| 2023 Ashes series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Part of Australian cricket team in England in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
 The LV= Insurance Men's Ashes Series 2023 logo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 16 June – 31 July 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result | Five-match series drawn 2–2 (Australia retained The Ashes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player of the series | Mitchell Starc (Aus) Chris Woakes (Eng) Compton–Miller Medal: Chris Woakes (Eng) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2023 Ashes series, branded as the LV= Insurance Men's Ashes Series for sponsorship reasons,[1] was a series of Test cricket matches played between England and Australia for the Ashes in June and July 2023.[2] The five-match series was a part of the 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship,[3] the venues being Edgbaston, Lord's, Headingley, Old Trafford and The Oval.[4]
The result was a 2–2 draw, with Australia retaining the Ashes (having won in 2021–22).[5]
The 2023 series was the 73rd Ashes series and the 37th to take place in England. Uniquely for a series hosted by England, there were no Tests in August, the dates having been brought forward to avoid a clash with The Hundred tournament.[6] It was also the first time in which Australia played no matches against English county teams, although they did face India in the 2023 ICC World Test Championship final a week before the start of the series.[7][8]
The series was closely and, at times, acrimoniously contested at a time when the continued relevance of Test cricket was being called into question in comparison with shorter forms of the game.[9] The ability of the England team to recover following two narrow defeats with two narrow victories has been ascribed to their introduction of the aggressive Bazball style of play. Australian players Usman Khawaja and Mitchell Starc topped the batting and bowling charts with totals of 496 runs and 23 wickets respectively. The England team were known for the age of their bowlers, with their bowling line-up for the fourth test being the oldest in 95 years.[10][11]
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- ^ "Ashes 2023 dates: Where and when the Men's and Women's Ashes will be played". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ^ "World Test Championship 2023–25 cycle kicks off with clash between arch-rivals". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
- ^ "Ashes 2023: England v Australia series dates, times and venues announced". BBC Sport. 21 September 2022.
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- ^ Macpherson, Will (9 May 2023). "Australia choose golf on Merseyside over Ashes tour matches". The Telegraph. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ^ Savage, Nic (23 May 2023). "'Fraught with danger': Allan Border questions Australia's decision not to play warm-up matches before Ashes". Fox Sports. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ^ Sivanandan, C. K. (15 March 2021) Save Test cricket before it's too late. onmanorama.com, Kerala, India. Retrieved 18 August 2023
- ^ Macpherson, Will (17 July 2023). "England deploy oldest Ashes bowling attack in 95 years". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ Martin, Ali (18 July 2023). "England veterans aim to keep Ashes alive with sense of endgame nearing". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 13 June 2024.