The England cricket team toured Australia in December 2021 and January 2022 to play five Tests, which formed The Ashes.[1][2] In May 2021, Cricket Australia confirmed the fixtures for the tour.[3] The Test series was also part of the 2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship.[4] The England Lions also toured Australia during November and December 2021, before the majority of the team flew home before the second Test match.[5]
| English cricket team in Australia in 2021–22 | |||
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| Australia | England | ||
| Dates | 8 December 2021 – 18 January 2022 | ||
| Captains | Pat Cummins[n 1] | Joe Root | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | Australia won the 5-match series 4–0 | ||
| Most runs | Travis Head (357) | Joe Root (322) | |
| Most wickets | Pat Cummins (21) | Mark Wood (17) | |
| Player of the series | Travis Head (Aus) | ||
Australia successfully retained the Ashes by winning the first three Test matches.[6] The fourth Test ended in a draw, with Australia winning the fifth Test by 146 runs to win the series 4–0.[7]
Squads
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 England Lions[10]
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On 21 October 2021, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced that Dom Sibley had withdrawn from the England Lions squad, with Harry Brook named as his replacement.[11] Three days before the first match of the tour for the England Lions, Brydon Carse suffered a knee injury and was ruled out of the series.[12] Alex Carey was added to Australia's Test squad for the Ashes as a replacement for Tim Paine,[13] and was removed from the A squad.[14]
Tour matches
editBefore the first Ashes Test match, England played a three-day match and a four-day match against England Lions.[15] Australia were also scheduled to play a three-day intra-squad match,[16] but the match was cancelled due to rain.[17] As well as the Ashes Test matches, Australia A played the England Lions in a four-day match.[18]
23–25 November 2021
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- Only 29 overs of play was possible on day 1 due to rain.
- No play was possible on day 2 and day 3 due to rain.
30 November–3 December 2021
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on day 1 and day 2 due to rain.
Test series
edit1st Test
edit2nd Test
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3rd Test
edit26–30 December 2021
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Australia won by an innings and 14 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Points: Australia 12, England 0. |
4th Test
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Notes
edit- ^ Steve Smith captained Australia for the second Test match.
References
edit- ^ "Men's Future Tours Programme" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ "Fixture confirmed for dual Ashes series, Afghan Test". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "Australia's Test drought poses possible Ashes problems". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "England vs India to kick off the second World Test Championship". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ "England opt against keeping Lions squad members on in Australia". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ^ "Australia retain Ashes after Scott Boland heroics". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ "Ashes: England crushed by Australia in final Test". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- ^ "Selectors eyeing present and future with Aus A picks". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Ashes: Usman Khawaja set to keep pressure on Test batsman in stacked Australia A team". The Australian. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ "England Lions name squad for tour of Australia". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ "Dom Sibley withdraws from Lions squad". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ "Brydon Carse out of England Lions tour of Australia with knee injury". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Carey set for Gabba debut as Australia's Ashes keeper". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ "Alex Carey to make Test debut in Ashes opener". Cricbuzz. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ "Australia's Ashes selection shootout locked in". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ "Paine back keeping and hopes to play Shield and Marsh Cup games ahead of the Ashes". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ "Aussie Ashes prep in disarray as crucial last audition likely canned". Fox Sports. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ "England Lions and England Women's A to tour Australia alongside men's and women's senior teams". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ "England lose more WTC points for slow over-rate in first Ashes Test". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 17 December 2021.