6 Times The Ashes was retained by virtue of a series draw

#4 1968

Australian cricket team in England in 1968

In 1968, an Australian side led by William Lorry travelled to England in a bid to retain the urn, which had been in their possession since 1959. Australia's dominance over their opponents was pretty evident as they had been the proud holders of the urn for the past 10 years before this series.

The visitors made an emphatic statement early on in the series as they comfortably defeated England by 159 runs in Manchester to embark on their Ashes defence in style. The hosts did come close to levelling the series in the subsequent matches but the visitors did well to evade a loss until the last game, which England won in the end.

Michael Cowdrey's men had to be content with a draw but the English fans were disappointed by the scoreline as they had to witness yet another disappointing Ashes campaign for England.