The Ashes, is perhaps the most fiercely contested cricket series in the world. One might account it to the history that the tournament brings along with itself. Contested by England and Australia, the prize is the small terracotta urn which houses the ashes of a wooden cricket ball. Ashes, is not just any other bilateral series, it is the symbol of the long existing cricketing rivalry between England and Australia.
Given below is the England vs Australia Head to Head in Ashes statistics.
England vs Australia Head to Head in Ashes Results :
| Years | Host | Tests | Australia | England | Drawn | Winner | Holder |
| 2021-22 | Australia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | Australia | Australia |
| 2019-20 | England | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Drawn | Australia |
| 2017–18 | Australia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | Australia | Australia |
| 2015 | England | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | England | England |
| 2013–14 | Australia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Australia | Australia |
| 2013 | England | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | England | England |
| 2010–11 | Australia | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | England | England |
| 2009 | England | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | England | England |
| 2006–07 | Australia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Australia | Australia |
| 2005 | England | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | England | England |
| 2002–03 | Australia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Australia | Australia |
| 2001 | England | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Australia | Australia |
| 1998–99 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Australia | Australia |
| 1997 | England | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Australia | Australia |
| 1994–95 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Australia | Australia |
| 1993 | England | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | Australia | Australia |
| 1990–91 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | Australia | Australia |
| 1989 | England | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | Australia | Australia |
| 1986–87 | Australia | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | England | England |
| 1985 | England | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | England | England |
| 1982–83 | Australia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Australia | Australia |
| 1981 | England | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | England | England |
| 1978–79 | Australia | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | England | England |
| 1977 | England | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | England | England |
| 1975 | England | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Australia | Australia |
| 1974–75 | Australia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | Australia | Australia |
| 1972 | England | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Drawn | England |
| 1970–71 | Australia | 6 (7) | 0 | 2 | 4 | England | England |
| 1968 | England | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Drawn | Australia |
| 1965–66 | Australia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Drawn | Australia |
| 1964 | England | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | Australia | Australia |
| 1962–63 | Australia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Drawn | Australia |
| 1961 | England | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Australia | Australia |
| 1958–59 | Australia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | Australia | Australia |
| 1956 | England | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | England | England |
| 1954–55 | Australia | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | England | England |
| 1953 | England | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | England | England |
| 1950–51 | Australia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Australia | Australia |
| 1948 | England | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | Australia | Australia |
| 1946–47 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | Australia | Australia |
| 1938 | England | 4 (5) | 1 | 1 | 2 | Drawn | Australia |
| 1936–37 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | Australia | Australia |
| 1934 | England | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Australia | Australia |
| 1932–33 | Australia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | England | England |
| 1930 | England | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Australia | Australia |
| 1928–29 | Australia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | England | England |
| 1926 | England | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | England | England |
| 1924–25 | Australia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Australia | Australia |
| 1921 | England | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | Australia | Australia |
| 1920–21 | Australia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Australia | Australia |
| 1912 | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | England | England |
| 1911–12 | Australia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | England | England |
| 1909 | England | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Australia | Australia |
| 1907–08 | Australia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Australia | Australia |
| 1905 | England | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | England | England |
| 1903–04 | Australia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | England | England |
| 1902 | England | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Australia | Australia |
| 1901–02 | Australia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Australia | Australia |
| 1899 | England | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | Australia | Australia |
| 1897–98 | Australia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Australia | Australia |
| 1896 | England | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | England | England |
| 1894–95 | Australia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | England | England |
| 1893 | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | England | England |
| 1891–92 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Australia | Australia |
| 1890 | England | 2 (3) | 0 | 2 | 0 | England | England |
| 1888 | England | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | England | England |
| 1887-88 | Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | England | England |
| 1886-87 | Australia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | England | England |
| 1886 | England | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | England | England |
| 1884–85 | Australia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | England | England |
| 1884 | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | England | England |
| 1882–83 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | England | England |
The first Ashes was played in the year 1882-83 in Australia which was subsequently won by England Ashes Team. Ever since then, the Ashes have taken place for a total of 70 times. Out of these 70 occasions when Australia and England have battled to establish their supremacy over the other, the tournament has been hosted by the two nations for an equal number of times: Australia-35 and England-35.
If we look into the Australia vs England head to head in Ashes statistics, to find out which team came out on the top, it is indeterminable as we see a certain uniformity in this case as well. While England has won 32 times, Australia has emerged victorious 33 times with the remaining five of the Ashes accounting for draws. However as we know in case of a series draw, the current holder of the Ashes title retains it subsequently, Australia Ashes Team beats England 37-33 in terms of no. of occasions they have been able to hold the title.
