2019 Ashes
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The Ashes, the legendary cricket series between England and Australia, began in 1877 with the first-ever Test match played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
The rivalry quickly grew after England lost to Australia on home soil in 1882, prompting a satirical obituary in The Sporting Times declaring that “English cricket had died, and the body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia.”
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Joe Root leads an England team smarting from a 4-0 pounding dealt to them on their tour Down Under in 2017-18. Tim Paine leads an usettled Australian team as Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft re-unite in white colours for the first-time since the infamous Cape Town sandpaper scandal had them banned for a year.
Root will be looking to exact revenge on home soil - where Australia hasn't won an Ashes series since 2001.
The five Test series will be played over seven weeks, with the first Test starting on Thursday August 1 and the fifth Test starting on Thursday September 12.
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