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Ashes 2005

September 2020

  • Tim Key performed at Edinburgh in 2005 as part of the comedy act Cowards with Stefan Golaszewski, Tom Basden and Lloyd Woolf.

    Guardian Sport Network
    Tim Key: when the Ashes and the Edinburgh festival aligned in 2005

    The poet, comedian and actor takes on his generation’s big one. And, yes, he is well aware of the responsibility

July 2020

  • Glenn McGrath celebrates

    The Spin newsletter
    Internet friends took me from New York to the great Ashes series of 2005

    Attending the first day at Lord’s 15 years ago was all thanks to a new form of communication

May 2020

  • England celebrate victory by two runs at Edgbaston after Steve Harmison dismissed Michael Kasprowicz

    The Spin newsletter
    A bittersweet time travel back to Edgbaston 2005: why not?

    The BBC is replaying the whole TMS commentary of the second Ashes Test from 2005 as live from Thursday, if you don’t have anything else on

March 2020

  • Ashes quiz COMP Ricky Ponting, Kevin Pietersen, Andrew Flintoff and Marcus Trescothick

    Cricket quiz: the 2005 Ashes

    It was 15 years ago but can you remember the details of that glorious summer for England’s cricketers?

October 2019

  • Andrew Flintoff consoles Brett Lee after England win the second Ashes Test match of 2005 at Edgbaston.

    Guardian Print Shop
    Buy a classic sport photograph: Freddie's humble handshake

    The sixth of a new Guardian Print Shop series featuring classic sports images from the likes of Gerry Cranham, Mark Leech and Tom Jenkins

April 2019

  • Glenn McGrath, Sam Allardyce, Sir Alex Ferguson and the Dick, Kerr Ladies team

    The joy of six
    The Joy of Six: sporting 'sliding doors' moments

    Imagine England losing the 2005 Ashes, Sir Alex Ferguson managing Spurs and women’s and men’s football being equal

July 2015

  • Michael Vaughan, Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff celebrate with the urn after winning the greatest Ashes series.

    2005 and all that: an alternative history of the greatest Ashes

    How Lou Bega, Ken Livingstone and Fred Flintoff shaped the greatest series

February 2015

  • Ashes

    Guardian Sport Network
    When sport and real life collide: a story about divorce during the 2005 Ashes

    The 2005 Ashes was special. The Queen said it was ‘cricket at its best’. The prime minister said it ‘lit up the summer’. For one writer and England fan it was more than that: it was the storied series that shares a summer with his divorce

September 2013

  • matthew hoggard

    Sportblog
    Ashes memories linger on as Matthew Hoggard and Simon Jones let it be

    Vic Marks
    Vic Marks: An era has ended with the retirement of Matthew Hoggard and Simon Jones – two of the 'fab four' 2005 Ashes bowling attack - but memories of that summer will last forever

June 2013

  • England Ashes Australia

    Sportblog
    Ashes series likely to bring out the feral in England and their fans

    Emma John: England will be pumped up for Tests against Australia and one of the miracles of sport is that we can enjoy their experiences vicariously

November 2012

  • England Ashes Victory Parade

    The 10 best ...
    The 10 best parties – in pictures

    From Roman orgies to crusty raves … you just had to be there

May 2012

  • Steve Harmison

    Sportblog
    Ashes heroes reduced to bit-part roles resist taking their final bow

    Vic Marks
    Vic Marks: Professional sportsmen need to know how to bow out before time catches up on them

December 2009

  • Michael Vaughan celebrates winning the 2005 Ashes

    The decade in sport
    Cricket in the noughties

    The decade in sport: Match-fixing scandals and the fraud of Allen Stanford were overshadowed by some excellent cricket, writes Mike Selvey

July 2009

  • Glenn McGrath

    Sportblog
    Ricky Ponting's biggest loss will stop him gambling again at Edgbaston

  • Ricky Ponting

    Sportblog
    Spirit of cricket is ground into dust by Ricky Ponting and Andrew Strauss

  • Chance to Shine

    Inside sport blog
    Chance to Shine sheds light on English cricket's eager underclass

  • Glenn McGrath

    Glenn McGrath predicts another Ashes clean sweep for Australia over England

June 2009

  • Andrew Flintoff

    Ashes whitewash was the worst time of my career, says Andrew Flintoff

    England all-rounder determined to succeed after dismal failure in 2006-07 Ashes series

January 2009

  • Ronnie O'Sullivan

    Sportblog
    Great victories are the ones earned the hard way

    Rob Bagchi: Real champions still take satisfaction from a hard-fought victory, regardless of previous achievements

January 2006

  • The Australian mongrel gets its bite back

    Lawrence Booth: Don't tell Michael Vaughan, but Australia's cricketers are in serious danger of rediscovering their snarl.

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