ashes series ashes series year edition long standing cricket rivalry england australia starting june england australia played tests australia lost test second world war strong favourites captain publicly expressed ambition going tour defeat australia won lead matches innings england team notable players including final result series win australia test drawn retained ashes australians remained undefeated entire tour england earning test set trend series england batsmen struggled australian pace attack despite attempting australian scoring leg theory fell eventual defeat failure contain australian batsmen particularly plagued english batsmen prone struggling collapsing key occasions rain test draw series saw number notable feats including run partnership aided dropped catches missed fourth test australia heaviest win series fifth test england bowled half day australia making famous duck final innings england bowled lose innings runs days playing time test representatives match details test june second world war australia played tests unbeaten early defeated new_zealand test innings following season won test series england followed series win india following season australia regarded extremely strong team lead tour england publicly expressed desire achieve unprecedented feat going month tour defeat prior test australia played class matches winning drawing victories innings wickets drawn matches lancashire rain affected day washed entirely thought play ring changed mind morning test rain forecast played hope exploiting wet wicket won toss elected bat england lost leg spinner wright match innings test set pattern series england order struggled australia pace attack minutes play possible lunch break day weather miller bowl faster ball interval heavy rain fell making ball resumption interval caught run brown fine leg attempting hook came took score left arm bowled balls later removed scoring caught miller slips effort described dazzling runs later bowled attempting leg sweep bowling miller half english team runs board forced leave field mid innings groin injury bowl match bowled evans dismissed score england facing prospect setting new record lowest test innings score trent bridge current record surrey scored half england total adding runs minutes innings highlighted defended drove wicket removed miller caught runs later ending england innings scored minutes boundaries ended display characterised accuracy variations pace swing miller took catch australia minutes batting scheduled close play barnes unsuccessful appeal light ball innings wide morris barnes successfully negotiated new ball reach stumps loss ideal batting conditions clear weather greeted players second day barnes morris took score morris bowled spin came score progressed barnes cut thigh wicket keeper evans ball bounced away turned took handed diving catch dismiss barnes miller came dismissed duck addition australia total failed pick arm ball went straight outside edge taken slip point taken overs australia scoring slowly day set defensive field employing leg theory slow scoring brown came played career opening batsman took attack took second new ball struck boundary minutes run rate remained low australia passed england total brought bowl trapping brown leg wicket came australia batted stumps second day loss ending lead reached 28th test century minutes runs taking minutes slower innings focused stopping runs taking wickets morning resumed progressing player pass runs english season innings soon terminated leg short fine leg batted minutes johnson replaced australia johnson bowled took minutes hitting return catch left arm orthodox spin young scoring slow passage play young delivered consecutive maiden overs spell conceded runs came bat runner added runs eighth wicket reached century proceeded hours batting striking partnership terminated struck caught evans leg runs later australia wicket pair runs minutes trapped end innings leaving tourists run lead australia batted overs longest innings terms overs highest total series placed majority bowling load young bowling overs respectively bowled overs taking start england second innings miller removed edged hook shot caught attempting cut spin johnson leaving england brought england leading batsmen took score loss stumps day miller battled afternoon delivering day struck high left arm batsmen survived miller received hostile reaction crowd english better late afternoon period scoring runs minutes including run bowled miller struck consecutive boundaries day followed rest day sunday play resumed fourth morning monday secretary broadcast appeal gallery refrain miller day resumed progressed light deteriorated unsuccessful appeal light quickly followed thunderstorm stopped proceedings shortly resumption miller bowled cutter dark conditions ending run partnership innings interrupted poor light resumption poor visibility intervened second time minutes delay called resumption opined rarely test match played conditions day supported partnership removed removed score having progressed runs brought consecutive century trent bridge aided run partnership captain held return catch dismiss england reached stumps run ahead australia evans evans continued resist australians final morning briefly interrupted twice rain miller bowled fast moved position hook changing mind attempting evade ball lost balance