Statistician Benedict Bermange counts down his all-time-best Ashes moments, starting from 54 to 37.
Benedict counts down his all-time-best Ashes moments
The Ashes is never short of great moments - and here at
skysports.com we want to know which one is your favourite!
Perhaps you're of the right vintage to remember Don Bradman in his pomp, can recall England's golden period in the 1950s or think nothing surpasses 'Botham's Ashes' in 1981.
Whatever your choice, let us know by visiting our
Ashes Memories archive. To help jog your memory, Sky Sports' resident stats expert Benedict Bermange has compiled his top 54 Ashes moments.
In part one of three, Benedict counts down from number 54 to 37...
Benedict's Ashes moments
54) 1926 - Wilfred Rhodes is recalled at the age of 48, subsequently takes six wickets in the match and England regain the Ashes
53) 1998 - Dean Headley is inspired and takes six wickets to bowl the Australians out for 162 after a marathon four-hour final session at Melbourne
52) 1953 - Trevor Bailey and Willie Watson have a memorable final day rearguard action at Lord's defying the Australian bowlers for over four hours to secure a draw
51) 1903 - Tip Foster makes his Test debut at Sydney and ends up with a record 287, still the highest score by anyone on Test debut. He also adds 130 for the tenth wicket Wilfred Rhodes
50) 1987 - Peter 'Who' Taylor makes his Test debut as an unheralded off-spinner and ends up taking 6/78 and winning the man of the match award as Australia gain a consolation victory at Sydney
49) 1950 - Len Hutton counters a sticky wicket at Brisbane to score an unbeaten 62* when England's next highest score is just 17
48) 1966 - Bob Cowper scores 307 at Melbourne - the first Test triple century in Australia. Due to the slow outfield, it contains 26 threes
47) 1974 - Doug Walters completes a century in a session at Perth by hooking the last ball of the day off Bob Willis for six
46) 2009 - James Anderson and Monty Panesar cling on in front of a packed house at Cardiff to clinch a draw in the first Test of the series
45) 1994 - Shane Warne's dismisses Phil DeFreitas, Darren Gough and Devon Malcolm with successive deliveries to take a hat-trick in the Boxing Day Test at Melbourne
44) 2006 - Steve Harmison's first delivery of the Ashes series at Brisbane ends up in Andrew Flintoff's hands at second slip
43) 1971 - John Snow bowls a memorable spell at Sydney to finish with figures of 7/40 to win the match for England
42) 2005 - Glenn McGrath hangs on to survive the final over of the Old Trafford Test with Australia nine wickets down
41) 1997 - Nasser Hussain makes 207 with 38 boundaries as he and Graham Thorpe put on 288 at Edgbaston as England win the first Test of the series
40) 1981 - Ian Botham is at it again as he takes 5-11 to bowl Australia out for just 121 in their second innings to give England a victory by 29 runs
39) 1896 - Indian Prince Ranji makes his test debut at Old Trafford and scores 154* on Test debut to usher in the 'Golden Age' of Cricket
38) 1999 - In Australia's second innings at Sydney, Michael Slater scores 123 out of their all-out total of just 184
37) 2006 - Adam Gilchrist reaches his century from just 57 balls at Perth, just missing Viv Richards's Test record by one delivery
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