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

#3 1966

Bob Cowper

The 1966 Ashes is famously remembered for the whole lot of runs scored by both the sides in the five-match Test series. William Lorry, Ken Barrington, Bob Cowper and a number of other high profile players impressed with the bat as bowlers on either side failed to make breakthroughs.

The first two matches were evenly matched as nothing could separate the sides, until England stepped up a notch in the third encounter as they inflicted a devastating loss on the Aussies. The visitors defeated the reigning champions by an innings and 93 runs to take a lead in the series.

Their lead turned out to be a short-lived one as the hosts bounced back in Adelaide to level the series with a victory by an innings and 9 runs. With the series tied 1-1, the deciding match at MCG was in focus.

England did put on a remarkable show in the first innings as they scored a humongous total of 485/9 and looked like on course to winning the series, but a certain Bob Cowper had other plans.

The Australian notched up a career-best score of 307 to help Australia put up 543/8 in response to England's 485/9 in the first innings that effectively led to the game finishing on a draw as Australia later celebrated their retention of the Ashes.