DTVHINDICricket Highlights of 03 September 2024: Top news, records and social trends of the day
Cricket News: Know the key stats of today’s match, social trends and latest news. Historical events of this day and which cricketer’s birthday is today. Cricket News Today (Photo Source: Cricket News of 03 September 2024: Today’s Top News: Today’s top cricket news Border-Gavaskar Trophy is now as big a challenge for Australia as ‘Ashes’: Mitchell Starc Bangladesh won the second Test against Pakistan by 6 wickets and won the series 2-0 The World Test Championship final will be played from June 11 to June 15 at the Lord’s Cricket Stadium in London. Suresh Raina’s uncle’s murder case solved: 12 accused of the gang get life imprisonment Gautam Gambhir reached Kamakhya temple for darshan I am very disappointed, we were very excited for our home season – Pakistani captain Shan Masood’s statement after the Test series defeat against Bangladesh Today’s Social Trends: Which cricket players and news dominated social media today? #BANvsPAK #PakistanCricket #BabarAzam #ShanMasood #WTC25 #TestCricket Pakistan had to face a 2-0 defeat in the Test series against Bangladesh. Due to which the Pakistan team, Babar Azam and Shan Masood are being trolled heavily. #Shami Today is the birthday of Indian fast bowler Mohammed Shami, due to which he is trending on social media. Cricket Records, on This Day: Records to be made today on 03 September 2024 1. Pakistan whitewashed in Test series at home (losing all matches) 0-2 (2-match series) vs Bangladesh, 20240-3 (3-match series) vs England, 2022/23 2. Victory for Bangladesh in the overseas Test series 2-0 win against West Indies, 2009, Captain: Mashrafe Mortaza1-0 win against Zimbabwe, 2021, Captain: Mominul Haque2-0 win against Pakistan, 2024, Captain: Nazmul Hossain Shanto 3. Most successful targets chased by an away team in Pakistan 220 – Sri Lanka, Rawalpindi, 2000 (220/8) 208 – England, Lahore, 1961 (209/5) 185 – Bangladesh, Rawalpindi, 2024 (185/4) 176 – England, Karachi, 2000 (176/4) 4. Highest successful target achieved by Bangladesh in Test matches 215 vs West Indies, St George’s, 2009 (217/6) 191 vs Sri Lanka, Colombo PSS, 2017 (191/6) 185 vs Pakistan, Rawalpindi, 2024 (185/4) 138 vs Ireland, Mirpur, 2023 (138/3) 101 vs Zimbabwe, Mirpur, 2014 (101/7) 5. Most runs in a win for Bangladesh in Tests 1612 – Mushfiqur Rahim (36 innings) 1401 – Mominul Haque (28 innings) 1078 – Tamim Iqbal (21 innings) 1064 – Shakib Al Hasan (26 innings) 826 – Mahmudullah (18 innings) 745 – Nazmul Hossain Shanto (14 innings) 638 – Liton Das (12 innings) 601 – Mehdi Hasan Miraz (19 innings) 6. Pakistan’s defeat at home in Test matches 11 – 1969-7510 – 2022-248 – 1959-648 – 1998-20006 – 19806 – 1988/89 Cricket Highlights, On This Day: What happened in the history of cricket on 03 September? Mohammed Shami was born Indian fast bowler Mohammed Shami was born on 3 September 1990. September 3, 2012: In 2012, India played a Test series for the first time without Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman. Despite the absence of both the legends, Team India defeated New Zealand by an innings and 115 runs in the Hyderabad Test. Cheteshwar Pujara…
Pakistan vs Bangladesh 2nd Test, Day 5 Weather Report: Now only rain can save host Pakistan from losing the match
Bangladesh need 143 runs on Day 5 to win the 2nd Test match. Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium (Image Credit- Twitter PAK vs BAN 2nd Test, Day 5 Weather Report: The second match of the ongoing test series between Pakistan and Bangladesh is being played at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. Today, on September 2, on the fourth day of the game, Pakistan continued its poor performance. After taking a lead of 12 runs in the first innings, Pakistan were bowled out for just 172 runs in the second innings. After Pakistan were all out early in the second innings, Bangladesh need just 185 runs to win the second innings. At the end of the day’s play, Bangladesh scored 42 runs without losing any wicket and need just 143 runs on the fifth day of the game to win the match. However, Bangladesh could have reduced this gap further, but due to bad light and rain at the end of the fourth day, some overs could not be played. So now if Pakistan has to avoid a humiliating defeat against Bangladesh, then it can happen only due to rain. Also, if we look at the weather of Rawalpindi on the 5th day, it seems to be going in favor of Pakistan. Let us tell you that there is 100 percent chance of rain on the last day of the game. Pakistan vs Bangladesh 2nd Test, Weather forecast on Day 5 If we talk about the weather forecast for the 5th day of the game, it seems to be going in favor of Pakistan. If Weather.com is to be believed about the weather of Rawalpindi on September 3, then there is a 100% chance of rain in the city on the fifth day of the Test match. The weather is predicted to be bad in the morning, as there is an 83% chance of rain when the game is going to start at 10:00 am local time. However, the weather forecast gets better as the day progresses. There is a 10 percent chance of rain at 3 pm. Bangladesh would like to have a few overs played on the fifth day of the game so that they can achieve the target of 143 runs and achieve a historic win against Pakistan.
