The Ashes is the oldest Test rivalry between any two nations in cricket. England and Australia have been playing brilliant cricket to win the ‘Ashes urn’ since the year 1882. For the fans it is the most awaited tournament that is played with the longest format of the game.
Steve Smith has made a great comeback to his test career with centuries in both the innings which earned him a man of the match in the First Ashes Test. He literally frustrated the England bowlers with his immaculate stroke play. Ben Stokes claimed the man of the match in the second test for the his brilliant 115 in the second innings.
Find the Man of the Match for Ashes 2019 series below -
| Sl. No. | Date | Man of the match | Stats | Team |
| 1st Test | Aug 01 | Steve Smith | Inn 1 - 144 runs, Inn 2 - 142 runs | Australia |
| 2nd Test | Aug 14 | Ben Stokes | Inn 1 - 13 runs, Inn 2 - 115 runs | England |
| 3rd Test | Aug 22 | Ben Stokes | Inn 1 - 8 runs, Inn 2 - 135 runs | England |
| 4th Test | Sep 04 | Steven Smith | Inn 1 - 211 runs, Inn 2 - 82 runs | Australia |
| 5th Test | Sep 12 | Jofra Archer | Inn 1 - 6 Wickets | England |
*Updated on 9 Sept 2019
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In such highly anticipated series, some players really stand out in each game to win games for their teams. They are awarded with the ‘Man of the Match’ award. The tradition of awarding the ‘Man of the Match’ in England vs Australia Test series began in the 1978/79 season in Australia.
Here is a list of players with most ‘Man of the Match’ awards in the last 10 Ashes series:
England’s Derek Randall won the first award in the first Test of the series as England beat the Aussies by 7 wickets. Randall scored 75 off 196 balls in the first innings and an unbeaten 74 off 175 balls in the second innings.
In the last 10 years, Australia’s Steven Smith (6) has the most number of Man of the Match awards to his name in Ashes series. The next two with most such awards are also Australians, Ricky Ponting (5) and Mitchell Johnson (4). No Englishman has won it more than 3 times.
50 matches have been played in the last 10 Ashes series. The Man of the Match award has gone to an Australian 32 times while it has gone to an Englishman only 18 times.
