mes. It read:In Affectionate RemembranceofENGLISH CRICKET,which died at the Ovalon29 August 1882,Deeply lamented by a large circle of sorrowingfriends and acquaintancesR.I.P.N.B.—The body will be cremated and theashes taken to Australia.Ivo Bligh promised that on 1882–83 tour of Australia, he would, as England's captain, "recover those Ashes". He spoke of them several times over the course of the tour, and the Australian media quickly caught on. The three-match series resulted in a two-one win to England, notwithstanding a fourth match, won by the Australians, whose status remains a matter of ardent dispute.[තහවුරු කර නොමැත]In the 20 years following Bligh's campaign the term "the Ashes" largely disappeared from public use. There is no indication that this was the accepted name for the series, at least not in England. The term became popular again in Australia first, when George Giffen, in his memoirs (With Bat and Ball, 1899), used the term as if it were well known.[7]Th