Cricket News of 02 September 2024: Top news, records and social trends of the day
Cricket highlights: Know the key stats, social trends and latest news of today’s match. Historical events of this day and which cricketer’s birthday is today. Cricket News Today (Photo Source: Cricket Highlights of 02 September 2024: Today’s Top News: Today’s top cricket news Former chief selector of Pakistan cricket team Mohammad Wasim said that as a captain, Babar was very stubborn and he used to get upset whenever the selection committee made changes in the team. Gautam Gambhir selected All Time India XI, did not give place to Rohit who has scored three double centuries CPL 2024: Storm came on the field after 24/4… St Lucia Kings chased 200+ target within 17.2 overs According to Harbhajan Singh, there is a big difference in the captaincy styles of MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli. Despite hitting 6 sixes in an over and hitting a century in DPL, Priyansh Arya is not thinking about IPL at all Today’s Social Trends: Which cricket players and news dominated social media today? #PAKvsBAN #BabarAzam Babar Azam was out on 11 runs in the second innings of the second Test against Bangladesh, due to which he is again being trolled on social media. #YuvrajSingh #MSDhoni Yograj Singh has accused Mahendra Singh Dhoni of ruining Yuvraj Singh’s career. Due to which MS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh are trending on social media. Cricket Records, on This Day: Records to be made today on 02 September 2024 1. Most wickets by an English bowler in the first five Tests 34 – Nicholas Cooke33 – Fred Truman33 – Thomas Richardson33 – Gus Atkinson32 – Frank Foster 2. This is the first time Bangladesh fast bowlers have taken all ten wickets in an innings of a Test match 10 wickets (Hasan Mahmood 5, Nahid Rana 4 and Taskin Ahmed 1) – vs Pakistan, Rawalpindi, 2024 3. Best bowling performance by Pakistan fast bowlers against Bangladesh in Tests 6/50 – Shoaib Akhtar, Peshawar, 2003 6/55 – Waqar Younis, Dhaka, 2002 6/90 – Khurram Shehzad, Rawalpindi, 2024 4. Highest score for Bangladesh while batting at 7 (or) above position in Test cricket 150*(278) – Mahmudullah vs Zimbabwe, Harare, 2021141(246) – Liton Das vs Sri Lanka, Mirpur, 2022138(228) – Liton Das vs Pakistan, Rawalpindi, 2024136(242) – Mahmudullah vs West Indies, Mirpur, 2018115(177) – Mahmudullah v New Zealand, Hamilton, 2010 Cricket Highlights, On This Day: What happened in the history of cricket on 02 September? Ishant Sharma was born Indian fast bowler Ishant Sharma was born on 2 September 1988 in Delhi. Kim Hughes became the third player in the world to bat on all five days of a Test match On September 2, 1980, Australian cricket batsman Kim Hughes became the third player to bat on all five days of a Test match. He achieved this feat during the rain-affected Centenary Test, which eventually ended in a draw at Lord’s.