fell wicket hit wicket batted minutes hit opined praise high manner carried responsibilities defied class attack trying circumstances fall exposed australia quickly finished innings half hour miller bowled evans reached caught young england finished overs leaving australia target absence meant remaining bowl overs bowled ended miller took overs australia progressed steadily bowled morris dismissed duck caught short fine leg left australia joined barnes reached target loss barnes ended boundaries prolific square cut barnes tied scores boundary ran field believing match returned field noticed crowd reaction hit winning run second test june australian retained test trent bridge hand england changes leg spinner wright regained fitness replaced left arm orthodox young test debut place replaced scored duck test managed following injury previous test subjected thorough fitness test morning convinced fitness bowler sufficient convince captain inclusion australia won toss elected bat allowing time recover bowling miller played unfit bowl opened bowling removed barnes duck second caught short fine leg short delivery leaving australia morris rebuilt innings taking score caught consecutive time leg trap dropped position australian captain meantime morris slow start runs total scored wicket including innings noted powerful placed cover drives hitting leaving australia miller came bowled consecutive fourth ball swung way miller offering shot given leg wicket brown came helped rebuild innings quick wickets morris miller scored slowly taking half minutes average run dropped times bowled trapped brown space runs leave johnson caught england placed australia ended day australia lower order batted tourists control second morning despite loss kept batting supported scored highest test scores australia wicket keeper scored second victim morning joined pair runs wright leg spin later criticised bringing wright attack earlier stage australian tail dealing english successful ending overs took overs took new ball felt pain groin delivering ball despite pain caught fourth played outside johnson break bowled leave england clean bowled duck balls later england australia firmly control joined pair rebuilt innings scoring runs minutes tea break returned new ball edged slips miller took low catch dismissing run later ball leave england dismissed johnson removed evans run stand wicket minutes resistance hit catch johnson caught bowler having dropped twice england pair added runs close stumps morning inside edged stumps ending england innings giving australia innings lead ended later years told pretended notice pain worried noticed injury later claimed ignorance allow relax weather fine australia started second innings barnes survived missed opportunity took advantage combine morris opening stand morris bowled knocking ball wright stumps joined barnes amassed runs second wicket barnes started slowly accelerated reaching half century reached century barnes particularly aggressive dispatched runs included successive blows boundary finally removed caught boundary struck boundaries innings speed batting allowed australia minutes departed bowled ball miller came face hat trick ball miller survived loud leg wicket appeal hat trick ball heading century test innings lord fell time handed diving effort slip brown joined miller australia reached stumps loss miller having struck rest day australia resumed lead runs wickets hand morning punctuated rain minutes play australia added runs brown caught run partnership miller bringing miller innings noted driving followed declared australia runs ahead world record chase england win match multiple wicket showers extra life pitch extracted steep bounce new ball english batsmen miller dropped bowling scored played missed multiple times took score england highest opening partnership series far johnson subjected repeated short balls removed quick succession leave england added minutes england close final day started poorly england diving miller second slip second ball day england lost wicket adding overnight total took score bowled trapped balls later runs later shaped duck low bowled bowled duck later leave england evans continued resist remaining england bowled run victory ended innings took respectively gross attendance receipts record test england test july teams old test dropped reason said struggles short pitched bowling omission generated considerable controversy australians pleased feeling england best batsman opening position taken england changes young replaced wright bowling department debut previous match opened bowling taking match figures scoring duck replaced batsman australia dropped brown scored runs innings won toss elected bat change england opening pair result improvement run narrowly avoided ball appeared uncomfortable surface offered early assistance runs board bowled runs later rising ball barnes short leg leaving england attacking attempted establish bowled series short balls hit arm batsman attempted hook edged face forced leave field score engaged grim defensive batting resulting minute period run added reached lunch resumption began accelerate hitting boundaries johnson australia took new ball trapped took single mark missed bowled england lost wickets run minutes slow batting rising delivery caught returned field wound having stop bleeding fell score bringing evans