Period 1990 – 1991 | ||
Date 23 November 1990 - 5 February 1991 David Boon (530)Greg Matthews (353)Geoff Marsh (314) Graham Gooch (426)David Gower (407)Mike Atherton (279) Bruce Reid (27)Craig McDermott (18)Terry Alderman (16) Devon Malcolm (16)Angus Fraser (11)Phil DeFreitas (10) Similar 1989 Ashes series, Carlton Mid Triangular Series in, 1979 Cricket World Cup, 2004 ICC Champions Trophy, 1975 Cricket World Cup | ||
The England cricket team toured Australia in the 1990–91 season to play a five-match Test series against Australia for The Ashes. The Australians were the holders, having reclaimed the Ashes in England during the 1989 Ashes series, however the 1986-87 Ashes series, which was the previous series in Australia had been won by England. The English tourists were confident their home series loss in 1989 had been a blemish and that they were more than capable of reclaiming the Ashes 'down under'. The tourists were seemingly well prepared. During their home summer they had 1-0 victories in 3-test series against both India and New Zealand, and had played well in their warm-up matches.
Contents
- First Test 2325 November
- Second Test 2630 December
- Third Test 48 January
- Fourth Test 2529 January
- Fifth Test 15 February
- Annual reviews
- References
However the Australians, led by the authoritative Allan Border were in a ruthless mood. They had home series victories against Sri Lanka and Pakistan, but had lost a one-off test to New Zealand since the 1989 Ashes series victory, and Border and his men were determined to defend the trophy. The Australians came out aggressively from the start, and combined with moments of bad-luck for the tourists, proved too much pressure for the England side to handle. The five test series was won 3-0 by Australia.
First Test (23–25 November)
Second Test (26–30 December)
Third Test (4–8 January)
Australia lead the five test series 2-0.