PAK vs BAN, 2nd Test: Day 3: Bangladesh all out for 262 in the first innings, Liton Das hits a century, Khurram takes 6 wickets
By the end of the third day, Pakistan scored 9 runs at the loss of 2 wickets in the second innings. PAK vs BAN (Photo Source: PAK vs BAN, 2nd Test: Day 3 Report: The second match of the two-match Test series between Pakistan and Bangladesh is being played in Rawalpindi. By the end of the second day of the game, Bangladesh had scored 10 runs without losing any wicket in the first innings and the team was trailing by 264 runs. Today, on the third day of the match, Bangladesh was all out for 262 runs in the first innings. By the end of the third day, Pakistan has scored 9 runs at the loss of two wickets, the team is leading by 21 runs. Saim Ayub (6) is unbeaten at the crease. PAK vs BAN: Bangladesh lost 6 wickets on a score of just 26 runs On the third day of the game, the Bangladeshi team looked helpless in front of Pakistan’s pace attack. Khurram Shahzad tightened the screws on the top order and sent Shadnam Islam (10), Zakir Hasan (1) and Najmul Hussain Shanto (4) to the pavilion. Mir Hamza then dismissed Mominul Haque (3) and Mushfiqur Rahim (3). Khurram Shahzad attacked again and dismissed Shakib Al Hasan (2) in the 12th over, giving Bangladesh the sixth blow. The visiting team lost 6 big wickets at a score of just 26. Liton Das and Mehdi Hasan brought the team back There was a crucial partnership of 165 runs for the seventh wicket between Liton Das and Mehdi Hasan Miraz. Let us tell you, this is also the highest partnership for the seventh wicket in Test cricket, when the sixth wicket fell at a score of less than 30. Mehdi Hasan Miraz played a brilliant innings of 78 runs with the help of 12 fours and 1 six in 124 balls. He lost his wicket against Khurram Shahzad in the 52nd over. Khurram then completed his sixth wicket by dismissing Taskin Ahmed. At the same time, Liton Das played an important innings of 138 runs for the team with the help of 13 fours and 4 sixes in 228 balls. Liton Das became the victim of Salman Ali Agha in the 79th over. Apart from this, Hasan Mahmud remained unbeaten on 13 runs. PAK vs BAN: Khurram Shahzad took 6 wickets Pakistani fast bowler Khurram Shahzad took 6 wickets for 90 runs in 21 overs in the first innings. Meanwhile, Mir Hamza and Salman Ali Agha took 2 wickets each. Pakistan lost 2 wickets early in the second innings In the second innings, Pakistan suffered the first blow in the second over itself. Hasan Mahmud gave the team a big breakthrough by dismissing Abdullah Shafiq (3). Then, Mahmud dismissed Khurram Shahzad on a duck in the fourth over. Reactions of fans on social media after the third day’s play- Khurram Shehzad Was on 🔥🔥🔥But rest of bowlers couldn’t support him#KhurramShahzad I #PAKvsBANpic.twitter.com/MDnFhCTHpC — Pakistan Cricket Team USA FC (@DoctorofCricket) September 1, 2024 Abdullah Shafique when comes for…
Cricket Highlights of 01 September 2024: Top news, records and social trends of the day
Cricket highlights: Know the key stats, social trends and latest news of today’s match. Historical events of this day and which cricketer’s birthday is today. Cricket Highlights Today (Source Cricket Highlights of 01 September 2024: Today’s Top News: Today’s top cricket news AUS vs IND: Sunil Gavaskar’s big prediction, said- India will win the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 3-1 Former Pakistan cricketer Danish Kaneria has made a big statement saying that Babar Azam should not be compared to Virat Kohli. Kaneria stressed that Virat’s aura is different and Babar does not even come close to him. On Babar Azam’s current form, Salman Ali Agha says that Babar Azam is a world class player. As a cricketer you also go through this phase. There are 10 more players in the team on whom we should focus. After Joe Root’s 34th Test century, Alastair Cook praised the veteran batsman Indian women’s cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur has remained unsold in the 2024 Women’s Big Bash League draft. Not only Harmanpreet Kaur but Shreyanka Patil will also not be seen playing in the upcoming season. Shreyanka has also remained unsold in the draft. Today’s Social Trends: Which cricket players and news dominated social media today? #Babar Babar Azam remained unsold in the Big Bash League Draft 2024. Babar is being trolled a lot on social media due to poor form. #PakistanCricket #BANvPAK #WTC25 On the third day of the second Test against Bangladesh, the Pakistan team is playing brilliantly. In the first innings, the bowlers have sent 8 Bangladeshi batsmen to the pavilion at a score of 193. #Shaheen The Pakistani fast bowler remained unsold in the Big Bash League Draft 2024, due to which he is making headlines. #LittonDas Bangladeshi player Liton Das completed a century in 171 balls in the first innings of the second Test against Pakistan. Fans are praising him fiercely on social media. Cricket Records, on This Day: Records to be made today on 01 September 2024 1. Liton Das became the batsman with most centuries in the World Test Championship for Bangladesh Liton Das scored a century in 171 balls in the first innings of the second Test against Pakistan. He has become the batsman scoring the most centuries for Bangladesh in the World Test Championship. He has scored 4 centuries so far in 40 innings. Most centuries for Bangladesh in WTC- 4 – Liton Das (40 innings) 3 – Mushfiqur Rahim (34 innings) 2. Mominul Haque (43 innings) 2 – Nazmul Hossain Shanto (43 innings) 2. Dimuth Karunaratne became the fourth highest run scorer in Test cricket for Sri Lanka Leaving behind Sanath Jayasuriya, Dimuth Karunaratne has become the fourth highest run scorer for Sri Lanka in Test cricket. Most runs for Sri Lanka in Test cricket- 12400 runs- Kumar Sangakkara (233 innings) 11814 runs – Mahela Jayawardene (252 innings) 7698* runs- Angelo Mathews (197 innings) 6978* runs- Dimuth Karunaratne (178 innings) 6973 runs – Sanath Jayasuriya (188 innings) 3. Highest 7th wicket partnership in Tests when 6th wicket fell for less than 30 165 – Liton…
Cricket Highlights of 31 August 2024: Top news, records and social trends of the day
Cricket highlights: Know the key stats, social trends and latest news of today’s match. Historical events of this day and which cricketer’s birthday is today. Cricket Highlights Today (Source Cricket highlights of August 31, 2024: Today’s Top News: Today’s top cricket news In the Delhi Premier League 2024, 23-year-old Priyansh Arya created havoc by hitting 6 sixes in an over against North Delhi Strikers. Apart from the much-discussed impact player rule, the BCCI is also reviewing the double bouncer rule. The board will decide whether to continue with these two rules or not. BCCI has announced the Indian Under-19 team for the upcoming multi-format series against Australia. Former player Rahul Dravid’s son Samit Dravid has been selected for the first time in the team. India’s T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav suffered a hand injury while fielding for Mumbai in the match against Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) XI in the Buchi Babu tournament. Today’s Social Trends: Which cricket players and news dominated social media today? #BabarAzam Former Pakistan Test captain Babar Azam was dismissed for 31 runs off 77 balls in the first innings of the second Test against Bangladesh. Babar once again failed to play a big innings, due to which he has become a topic of discussion on social media. #Naseem Pakistan’s young fast bowler Naseem Shah has become a topic of discussion after he did not find a place in the playing 11 in the second Test match against Bangladesh. Cricket Highlights, On This Day: What happened in the history of cricket on August 31? Javagal Srinath was born on this day Former Indian legendary bowler Javagal Srinath was born on August 31, 1969. Sir Garfield Sobers became the first batsman in the history of cricket to hit 6 sixes in an over West Indies’ great cricketer Sir Garfield Sobers created history on August 31, 1968 by hitting 6 sixes in an over. He did this feat against bowler Malcolm Nash in a match against Glamorgan in the English County Championship. The last six of the over went out of the ground and reached the bus stop. It was taking time to bring the new ball, due to which Sir Garry Sobers, who was unbeaten on 76 runs, decided to declare the innings. Nottinghamshire won that match by 166 runs. Today is the 10th anniversary of the birth of the term FAB-4 On August 31, 2014, the term FAB-4 was born. 2014 was the year when the careers of four extraordinary cricketers (Virat Kohli, Steve Smith, Joe Root and Kane Williamson) reached new heights. Known as the “Fab 4”, these players have redefined modern batting with their consistency, skill and ability to perform under pressure.