combined add runs seventh wicket minutes removed evans leave england england resumed second day australia unable break new ball defied australians minutes adding featuring run partnership run soon pulled ball johnson ribs barnes standing short leg barnes carried ground policemen taken hospital examination bowled young caught bowling england bowled unbeaten minutes batting having struck took miller bowl remaining sent overs having dropped brown barnes injury left australia morris specialist opener johnson deployed australia makeshift second opener unable impact removed trapped seven leave australia morris rebuilt innings adding wicket minutes beaten flight young caught miller joined morris took score stumps australia added runs morning trapped miller new ball runs later morris reached removed leaving australia barnes came bat despite having collapsed practising nets blow chest painful single minutes batting taken ground sent hospital observation added caught came bat australia facing prospect follow received consecutive hit hand cheers home crowd added bowled leaving runs follow mark helped advance australia follow removed australia bowled giving england lead runs successful taking respectively removed duck start second innings bringing advised bowl fearing interpreted retaliation lead negative media crowd reaction miller series earning crowd struck body intervened order stop settled run partnership minutes aided australian twice dropped long leg slips struck boundaries brought immediately run morris threw stumps cover removed duck leaving england joined helped new ball england reached close loss unbeaten rest day followed fourth day abandoned persistent rain declared start fifth day leaving australia victory target rain kept falling entire session lost young removed johnson leave australia tourists batted safely defensive manner ensure draw ended overs run rate slowest innings run rate date series morris finished unbeaten fourth consecutive half century test series attendance exceeded previous test fourth test july australia changes test harvey replaced injured barnes replaced stumps little left finger test exacerbated injury tour match changes dropped making duck debut recalled opening position spinner replaced left arm finger spinning colleague young innings replaced england won toss elected bat ideal batting pitch opening partnership best england series hook shot caused lose wicket earlier occasions series partnership ended bowled reached century score joined pair batted late day dismissed day innings included boundaries ended second wicket partnership yielded exactly runs sent survived balls england closed addition score day batted steady support pair saw england lunch loss runs added wicket second session hours batting struck test career best returning catch spin johnson fell johnson runs added score batted minutes compiling new batsmen australia quickly bowled added sixth wicket edged test catch leave england playing test summer removed evans england fell miller bowled english end england innings home batted overs lost wickets addition runs took johnson took australia lost services broke knee injury barnes injured moved middle order open innings morris removed morris new ball leave australia saw tourists stumps majority scoring late afternoon finishing unbeaten partnership morning england ideal start removed established batsmen opening removed balls later bowled left australia struggling harvey playing joined miller australia harvey told senior partner let stuck england remove pair expose australia lower order opportunity win taking substantial lead pair launched counterattack miller taking lead hoisted ball square leg miller shielded struggling breaks turning away miller struck consecutive long respectively allowed australia seize initiative harvey joining hitting consecutive boundaries miller lifted long hitting spectator head long bowling dismissed attempting edge bounced evans head caught diving short fine leg partnership yielded runs minutes likened hurricane harvey shared century stand yielded minutes harvey ended century ashes debut scoring balls innings noted powerful driving sides wicket innings high rate scoring helped swing match england firm control particularly severe lifting crowd addition harvey fell johnson scored falling score dismissed australia way replaced johnson runs later bowled managed test innings lured left australia remaining hit scoring innings marked powerful driving pulling dominating stands respectively added wickets managed man leaving runs innings australia added run overnight score taking final wicket end took ended wickets england set extending innings lead remainder fourth day second time match century opening partnership removed johnson removed addition total leaving england continued left adding wicket trapped came added bowled precipitated mini collapse seven removed removed caught duck run added leave england removed caught miller england recognised batsmen remaining lost wicket keeper evans joined pair added miller removed helped evans add england reached close fourth day england batted minutes final morning adding runs overs declared evans pick bowling figures batting final day allowed ask use heavy roller help break wicket surface likely spin left australia target runs victory time highest fourth innings score result test victory batting