Australia therefore retained Preserving The Ashes .

Australia won the series 5–0 and regained Getting the Ashes for the first time since 2006–07 .

In doing so , Australia recorded Recording only the third 5–0 Ashes whitewash in history .

Beginning Process_start with this series , the four-year cycle of Ashes series in Australia was brought Bringing forward one year .

This meant this series was held Hold three years after the previous 2010–11 series in Australia and only three months after the end Process_end of the 2013 Ashes in England .

This rescheduling Change_event_time was to avoid Preventing_or_letting clashes Hostile_encounter between Ashes series in Australia and the Cricket World Cup , both previously held Hold very close together in their four-year cycles .

The 1950–51 Ashes series consisted of five cricket Test matches Competition , each of six days with five hours play each day and eight ball overs .

Few gave Giving them a chance of regaining the Ashes and they lost Earnings_and_losses the series 4–1 to Lindsay Hassett 's Australian team , which had far greater reserves of talent .

Alec Bedser took Conquering 30 wickets ( 16.06 ) and began Process_start his dominance of Australian batsmen that would continue into 1953 , when he and Hutton would be instrumental in regaining the Ashes for England .

England won the series 2-1 with 2 matches Competition drawn and therefore retained Preserving The Ashes .

The cartoonist Roy Ullyett summed up Statement the summer with the picture of a dazed Communication kangaroo in Australian strip and the ditty : `` Here lie the Ashes of '56 , skittled Attack by Laker for next to nix .

The schedule also overlapped with the 2013–14 Ashes series .

The 2009 Ashes series was that year 's edition of the long-standing and storied cricket rivalry Competition between England and Australia , and was part of the Australian cricket tour of England in 2009 .

England thus reclaimed Earnings_and_losses The Ashes from Australia , who had won the previous series in 2006–07 .

Australia pegged the score back to 1–1 with an innings victory at Headingley after bowling Motion out England for 102 , their lowest Ashes total since they were bowled Motion out for 77 at Lord 's in 1997 .

The 1948 Ashes series was that year 's edition of the long-standing cricket rivalry Competition between England and Australia .

They thus retained Preserving The Ashes .