PAK vs BAN 2nd Test: On the second day of the game, Taskin Ahmed dismissed Abdullah Shafiq in the first over, the video went viral
Shafiq could not score a single run in 6 balls Pakistan vs Bangladesh, 2nd Test (Image Credit- Twitter The second match of the ongoing Test series between Pakistan and Bangladesh (PAK vs BAN) is being played at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. In this match today, on 31 August, in the very first over of the second day of the game, star Bangladeshi bowler Taskin Ahmed bowled out Pakistani opener Abdullah Shafiq and sent him to the pavilion. Taskin beat Shafique on the first five balls of the over, but he bowled an inswing on the last ball of the over. Shafique could not judge this ball properly and he went to play the ball thinking it to be outswing, but the ball went between the bat and the pad and hit the wicket directly and his stumps were scattered. Shafique was out in 6 balls without scoring any run. See how Taskin Ahmed got Abdullah Shafiq out *💥 WICKET:* 🎳 🎯 Pakistan 🇵🇰 0/1 (1 ov, lost the toss) v Bangladesh 🇧🇩 Abdullah Shafique b Taskin Ahmed 0 (6)Taskin Ahmed 1-1-0-1 🅱️🔰#PAKVSBAN #cricketnews pic.twitter.com/Rd2jE8yxAU — 🦋khaakzaadh🦋 (@ikview) August 31, 2024 On the other hand, if we tell you the status of this match, then the first day’s play could not be held due to rain. In the match, Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bowl. While batting first, Pakistan has scored 183 runs at the loss of five wickets after 55 overs in the first innings till the time of writing the news. At the moment Mohammad Rizwan 18* and Agha Salman are present at the crease without scoring any runs. From Pakistan, Sam Ayub scored 58, captain Shan Masood scored 57, Babar Azam scored 31 and Saud Shakeel scored 16 runs. On the other hand, from Bangladesh, Taskin Ahmed and Mehdi Hasan Miraz have got 2-2 wickets each while Shakib Al Hasan has got 1 wicket. Also, let us tell you that in the first match of this series, Bangladesh won against Pakistan by 10 wickets. If Bangladesh manages to win the second Test match as well, then it will have a golden opportunity to win the Test series against Pakistan for the first time.
OTD in 1968: On this day Sir Garfield Sobers became the first batsman in the world to hit 6 sixes in an over
Great West Indies cricketer Sir Garry Sobers created history on 31 August 1968 by hitting 6 sixes in an over. Sir Garfield Sobers (Photo Source: Getty Images) Every day some records are made and broken in the game of cricket. There are some performances in the history of cricket which can never be forgotten and those three historical performances are – Brian Lara’s unbeaten 501 runs at Edgbaston in 1994, Jim Laker’s 90 runs in 19 balls at Old Trafford in 1956 and Sir Garfield Sobers’ six sixes in an over at Swansea in 1968. West Indies’ great cricketer Sir Gary Sobers created history on 31 August 1968 by hitting 6 sixes in an over. In which match and against which bowler did he achieve this feat? Let us tell you- Sir Garfield Sobers came out to bat after Nottinghamshire lost 5 wickets In the match against Glamorgan in the English County Championship, Sir Garfield Sobers hit 6 sixes in an over. This was the first time such a thing was seen in first-class cricket. In the match, openers Brian Bolus and Bob White gave Nottinghamshire a great start by sharing a partnership of 126 runs, after which Graham Frost scored 50 runs. Glamorgan bowler Malcolm Nash was back on the attack, dismissing Balos, Frost and wicketkeeper Derek Murray to guide the team back into contention. Nottinghamshire were 308 for 5 when captain Garry Sobers came out to bat. The score was 358/5 with Sobers unbeaten on 40. Glamorgan captain Tony Lewis then asked bowler Malcolm Nash to bowl spin against Garry Sobers. Nash, who usually bowled medium pace, had other plans and he smashed 6 sixes off 6 balls bowled by Nash. This is how Sir Garry Sobers hit 6 sixes On the first ball of the over, Sir Garfield Sobers hit a six towards long-on. The second ball was short, but he used his strength to hit it towards deep square leg. On the third ball, Sobers again went down the ground and hit a classic six. Sobers then completed the six by sending the fourth ball to square leg. Malcolm Nash felt that Sobers would definitely make a mistake and that is what happened on the fifth ball. Roger Davis took the catch at long-on, but he fell across the boundary rope with the ball in his hands. And then the umpire declared it a six. The last six of the over hit by Sir Garry Sobers went out of the ground and reached the bus stop. It took time to get the new ball, so Sir Garry Sobers, who was unbeaten on 76, decided to declare the innings. Nottinghamshire won the match by 166 runs. Since 1968, Ravi Shastri (Ranji Trophy, 1985), Herschelle Gibbs (ODI World Cup, 2007), Yuvraj Singh (T20 World Cup, 2007) and Ross Whiteley (T20 Blast) have hit 6 sixes in competitive cricket.
