England is the current holder after winning the Ashes in 2009 and again in the 2010 / 11 series in Australia.

The 2010 – 11 Ashes series is the only one in which a team has won three Tests by innings margins and it was the first time England had scored 500 or more four times in a single series.

He also fell out publicly with other players, including fellow England opener Geoff Boycott, Somerset captain Peter Roebuck, and Australian batsman Ian Chappell, with whom he had an altercation in an Adelaide Oval car park during the 2010 – 11 Ashes series.

He resumed performing in October 2010 and released his thirteenth studio album, Ashes & Fire, on October 11, 2011.

* Otis Gibbs made the Joe Hill's Ashes album in 2010

* Ashes to Ashes Live ( 2010 )

In 2010, the BBC Television drama Ashes to Ashes concluded with a short clip of George Dixon, referring to the similarity to Dixon's death in The Blue Lamp and subsequent ' resurrection ' for the television series and the underlying plot of the show.

Australia entered the 2010 – 11 Ashes series hoping to regain The Ashes from England on home soil as they had four years previously.

Blowers announced on his Twitter feed on 1 September 2010 that he would not be covering the Ashes in Australia during 2010-11, much to the disappointment of his fans.

* Ashes ( film ), a 2010 film by director Ajay Naidu

The use of the Hawk-Eye brand and simulation has been licensed to Codemasters for use in the video game Brian Lara International Cricket 2005 to make the game appear more like television coverage, and subsequently in Brian Lara International Cricket 2007, Ashes Cricket 2009 and International Cricket 2010.

In November – January 2010 / 2011 England won the Ashes in Australia by three Test matches to one.

* Legacy of Ashes ( 2010 )

In the middle of the 2010 / 11 Ashes series between Australia and England, Katich injured his achilles tendon and was ruled out for the remainder of the series.

* Ashes to Ashes ( 2008 – 2010, spinoff of Life on Mars )

In an episode of Ashes to Ashes ( April 2010 ), Coduri played a woman who helps DCI Gene Hunt and DI Alex Drake during an investigation.

She is best known for her roles as Zoe Reynolds in Spooks ( 2002 – 04 ) and Alex Drake in Ashes to Ashes ( 2008 – 10 ) and Lady Agnes in the remake of Upstairs, Downstairs ( 2010 – 2012 ).