Ashes 2019

Overview

This is the third stamp issue to honour the historic Ashes series, released to mark Australia’s possession of the hallowed urn. For those that didn’t have their ear to the radio or eye to the telly, this year’s series took place during August–September in England, with the five test matches held at Egbaston, Lord’s, Headingley, Old Trafford and the Oval. Australia went into the 2019 series as defender of the trophy, having won in 2017–18, when the Ashes series took place in Australia between November and January. In what has been viewed as a highly entertaining series, the 2019 Ashes closed with a draw, a result that hasn’t been seen for nearly 50 years. That draw saw Australia retain the Ashes, a fate that was sealed when it won the fourth test, at Old Trafford, Manchester, by 185 runs.