2015 Ashes
| 2015 Ashes series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Part of Australian cricket team in England and Ireland in 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Investec Ashes Series 2015 logo
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| Date | 8 July – 24 August 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | England and Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result | England won the five-match series 3–2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player of the series |
Chris Rogers (Aus) and Joe Root (Eng) Compton–Miller Medal: Joe Root |
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| Teams | |||
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 Australia
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 England
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| Captains | |||
| Michael Clarke | Alastair Cook | ||
| Most runs | |||
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Steve Smith (508) Chris Rogers (480) David Warner (418) |
Joe Root (460) Alastair Cook (330) Moeen Ali (293) |
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| Most wickets | |||
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Mitchell Starc (18) Josh Hazlewood (16) Nathan Lyon (16) |
Stuart Broad (21) Steven Finn (12) Moeen Ali (12) |
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The 2015 Ashes (named Investec Ashes Series for sponsorship reasons) was a series of Test cricket matches played between England and Australia for The Ashes. The venues were Sophia Gardens (Cardiff), Lord's (London), Edgbaston (Birmingham), Trent Bridge (Nottingham), and The Oval (London). Australia were the defending holders of the Ashes going into the series, having won in 2013–14. England won the series 3–2, regaining the Ashes after taking an unassailable lead with victory in the fourth Test.
Starting with this series, the four-year cycle of Ashes series in England is being brought forward by two years. Similarly, series in Australia were brought forward one year beginning with the 2013–14 series. This rescheduling was to avoid a clash with the 2015 World Cup, which was hosted by Australia and New Zealand, and future World Cup preparations. England last hosted the Ashes in 2013. However, this rescheduling will cause England to host an Ashes series in 2019 immediately after the 2019 World Cup in England, resulting in a possible hindrance to Australia's Ashes preparations, despite the 2013–14 series being held a year earlier than scheduled to avoid the same outcome with the World Cup. The rescheduling has been criticised in some quarters as owing to greed and commercialism. The ECB have also commented that having three Ashes series in two years will also prevent any future Ashes series down-under from affecting World Cup preparations.
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