Cricket Highlights of 30 August 2024: Top news and social trends of the day
Cricket highlights: Know the key stats, social trends and latest news of today’s match. Historical events of this day and which cricketer’s birthday is today. Cricket Highlights Today (Source Cricket highlights of August 30, 2024: Today’s Top News: Today’s top cricket news Barbados Royals defeated Trinbago Knight Riders in the final of the Women’s Caribbean Premier League to win the title. Barinder Sran announced his retirement. He made his debut for Team India in 2016 and played his last international match in the same year. Apart from Rajasthan, Mumbai, SRH, this player has also played IPL for Punjab team. Veteran player Sophie Devine will step down as captain of New Zealand’s T20 team after the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024. Today’s Social Trends: Which cricket players and news dominated social media today? #JoeRoot #GusAtkinson In the test match between England and Sri Lanka, Joe Root has crossed the mark of most test centuries and he scored his 33rd century. At the same time, Gus Atkinson scored a century by batting brilliantly against Sri Lanka. #ViratKohli Michael Vaughan compared Virat Kohli to Joe Root and underestimated him a bit. Due to which Kohli fans were seen supporting their star. Today’s Stats and Records: Any big records were broken or made in cricket on this day Today, England bowler Gus Atkinson played a brilliant innings and scored his first Test century at Lord’s ground. Cricket Highlights, On This Day: What happened in the history of cricket on August 30? Sadeera Samarawickrama This Sri Lankan player was born on this day in the year 1995. Highest team total in ODIs On 30 August 2016, Trent Bridge witnessed one of the most explosive batting displays in ODI history. Led by Alex Hales’ brilliant 171 off 122 balls, England made 444 for 3 against Pakistan, setting a new world record for the highest team score in ODIs. The record stood until June 2018 and it was only England that raised the bar further by scoring 481 against Australia.
Cricket Highlights of 29 August 2024: Top news and social trends of the day
Cricket highlights: Know the key stats, social trends and latest news of today’s match. Historical events of this day and which cricketer’s birthday is today. Cricket Highlights Today (Source Cricket highlights of 29 August 2024: Today’s Top News: Today’s top cricket news Shaheen Afridi has been dropped from Pakistan’s playing XI for the second Test against Bangladesh starting on August 30. Pucovski, who was only 26 years old and had played one Test match for Australia, was forced to retire on the advice of the medical panel. Jacob Oram has been appointed as New Zealand’s new bowling coach. Sunil Gavaskar will be commentating for 7Cricket in the Border Gavaskar Trophy. Today’s Social Trends: Which cricket players and news dominated social media today? #ShaheenAfridi Pakistan was defeated by Bangladesh in the first Test match. At the same time, Shaheen Afridi’s exclusion from the team’s playing 11 in the second Test match is no less than a shock for the fans. This is because the absence of a great bowler like Afridi can become a weak link for the Pakistan team. #Will Pucovski 26-year-old Pukowski was forced to take retirement on the advice of the medical panel, due to which the hashtag of his name was trending. Let us tell you that 26-year-old Pukowski was being called the next star of Test cricket. Today’s Stats and Records: Any big records were broken or made in cricket on this day Due to it being a non-cricketing month, no records have been made or broken at the moment. On This Day: Which cricketer’s birthday is on 29 August? 1857 Sandford Schultz (England) 1913 Len Butterfield (New Zealand) 1923 Hiralal Gaekwad (India) 1980 Mohammed Sheikh (Kenya) Cricket Highlights: What happened on this day in cricket history? 2017: West Indies win their first Test in England in 17 years. The word ‘Ashes’ was first used on home soil after England’s defeat to Australia at the Oval on 29 August 1882. In other words, the rivalry named ‘Ashes’ between England and Australia began in history on 29 August.
