Ashes

Type: Concept

As of November 2026, Ashes has been mentioned in one podcast episode on Handsome Podcast (Feb 2026). Central to the 'facts' riff: ashes into diamonds (LifeGem), ashes into pencils, and ashes stored in a Pringles tube.

The Ashes is a Test cricket series played biennially between England and Australia. The term originated in a satirical obituary published in a British newspaper, The Sporting Times, immediately after Australia's 1882 victory at The Oval, its first Test win on English soil. The obituary stated that English cricket had died, and that "the body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia". The mythical ashes immediately became associated with the 1882–83 series played in Australia, before whi