and Herbert Sutcliffe were two of England 's most successful batsmen in the Ashes. Don Bradman ( left ), who has scored more runs in the Ashes than any other player, at the toss of the first Test of the 1936 -- 37 Ashes with Gubby Allen. Shane Warne played for Australia in 14 years of Ashes Tests, taking a record 195 wickets. Series Years Host First match Tests Australia England Drawn Result Holder Ref 1882 -- 83 Australia 30 December 1882 0 England England 1884 England 11 July 1884 0 England England 1884 -- 85 Australia 12 December 1884 5 0 England England 1886 England 5 July 1886 0 0 England England 5 1886 - 87 Australia 28 January 1887 0 0 England England 6 1887 - 88 Australia 10 February 1888 0 0 England England 7 1888 England 16 July 1888 0 England England 8 1890 England 21 July 1890 2 ( 3 ) 0 0 England England 9 1891 -- 92 Australia 1 January 1892 0 Australia Australia 10 1893 England 17 July 1893 0 England England 11 1894 -- 95 Australia 14 December 1894 5 0 England England 12 1896 England 22 June 1896 0 England England 13 1897 -- 98 Australia 13 December 1897 5 0 Australia Australia 14 1899 England 1 June 1899 5 0 Australia Australia 15 1901 -- 02 Australia 13 December 1901 5 0 Australia Australia 16 1902 England 29 May 1902 5 Australia Australia 17 1903 -- 04 Australia 11 December 1903 5 0 England England 18 1905 England 29 May 1905 5 0 England England 19 1907 -- 08 Australia 13 December 1907 5 0 Australia Australia 20 1909 England 27 May 1909 5 Australia Australia 21 1911 -- 12 Australia 15 December 1911 5 0 England England 22 1912 England 27 May 1912 0 England England 23 1920 -- 21 Australia 17 December 1920 5 5 0 0 Australia Australia 24 1921 England 28 May 1921 5 0 Australia Australia 25 1924 -- 25 Australia 19 December 1924 5 0 Australia Australia 26 1926 England 12 June 1926 5 0 England England 27 1928 -- 29 Australia 30 November 1928 5 0 England England 28 1930 England 13 June 1930 5 Australia Australia 29 1932 -- 33 Australia 2 December 1932 5 0 England England 30 1934 England 8 June 1934 5 Australia Australia 31 1936 -- 37 Australia 4 December 1936 5 0 Australia Australia 32 1938 England 10 June 1938 4 ( 5 ) Drawn Australia 33 1946 -- 47 Australia 29 November 1946 5 0 Australia Australia 34 1948 England 10 June 1948 5 0 Australia Australia 35 1950 -- 51 Australia 1 December 1950 5 0 Australia Australia 36 1953 England 11 June 1953 5 0 England England 37 1954 -- 55 Australia 26 November 1954 5 England England 38 1956 England 7 June 1956 5 England England 39 1958 -- 59 Australia 5 December 1958 5 0 Australia Australia 40 1961 England 8 June 1961 5 Australia Australia 41 1962 -- 63 Australia 30 November 1962 5 Drawn Australia 42 1964 England 4 April 1964 5 0 Australia Australia 43 1965 -- 66 Australia 10 December 1965 5 Drawn Australia 44 1968 England 6 June 1968 5 Drawn Australia 45 1970 -- 71 Australia 27 November 1970 6 ( 7 ) 0 England England 46 1972 England 8 June 1972 5 Drawn England 47 1974 -- 75 Australia 29 November 1974 6 Australia Australia 48 England 10 July 1975 0 Australia Australia 49 1977 England 16 June 1977 5 0 England England 50 1978 -- 79 Australia 1 December 1978 6 5 0 England England 51 1981 England 18 June 1981 6 England England 52 1982 -- 83 Australia 12 November 1982 5 Australia Australia 53 1985 England 13 June 1985 6 England England 54 1986 -- 87 Australia 14 November 1986 5 England England 55 1989 England 8 June 1989 6 0 Australia Australia 56 1990 -- 91 Australia 23 November 1990 5 0 Australia Australia 57 1993 England 3 June 1993 6 Australia Australia 58 1994 -- 95 Australia 25 November 1994 5 Australia Australia 59 1997 England 5 June 1997 6 Australia Australia 60 1998 -- 99 Australia 20 November 1998 5 Australia Australia 61 2001 England 5 July 2001 5 0 Australia Australia 62 2002 -- 03 Australia 7 November 2002 5 0 Australia Australia 63 2005 England 21 July 2005 5 England England 64 2006 -- 07 Australia 23 November 2006 5 5 0 0 Australia Australia 65 2009 England 8 July 2009 5 England England 66 2010 -- 11 Australia 25 November 2010 5 England England 67 2013 England 10 July 2013 5 0 England England 68 2013 -- 14 Australia 21 November 2013 5 5 0 0 Australia Australia 69 2015 England 8 July 2015 5 0 England England 70 2017 -- 18 Australia 23 November 2017 5 0 Australia Australia Summary of results Played Won by Australia Won by England Drawn All Tests 330 134 ( 7001406000000000000 ♠ 40.6 % ) 106 ( 7001321000000000000 ♠ 32.1 % ) 90 ( 7001273000000000000 ♠ 27.3 % ) Tests in Australia 167 86 ( 7001515000000000000 ♠ 51.5 % ) 56 ( 7001335000000000000 ♠ 33.5 % ) 25 ( 7001150000000000000 ♠ 15 % ) Tests in England 163 48 ( 7001294000000000000 ♠ 29.4 % ) 50 ( 7001307000000000000 ♠ 30.7 % ) 65 ( 7001399000000000000 ♠ 39.9 % ) All series 70 33 ( 7001471000000000000 ♠ 47.1 % ) 32 ( 7001457000000000000 ♠ 45.7 % ) 5 ( 7000710000000000000 ♠ 7.1 % ) Series in Australia 35 19 ( 7001543000000000000 ♠ 54.3 % ) 14 ( 7001400000000000000 ♠ 40 % ) 2 ( 7000570000000000000 ♠ 5.7 % ) Series in England 35 14 ( 7001400000000000000 ♠ 40 % ) 18 ( 7001514000000000000 ♠ 51.4 % ) 3 ( 7000860000000000000 ♠ 8.6 % ) As of 8 January 2018 Notes and references Notes Jump up ^ Cricket is generally played during the summer months of the host country : therefore in England it is typically played between May and September, while in Australia it typically takes place between October and April. 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Originally published in : Preston, Hubert, ed. ( 1949 ). Wisden Cricketer 's Almanack 1949 ( 86 ed. ). London : Sporting Handbooks Ltd. Jump up ^ `` Six great Ashes batsmen ''. England and Wales Cricket Board. Archived from the original on 2012 - 10 - 05. Retrieved 2011 - 03 - 26. Jump up ^ `` Ashes Legends XI : Sir Donald Bradman ( 1908 -- 2001 ) ''. BBC Sport. Retrieved 2011 - 03 - 26. Jump up ^ `` Shane Warne -- Five unforgettable Ashes balls that rocked England down the years ''. Daily Mail. London. 