australia minutes reach target local press wrote predicting dismissed deteriorating wicket expected favor spin morris started slowly runs overs pitch offered spin bounce introduced exploit spin runs taken runs came hour leaving runs needed minutes runs added minutes dismissed left arm unorthodox spin score joined morris runs needed minutes signalled intentions ball driving spin boundary morris promptly joined counter attack hitting consecutive bowling australia reached lunch half hour preceding interval australia added runs australia given chances england failed seize evans failed morris dropped resumption morris severely attacked bowling attempt exploit spin aided series long easily dispatched runs prompted new ball replace australia reached halfway required total minutes left suffered attack morris shield strike subsided morris passed century given life dropped fielding square leg given life evans missed opportunity australia reached tea morris pair added session morris eventually dismissed having partnered stand minutes struck minutes batting brought miller runs required struck boundaries helped score falling runs needed harvey came got mark boundary brought winning runs australia won seven wickets setting new world record highest successful test run chase unbeaten minutes attendance highest cricket match english soil pounds attendance remains record test england series lost england changes team replaced suffering thumb injury order replaced middle order batsman bowler making test debut england played young replaced fellow finger spinner leg spin replaced widely condemned changes australia changes having taken seven wickets tests average spinner johnson replaced leg spin ring australia second change forced injured replaced recovered barnes meaning australia playing extra batsman bowler final change return wicket keeper injury match saw best english won toss elected bat rain affected pitch precipitation week leading match meant test start midday passed damp conditions meant added large amounts allow players grip humid conditions rain assisted particular managing ball bounce variable heights miller bowled second ball leave england removed leave england dismissed morris taken diving catch miller removed scoring ball innings leaving england lunch break england struggled bowled swinging batted balls scoring trapped duck leave england troubles collected shoulder bowling later match removed evans young space runs innings ended leg caught wicket keeper ball handed stretch left described catch best seen post lunch spell bowled overs taking wickets runs finishing overs described spell devastating fastest saw test cricket batsman resist scoring minutes surviving deliveries display scored seven runs minutes resistance facing balls miller took respectively australia pace trio removed batsmen having ring bowl contrast australia batted apparent ease morris barnes passed england innings total score reached barnes caught opening stand compiled minutes brought shortly late day announced tour international level innings test level australia batted crowd gave standing ovation walked bat led giving australian counterpart cheers test career runs needed runs average test cricket bowled second ball duck went bat pad came morris saw australia close morris unbeaten having hit hook shots second morning morris took score run stand broken young trapped minutes batting following batsmen unable establish miller harvey falling australia progressed runs removed young removed morris finally removed ending innings noted driving took run remove morris attempted quick run ball hit man substitute fielder arm scored runs ring ending australia innings morris scored half runs rest team struggled leg spin took england relied heavily spin young took overs bowled delivered england started second innings runs early breakthrough bowling leave england joined pair consolidated innings close end second day bad light early day bowled score consolidated innings partnership minutes aimed hard cut shot bowling flew left hand second slip managed continue resisting australians miller struck head edged miller having scored innings batted hours left england england collapsed bowled miller runs later ring dismissed wicket returned bowled evans evans appeared detect fading light called play bad light ground hit rain resulting premature end day play england lost wickets runs end england resumed fourth morning wickets hand runs quickly removed wickets seal australian victory innings runs runs added removed golden duck ball morris immediately ninth man fall ended overs took overs result sealed series favour australia match followed series speeches records statistical analysis australia won series convincingly surprising players dominated statistical rankings australian batsmen scored centuries english counterparts scored runs higher average highest averaging batsmen australian bowling australia pace attack far success large success took wickets supported miller took respectively england able wickets substantially higher cost australian bowling dominated pace bowling spinner list far worst average large england agreed new ball available overs frequently normal conditions new ball fast bowling favoured fast team best pace attack case australia runs best batting averages minimum runs innings wickets best bowling averages minimum wickets
1948 Ashes series