18 Jun – 22 Jun 2027
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The Ashes explained: the urn, the rules and why it matters to England
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Cricket / The Ashes
2027 The Ashes
Test cricket's oldest rivalry, contested between England and Australia since 1882. The next home series is in the summer of 2027.
- Hosts
- England
- Dates
- 18 Jun – 2 Aug 2027
- England's best
- Won 3–2 (1882, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1890, 1893, 1894, 1896, 1903, 1905, 1911, 1912, 1926, 1928, 1932, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1970, 1972, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1985, 1986, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015)
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England Ashes matches
30 Jun – 4 Jul 2027
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England
Australia
8 Jul – 12 Jul 2027
Men's · Test
England
Australia
21 Jul – 25 Jul 2027
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England
Australia
29 Jul – 2 Aug 2027
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England
Australia
Most recent
England Ashes results
01
4 Jan 2026
Test · The Ashes · 5th Test
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Australia
567 & 161/5 – 384 & 342
England
England lost
Australia won by 5 wickets
02
26 Dec 2025
Test · The Ashes · 4th Test
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Australia
152 & 132 – 110 & 178/6
England
England won
England won by 4 wickets
03
17 Dec 2025
Test · The Ashes · 3rd Test
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Australia
371 & 349 – 286 & 352
England
England lost
Australia won by 82 runs
04
4 Dec 2025
Test · The Ashes · 2nd Test
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane
Australia
511 & 69/2 – 334 & 241
England
England lost
Australia won by 8 wickets
05
21 Nov 2025
Test · The Ashes · 1st Test
Optus Stadium, Perth
Australia
132 & 205/2 – 172 & 164
England
England lost
Australia won by 8 wickets
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England Ashes news
The story so far
England and the Ashes
England have contested 73 Ashes series on our records, beginning with the 1882 series in Australia, and have won 31 of them, keeping the urn on one further occasion when the 1972 home series was drawn 2–2. The early decades were the most productive: England won seven successive series between 1882 and 1890 and ten of the 11 played up to 1896. Later peaks came with three straight wins in 1953, 1954 and 1956, a 2–0 success in Australia in 1970, back-to-back wins in 1977 and 1978, and further victories in 1981, 1985 and 1986. The most recent strong spell brought five series wins between 2005 and 2015, including a 3–1 win in Australia in 2010.
The lean spells have been just as pronounced. England lost eight series in a row between 1989 and 2002, including 0–4 at home in 1989 and 1–4 defeats in 1993, 2001 and 2002. Earlier, the six series from 1958 to 1968 produced no England series win, three of them drawn with Australia retaining the urn, while the early 1920s brought successive defeats of 0–5, 0–3 and 1–4. Even the successful 2005–2015 era was interrupted by 0–5 whitewashes in Australia in 2006 and 2014.
England have not won the Ashes since their 3–2 home victory in 2015. The five series since have brought 0–4 defeats in Australia in 2017 and 2021, 2–2 draws at home in 2019 and 2023 in which Australia retained the urn, and a 1–4 defeat in Australia in 2025. Every series in Australia since the 2010 win has ended in defeat. The next home series is in the summer of 2027, when England will look to regain the urn on home soil.
England's past performance
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Tournament archive
2027Upcoming
2025Lost 1–4
2023Drawn 2–2 (Australia retained)
2021Lost 0–4
2019Drawn 2–2 (Australia retained)
2017Lost 0–4
2015Won 3–2
2014Lost 0–5
2013Won 3–0
2010Won 3–1
2009Won 2–1
2006Lost 0–5
2005Won 2–1
2002Lost 1–4
2001Lost 1–4
1998Lost 1–3
1997Lost 2–3
1994Lost 1–3
1993Lost 1–4
1990Lost 0–3
1989Lost 0–4
1986Won 2–1
1985Won 3–1
1982Lost 1–2
1981Won 3–1
1978Won 5–1
1977Won 3–0
1975Lost 0–1
1974Lost 1–4
1972Drawn 2–2 (England retained)
1970Won 2–0
1968Drawn 1–1 (Australia retained)
1965Drawn 1–1 (Australia retained)
1964Lost 0–1
1962Drawn 1–1 (Australia retained)
1961Lost 1–2
1958Lost 0–4
1956Won 2–1
1954Won 3–1
1953Won 1–0
1950Lost 1–4
1948Lost 0–4
1946Lost 0–3
1938Drawn 1–1 (Australia retained)
1936Lost 2–3
1934Lost 1–2
1932Won 4–1
1930Lost 1–2
1928Won 4–1
1926Won 1–0
1924Lost 1–4
1921Lost 0–3
1920Lost 0–5
1912Won 1–0
1911Won 4–1
1909Lost 1–2
1907Lost 1–4
1905Won 2–0
1903Won 3–2
1902Lost 1–2
1901Lost 1–4
1899Lost 0–1
1897Lost 1–4
1896Won 2–1
1894Won 3–2
1893Won 1–0
1891Lost 1–2
1890Won 2–0
1888Won 1–0
1887Won 2–0
1886Won 3–0
1885Won 3–2
1884Won 1–0
1882Won 2–1
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