2010 - 12 - 08. Retrieved 2012 - 06 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1882 / 83 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1884 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1884 / 85 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1886 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1886 / 87 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1887 / 88 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1888 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1890 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1891 / 92 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1893 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1894 / 95 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1896 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1897 / 98 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1899 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1901 / 02 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1902 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1903 / 04 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1905 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1907 / 08 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1909 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1911 / 12 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1912 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1920 / 21 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1921 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1924 / 25 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1926 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1928 / 29 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1930 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1932 / 33 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1934 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1936 / 37 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1938 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1946 / 47 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1948 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1950 / 51 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1953 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1954 / 55 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1956 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1958 / 59 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1961 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1962 / 63 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1964 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1965 / 66 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1968 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1970 / 71 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1972 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1974 / 75 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1975 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1977 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1978 / 79 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1981 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1982 / 83 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1985 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1986 / 87 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1989 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1990 / 91 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1993 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1994 / 95 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1997 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 1998 / 99 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 2001 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 2002 / 03 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 2005 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 2006 / 07 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 2009 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 2010 / 11 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ Brettig, Daniel ( 2013 - 08 - 05 ). `` England retain Ashes on rainy day ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2013 - 08 - 05. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 2013 / 14 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2014 - 01 - 05. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 2015 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2015 - 08 - 23. Jump up ^ `` The Ashes 2017 / Results ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2017 - 12 - 06. External links Williamson, Martin. `` A short history of the Ashes ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 19. The Ashes List of Ashes series 1850 1884 1886 1888 1890 1893 1896 1899 1882 -- 83 1884 -- 85 1886 -- 87 1887 -- 88 1891 -- 92 1894 -- 95 1897 -- 98 1900 1902 1905 1909 1912 World War I 1921 1926 1930 1934 1938 World War II 1948 1901 -- 02 1903 -- 04 1907 -- 08 1911 -- 12 1920 -- 21 1924 -- 25 1928 -- 29 1932 -- 33 1936 -- 37 1946 -- 47 1950 1953 1956 1961 1964 1968 1972 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 1950 -- 51 1954 -- 55 1958 -- 59 1962 -- 63 1965 -- 66 1970 -- 71 1974 -- 75 1978 -- 79 1982 -- 83 1986 -- 87 1990 -- 91 1994 -- 95 1998 -- 99 2000 2001 2005 2009 2013 2015 2019 2002 -- 03 2006 -- 07 2010 -- 11 2013 -- 14 2017 -- 18 Non-Ashes Australia v England Test series 1876 -- 77 1878 -- 79 1880 1881 -- 82 1882 1945 1976 -- 77 1979 -- 80 1980 1987 -- 88 Matches in white background were played in England, yellow -- in Australia. 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Question: when did england last win the ashes in aus
Answer: 2010–11