134 yrs since 'The Ashes' term's first mention
Australia registered their first-ever Test victory on English soil on August 29, 1882, following which English newspapers featured 'obituaries' of English cricket, one of which read, "The [English cricket's] body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia". England captain, Ivo Bligh vowed to "regain those ashes", termed as 'a quest to regain the Ashes', by the English media.