The 2025-26 edition of the Ashes series is one of the most anticipated England tours of Australia in a long time. Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum’s Bazballing England unit has been revolutionizing England’s Test team and recorded some memorable victories both at home and away in the past three years.
Under Stokes and McCullum, England have not lost a single home Test series. In this period, they hosted Australia and India once for a five-Test series each and drew both of them 2-2. Such competitive and closely fought series were both that they could have gone either team’s way.
The Ashes 2023 was as captivating an Ashes series as any over the past dozen years. Two years ago at home against Pat Cummins’ World Test Champion side, England lost the first two Tests, but rocked back to secure wins in the third and fifth Test matches; the fourth Test in Manchester was a rain-hit draw, and with England holding a commanding position, the hosts had a great chance of winning that game if not for rain.
When was the last time England won the Ashes series?
The last time England won an Ashes series against Australia was in 2015 at home. Alastair Cook’s team beat Michael Clarke’s Australia by a 3-2 scoreline to win back the Ashes urn.
However, it’s Australia who have held the Ashes urn for the last four Ashes. They won the 2017/18 and 2021/22 Ashes at home and drew the away Ashes in 2019 and 2023, hence retaining the prestigious Ashes urn.
The upcoming Ashes 2025-26 is a great chance for Stokes’ England to reclaim the Ashes trophy after eight years, as the Australian team is struggling with the form and personnel of their batsmen. Apart from Steve Smith, Travis Head, and Alex Carey, the positions of the other batsmen in the top 7 are either uncertain or nigh-untenable, with no clarity yet over Usman Khawaja’s opening partner.
This series presents England with a rare opportunity to win the Ashes series in Australia, something they have failed to do for the past 14 years.
When Was The Last Time England Won An Ashes Series In Australia?
The last time England won the Ashes in Australia was in 2010/11, when Andrew Strauss led England to a 3-1 series win.
That remains England’s only Test series win in Australia in the 21st century, and it was their first on Australian soil since 1986-87.
All three of England’s wins in the 2010/11 Ashes were by an innings; rarely have Australia suffered such an abject defeat at home.
Such an emphatic series win for England was made possible by heroics from Alastair Cook (766 runs), Jonathan Trott (445 runs), James Anderson (24 wickets), Chris Tremlett (17 wickets), Graeme Swann (15 wickets), and Steven Finn (14 wickets), and other vital individual contributions from the likes of Kevin Pietersen, Strauss, Ian Bell, Tim Bresnan, Matt Prior, etc.
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