The Official MCC Story of the Ashes
Whimpress, Bernard / Marylebone Cricket Club
From the late 19th century England and Australia have met twice every four years and, since 1882, the prize for the series winners has been a tiny urn, purportedly containing the ashes of a bail burned after England had lost at The Oval. This updated fourth edition includes a feature on Australia's whitewash of England on home soil in 2013-14.