1989 Ashes series
| 1989 Ashes Series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Part of the Australian cricket team in England in 1989 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 8 June 1989 – 29 August 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result | Australia won the 6-Test series 4-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player of the series |
Terry Alderman and Jack Russell |
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| Teams | |||
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| England | Australia | ||
| Captains | |||
| David Gower | Allan Border | ||
| Most runs | |||
| 553 Robin Smith 383 David Gower |
839 Mark Taylor 506 Steve Waugh |
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| Most wickets | |||
| 12 Neil Foster 9 Angus Fraser |
41 Terry Alderman 29 Geoff Lawson |
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The 1989 Ashes series was that year's edition of the long-standing and storied cricket rivalry between England and Australia. Starting on 8 June 1989, England and Australia played six Tests, with the Ashes previously having been held by England since the 1977 Ashes series.
The final result was a 4-0 series win for Australia, who had gone into the series as underdogs, and had been rated by the English media as "possibly the worst side to ever tour England" prior to the series. The series victory marked the beginning of a remarkable period of 16 years in which Australia would retain the Ashes over the course of 4 home and 3 away series until England eventually won them back in the 2005 Ashes series.
No one could argue that the Australian team wasn't in the middle of a slump. In the 11 Tests prior to the 1989 Ashes series the Australians had recorded a disappointing 2 wins, 4 losses and 5 draws. From this poor form, Australia turned around to produce one of the most one-sided Ashes series since the 'Invincibles' of the 1948 Ashes series.
The one-sidedness of the series was highlighted by Australia only using 12 players for the whole series, compared with England using 29 players.
For details of the tour outside the Tests, see Australian cricket team in England in 1989.
England
Manager:
Australia
Coach: Bob Simpson
NB - Number of Tests played represents the number of Tests prior to the commencement of the series.
Australia went into the First Test at Headingley as major underdogs having lost the previous two Ashes series both home and away, and also drawing the three match Texaco Trophy One Day International series to England. The English press had branded the tourists as 'possibly one of the worst sides to ever tour England'.
But the Australian side was full of young talented confident players, were led well by the gritty and determined Allan Border and had planned well for the series.
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