Trent Bridge set to host the Ashes

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Trent Bridge in Nottingham will host the Ashes Credit: Simon Cooper/PA Wire

England and Australia will renew hostilities in the eagerly-awaited Ashes series, as the first Test gets underway later today at Trent Bridge in Nottingham.

The city's economy will benefit by around £35 million from hosting the event, according to predictions from the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Chamber of Commerce (DNCC).

The Ashes facts:

  • Australia are marginally the more successful team in terms of series wins, with England just one behind. Australia have won 31, England 30.

  • There has been five draws between the two sides, the last being in 1972. If it is a draw this year, England will retain the urn after winning the last series in 2010/11.

  • England have won the last two series on home soil with a scoreline of 2-1.

  • Australia's Shane Warne holds the record for the number of wickets between the two teams with 195.

  • Back in 2005, England won the Ashes by two runs here in the Midlands, at Edgbaston in Birmingham.

  • 766 is the number of runs England opener and now captain Alastair Cook made in the five Tests when the teams last met in Australia.

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Andrew Flintoff celebrates dismissing Jason Gillespie at Edgbaston in 2005 Credit: Rui Vieira/PA Archive