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England’s Epic Sea Voyage to Australia for the 1962–63 Ashes

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The Final Ashes Voyage by Sea: England’s 1962–63 Journey to Australia

By Charanpal Singh Sobti November 19, 2025 • 12:28 PM View: 861

For the upcoming Ashes series, England’s cricketers are already in Australia. But do you know how they got there? They never departed as a team from Heathrow.

The T20 squad had travelled to New Zealand, and four players selected for the Ashes — Harry Brook, Jacob Bethell, Brydon Carse and Zak Crawley — were part of that group.

TAGS Ashes 1962-63 Cricket Stories England Vs Australia Colin Cowdrey Ray Illingworth Fred Trueman Brian Statham Cricket History

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